Tag: IDF
Training for war in Gaza, where the enemy lurks in tunnels and towers
Since Hamas came to power in the Gaza Strip more than a decade ago, it has built, trained, and armed a terrorist-army and guerilla force, and planted it in high-rise buildings, underground bunkers, and...
Rabbi dismissed from IDF course for opposing growing military roles for women
The military dismissed a prominent rabbi from his position in the reserves on Sunday after he said the Israel Defense Forces was “destroying families” by encouraging women to enlist.
Under Israeli law, all men and...
Under shadow of Hezbollah’s growing arsenal, Israeli home front gets busy
With Hezbollah pointing more than 120,000 projectiles at Israeli cities, towns and villages, it is clear to emergency and defense planners that any eruption of a new armed conflict will not resemble previous wars.
The...
Defense minister: Israel thwarts 20 to 30 potential terrorist attacks per week
The IDF’s Central Command has been carrying out massive operations to thwart planned terrorist attacks, particularly in and around Hebron, revealed Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday.
“We are thwarting 20 to 30 terrorist...
Israel pounds Gaza terror targets in response to rocket fire
The Israeli military pounded terror targets in Gaza early Monday, following a rocket launch from Gaza into southern Israel.
The Gaza City-based Safa news agency reported heavy damage from 10 IDF airstrikes in southern Gaza....
Four IDF soldiers wounded along Gaza border in explosion, Israel targets 18 terror sites...
Four Israel Defense Force soldiers were wounded Sunday when an explosive device detonated along the Israel-Gaza border. The soldiers from the Golani infantry brigades were removing a flag placed on the Gaza border fence...
IDF terminates Palestinian terrorist behind murder of Israeli father of six Rabbi Raziel Shevach
Ahmed Nassar Jarrar, the head of the Palestinian terror cell that on Jan. 9 murdered Israeli father of six and volunteer medic Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a resident of the Havat Gilad settlement, was killed...
Hezbollah becoming ‘more powerful’ along Israel’s northern border, IDF chief warns
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot warned that the Hezbollah terror group is becoming an increasingly strong “military presence” during a period of extended quiet along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.
“We know...
Palestinians clash with IDF troops securing holy site for Jewish worshipers
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and IDF troops outside the tomb of Yehoshua bin Nun in the northern West Bank early Thursday morning.
The army was securing the holy site in the village of Kifl...
Iron Dome intercepts two rockets fired at Israel from Gaza — IDF
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel on Wednesday, amid increased tensions in the south of the country following repeated attacks, the army said.
A third rocket...