Tag: IDF
Ex-Shin Bet chief denies reports prime minister ordered wiretaps on Mossad, IDF chiefs
Former Shin Bet security agency Director Yoram Cohen denied over the weekend a report suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked him to wiretap two senior security officials in 2011.
A report that...
It’s not the ‘occupation,’ it’s the Jews
Look at any news site in the world, and in almost all of them, you’ll find the Gaza Strip reported as a territory “occupied” by Israel.
Here’s the reality: Israel withdrew from Gaza in the...
IDF strikes 35 ‘terror sites’ in Gaza after barrage of rockets
The Israeli Defense Forces struck 35 “terror sites” in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon local time after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror groups fired at least 28 mortars at on southern...
IDF re-enters refugee camp to search for soldier’s killer
A large IDF force entered the al-Am’ari refugee camp in Samaria on Monday and began carrying out house-to-house searches to find the attacker who on Thursday fatally wounded Ronen Lubarsky, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier from...
The growth and operational capabilities of the IDF
Between 1948 and 1977, the IDF grew from 90,000 personnel and 12 brigades to 700,000 personnel and 44 maneuver brigades. Initially, it fielded only 20 obsolete tanks; thirty years later, it could field 3,800 tanks, most of...
Gaza drone fitted with explosives infiltrates Israel
A small drone carrying explosives penetrated Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip and was intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces last week, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit revealed Sunday.
“Several days ago, during the night, a...
IDF destroys terror tunnel, attacks targets in Gaza in response to security breach
The Israel Defense Forces attacked multiple targets in Gaza and destroyed a Hamas terror tunnel early on Wednesday. The strikes followed an incident on Tuesday morning, in which Palestinians breached the Israel-Gaza border near...
Knesset committee urges Netanyahu to implore Trump to change part of US aid deal
Knesset members on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that up to 22,000 workers in Israel’s defense industry could lose their jobs to the tune of a whopping $1.3 billion in annual losses...
IDF spokesman: Western media falls for Hamas’ lies
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis slammed Western media outlets for letting the Hamas terrorist group get away with lies over the weekly violent demonstrations near...
Over 50 reported killed in Gaza border riots, IDF carries out airstrikes on Hamas
The death toll along the Israel-Gaza border was rising on Monday amid ongoing Palestinian rioting and violence as the tens of thousands of Gazans, encouraged by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, have rushed the...