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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced at all levels of IDF decision-making. Pictured here, the Paratroopers Brigade during an exercise with other military units, including the elite canine unit Oketz. Credit: IDF via Flickr.

European study reports Israel is home to 3rd most artificial intelligence startups in the...

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A new study by a top European institute has placed ‎Israel third in the ‎number of ‎artificial intelligence startup companies. The ranking relates to the absolute number of companies in each country and not...
A group of Israel Defense Force cyber cadets during a training exercise in March. Credit: IDF.

‘Enemy cyber threat growing,’ warn security experts amid Hamas cyber attacks

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The ability of Israel’s enemies to target civilians and members of the armed forces with cyber attacks is growing, security experts have warned. In August, the Israeli ClearSky cyber-security company uncovered a Hamas phony and...
File photo: Two Israeli F-35 “Adir” jets fly in formation. Credit: U.S. Air Force/1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony.

Will Israel attack Iranian-backed forces in Iraq?

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Situated in the cradle of human civilization, modern-day Iraq has been no stranger to gruesome bloodshed and violence in recent years. With the scourge of the Islamic State largely defeated, many hope that Iraq...
Israel Military Industries’ surface-to-surface Romach (“spear” in Hebrew) rocket. Credit: IMI.

IDF ground forces to acquire more precise rocket firepower

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A recent deal for the purchase of hundreds of millions of shekels worth of guided rockets for the Israel Defense Forces is a forward-looking step that takes into account future battlefield needs, a military...
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is welcomed by relatives and supporters after she was released from prison in Israel on July 29, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Another Tamimi member sentenced to 14 months for rock attacks on IDF soldiers

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Wa’ed Tamimi, older brother of Ahed Tamimi, was sentenced on Monday to 14 months in jail for attacking Israeli security forces with rocks on multiple occasions in the last three years. Wa’ed, 22, was arrested...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif (center), spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Amid recent ethnic tensions, IDF chief meets with Druze and Bedouin leaders

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot visited the tomb of Sheikh Amin Tarif in the Druze village of Julis in Israel’s north on Friday, in honor of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday....
Lt. S in his Israel Defense Forces uniform. Courtesy.

How an injured skateboarder became an Israel Navy submarine officer

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When Lt. S (full name withheld), a professional skateboarder, slammed into a safety barrier while traveling at 60 kilometers an hour during a sports event—breaking his back, pelvis and shin a few years ago—he...
The site where a mortar shell from Gaza hit an apartment building and cars in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, near the border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Congress and Jewish groups express solidarity with Israel after Hamas rocket barrage

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Members of Congress and the American Jewish community are reacting to the most recent escalation between Hamas and Israel, with the former firing rockets from Gaza into the latter. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) posted on Twitter,...
An emergency meeting of the Israeli security cabinet attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as well as other senior defense officials. Credit: Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry.

Israel’s security cabinet orders IDF to continue airstrikes on Hamas in Gaza

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After an emergency meeting late Thursday, Israel’s security cabinet ordered the IDF to “continue taking strong action against the terrorist elements,” said the Prime Minister’s Office. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor...
Members of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades attend the funeral of six Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades fighters at a cemetery in Deir Al Balah refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, May 6, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Hamas is taking the region to the brink of war

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The security escalation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours shows that Hamas is prepared to take the region to the brink of war, and that it believes it...