Dave Bender
ARTICLES BY: Dave Bender
Gaza War Casts Light on IDF’s Secretive Maglan Special Forces Unit
Trained to fight deep behind enemy lines, the Israeli army's Maglan ("Ibis") special forces unit recently offered a dramatic, painful, close-up glimpse of their missions...
Furious Gaza-Area Israeli Parents: Our Kindergarten Has Become a Military Installation
After the Aug 26th cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, returning families of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, near Gaza, were greeted by an unpleasant...
Parents of Israeli Child Killed in Mortar Strike Ask UN: Recognize Our Loss
The parents of the four-and-a-half-year-old Israeli child who was killed last week in a Hamas mortar attack on his kibbutz Nahal Oz, on Thursday wrote...
Expert: Hamas May Copy Drug Cartels, Use Submarines to Smuggle Weapons to Gaza
After the Israeli Air Force depleted upwards of three-quarters of its rocket and mortar stockpile during Operation Protective Edge, Hamas may try to exploit mini-submarines...
Iron Dome for Sniper Fire: Israeli Defense Giant Touts Solution to Ground Troops’ Great Fear (VIDEO)
Israeli arms-maker, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, says they have a solution to keep friendly forces safe from snipers during fighting, like in the recent Operation...
Sotloff’s Israeli Hosts: ‘Steven Always Walked Into the Lion’s Den’ (VIDEO)
Israelis, reporters and editors who hosted and worked with 31-year-old Steven Sotloff, announced beheaded by ISIS terrorists on Wednesday, praised his doggedness in getting "behind-the...
Why Did Israeli Jails Cut National Geographic Cable TV for Palestinian Prisoners? (VIDEO)
Palestinian security prisoners at a high-security lockup located - ironically - at "Armageddon (Megiddo) Jct." Prison in central Israel won't be watching National Geographic wildlife...
ISIS Releases Video Said to Show Beheading of American-Jewish Journalist Steven Sotloff (VIDEO)
Terror group the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS, has apparently released a brief video portraying the beheading of captive American-Jewish photographer, Steven Sotloff, 31,...
IDF Promotes Living Legend, Said to Have Killed 27 Terrorists
Former Israeli army Gaza Division chief, Maj.-Gen. Yossi Bachar, 50, is moving up in the wake of Operation Protective Edge, Israel's Channel 2 News reported...
Saudis Announce Plan to Build 1st Nuclear Reactor
Energy officials in Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that they are embarking on a plan to build a nuclear reactor "for peaceful purposes," Israel's NRG News...
Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Attempting to Ram West Bank Checkpoint (VIDEO)
Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Kalkilya shot a Palestinian driver who, according to initial reports, did not stop as...
Following Gaza War, Palestinian Support for Hamas, Armed Confrontation at All-Time High
After Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, Palestinian support within the coastal enclave and the West Bank for Hamas' leadership is at an eight-year high,...
As Ice Bucket Challenge Draws Attention to ALS, Israeli Cure Gathers Pace
While people across the world - or at least those who post to YouTube - are taking the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," and hopefully actually...
Israeli Strike on Hamas Leader Raed Attar Foiled Gaza-Area Paraglider Attack — ‘Attar’s Assassination Has Disrupted Everything’
An Israeli army strike against a senior Hamas military leader in Gaza two weeks ago may have thwarted a deadly paraglider attack on Israel, the...
