Dave Bender
ARTICLES BY: Dave Bender
Cairo Talks: Egypt Wants to Topple Hamas, Insert PA Forces at Gaza Crossing
Indirect talks in Cairo between Israel and Hamas to end fighting in Gaza continued on Tuesday, with the government of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,...
Israel Defense Forces Establishing New Mixed-Gender Battalion
In recent months, Israel Defense Force officials have held intensive discussions aimed at setting up a second mixed-gender infantry battalion, similar to the Caracal Battalion, established...
Israeli Army to Begin Testing Gaza-Area Tunnel Detecting Gear
The Israel army is about to begin field testing two tunnel-detection technologies, which may provide a solution to what has become a vexing problem and...
Gaza-Area Israelis: We Are ‘Not Sure We Can Raise Kids Here’
Despite a second 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that went into effect overnight, residents of normally placid and productive Jewish communities alongside...
Israeli Arab Posed as Religious Jewish Woman to Smuggle Palestinians
An Israeli Arab woman smuggling Palestinian workers from the West Bank masqueraded as an observant Jew in order to elude inspection of her vehicle, Israeli...
UN Watchdog Questions Appointment of Clooney Fiancee, Anti-Israel Lawyer on Gaza Inquiry Panel (VIDEO)
A United Nations watchdog NGO slammed the international body's decision to allow a law professor avowedly hostile to Israel as well as actor George Clooney's...
Sister of American Lone Soldier Killed in Action Seeks to Study in Israel
Paige Steinberg, 21, the sister of fallen U.S. immigrant IDF soldier, Max, has decided she wants to study in Israel, at a Tel Aviv-area college,...
Ritual Burial Emergency Service Asks United Nations to Aid Recovery of Israeli Soldiers’ Remains in Gaza
The religious ZAKA emergency rescue and recovery service has asked the United Nations to aid their entry into Gaza to retrieve the remains of two...
‘Deliberate and Continuous’ Hamas Rocket Fire Forces Closure of Gaza Crossing (VIDEO)
Israel's Defense Ministry announced late Sunday that the Kerem Shalom crossing point with Gaza would be closed until further notice in the wake of what...
Hackers Deface IDF Arabic Spokesman’s Own Facebook Page, Doctor Personal Pictures (VIDEO)
Anti-Israel hackers briefly succeeded in breaking into and defacing the personal Facebook page of IDF Arabic-language spokesman, Maj. Avichay Adraee, in recent days, according to...
IDF Strike Targets Hamas Members in Car in Gaza (VIDEO)
The IDF on Sunday released footage of several strikes against terror targets in Gaza, among them a hit on three Hamas officials traveling in a...
Palestinians Reportedly Weighing Egyptian Cease-Fire as Gaza Rockets Slam Down
Palestinian negotiators are considering a renewed Egyptian-brokered 72-hour cease-fire in fighting in Gaza, despite Hamas' claims that talk have fallen through, according to the Israeli...
Sderot Pub Thirsting to Reopen as Hamas Warns Residents ‘Don’t Come Back’
Despite a 72-hour Egyptian cease-fire that was set to end Friday morning and Hamas threatening to resume hostilities against Israel as of 08:00 am, many...
Wounded IDF Officer Awakens From Coma, Wants to Finish Gaza Mission
IDF Engineering Corps officer 2 Lt. (res) Aviv, was badly wounded last week in a clash with Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to...
