Tag: IDF
Likud lawmaker blocks gov’t bill to up age limit for IDF reserve service
Likud Party legislator Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, on Wednesday refused to advance a government-backed proposal to raise the retirement age for military reservists, citing the failure to...
En route to the Tour: Oct. 7 survivors join Israeli cycling team in Florence
Two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre took off in a private jet from Tel Aviv for Italy on Wednesday to meet up with the Israeli team competing in the world’s most prestigious cycling...
IDF: Gazan ‘doctor’ killed in drone strike was PIJ bombmaker
An Israel Defense Forces drone strike in Gaza City on Tuesday killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Fadi al-Wadiya, who was involved in developing missiles for the Iranian proxy group, the army announced.
The strike was...
Freed hostage Shlomi Ziv returns to Lebanon border home
Shlomi Ziv returned to his home in the northern border community of Moshav Elkosh on Tuesday, some three weeks after being rescued from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.
The former captive was welcomed by Shimon Guetta, the...
Gallant meets with White House envoy Hochstein in Washington
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Monday in Washington with White House adviser Amos Hochstein.
The two men discussed the ongoing conflict against Hezbollah and the “actions required to achieve a framework that enables...
Bowman and Latimer fight over Israel, AIPAC in final debate for NY-16
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Westchester County Executive George Latimer traded blows over Israel and AIPAC in their final debate for the Democratic nomination to represent New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday.
The race...
Nearly 15% of Arab Israelis want Hamas to govern Gaza
Some 14.7% of Arab Israelis believe the Hamas terrorist group should govern Gaza after the war, in direct opposition to one of Jerusalem’s key war aims, according to a study the Moshe Dayan Center...
Netanyahu calls for unity at memorial for those who died in ‘Altalena’ affair
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against internal strife at a state memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for those who died during the 1948 Altalena affair.
Speaking at the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery outside Tel Aviv on...
Stabbing attack thwarted in Gush Etzion
Israel Defense Forces soldiers thwarted an attempted stabbing attack near the Migdal Oz intersection of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening, according to Hebrew media reports.
The terrorist was stopped, according to reports. No injuries have...
Gaza reconstruction is the way for Israel to regain initiative
The State of Israel has not known a war as long and comprehensive as the one currently raging in Gaza since the War of Independence. The 1970-1971 War of Attrition lasted about a year...