Dave Bender
ARTICLES BY: Dave Bender
Senior IDF Commander: Israeli Forces Have Reached Everywhere in Gaza
In the 15th day of Operation Protective Edge to foil tunneling and rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, the army boasted that its forces have put...
Israeli Officer, Called Up for Operation Protective Edge, Proposes to Girlfriend in Front of His Troops (VIDEO)
An Israeli Defense Forces reserves officer called up for Operation Protective Edge, on Tuesday gave his visiting girlfriend the surprise of her life when he...
Humiliation in Egypt: Kerry, Staff Forced to Pass Through Metal Detectors
In a symbolic incident that likely raised eyebrows back in Washington, Egyptian security forces forced U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team of...
Israeli Soldiers Sing, Dance to Bolster Spirits During Lull in Gaza Fighting (VIDEO)
In a moving sign of camaraderie during a break in fighting in Gaza, one IDF unit bolstered it's esprit de corps by spontaneously breaking into...
UNRWA Admits Finding More Rockets Hidden in Gaza School; Second Time in a Week
In the second case in a week, the UN Agency responsible for Palestinians admitted that its staff had discovered rockets hidden in their schools in...
Family of Missing Israeli Soldier Oron Shaul Hoping He’s Still Alive
The family of an IDF soldier missing in the wake of an intense battle with Hamas in Gaza over Saturday night are holding on to...
Israeli Celebrities Mourn IDF Deaths
Israeli entertainers are filling their social media feeds with anguished and angry personal comments over the deaths of 27 IDF soldiers and close to 100...
Fallen IDF Officer to His Troops: ‘Watch Out for the Tunnels’ (VIDEO)
Israel Defense Forces' Lt.-Col. Dolev Keidar is the highest-ranking officer to be killed in Operation Protective Edge to thwart Hamas rocket fire and tunneling into...
Israelis Living Near Gaza: ‘We’re Like Ducks in a Shooting Gallery’
In the two weeks since the onset of the Israeli army's Operation Protective Edge to stop rocket salvos from Gaza, area residents in dozens...
Four Israeli Brothers Called Up to Serve in Gaza, on Syrian Border
Talk about a real live "Band of Brothers." In recent days, four Israeli brothers were part of a massive emergency "Tzav-8" Israeli Defense Forces call...
Israel’s Foreign Minister Lieberman Calls for Assassination of Hamas Leader Mashaal
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday reportedly called for killing arch-terrorist and Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal. "This is the only way to hurt Hamas," Lieberman...
IDF Widow Buries Her Husband: ‘The Angels Are Waiting for You’ (VIDEO)
Thousands of Israelis on Monday attended the funeral of an IDF Golani infantry commander killed a day earlier in fierce fighting with Hamas in northern...
Official: Rockets Found in UNRWA Gaza School Returned to Hamas
Israel may demand U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deal with the discovery and return to Hamas of 20 rockets found in an UNRWA school on July...
Wounded IDF Battalion Commander, Who Lost 13 Men Overnight, Eager to Return to Troops in Gaza
"I'm worried, but he's brave," Shirin Alian, the wife of Golani Mountain Brigade Commander, Col. Raslan Alian, told the Israeli Ma'ariv daily on Sunday. Overnight Alian lost...
