Posts Tagged: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz
IDF Tells Israeli Government PA Could Collapse at Any Moment
Jerusalem Post - This coming Monday IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz will end his four year term and will be replaced by Maj.-Gen. Gadi...
Israeli Soldiers Receive 25 Percent Pay Raise
JNS.org - On Sunday, Israeli soldiers received a long-anticipated raise of 25 percent in their pay slips. Combat soldiers now receive $271 per month,...
IDF Chief Gantz Says Israeli Border Villages Need Better Defense Against Missile, Tunnel Attacks
Jerusalem Post - Only days after the IDF unit was hit by a Kornet missile fired by Hezbollah from a significant distance, IDF Chief of...
Southern Israelis Protest IDF Decision to End Security for Gaza-Border Communities
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has decided to end its security presence along the communities adjacent to the Israel-Gaza border, sparking strong...
IDF Committee Recommends High Honor for Gaza War Hero
JNS.org - The military committee that examined soldiers' activities during last summer's Operation Protective Edge recommended to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt....
New IDF Chief, Lauded for Humility, Perseverance, Charged With Tackling Major Challenges
Incoming Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot is a quiet, determined man, who has more than proven his mettle against...
IDF’s First Female Major-General Retires After 34 Years
JNS.org - Air Force General Command chief Brig. Gen. Hagai Topolansky replaced Maj. Gen. Orna Barbivai on Tuesday as head of the Israel Defense...
Assad Said Planning Golan Counterstrike Against Rebels; IDF Bracing” (VIDEO)
Senior Israeli military officials are apprehensively watching their Golan Heights border with Syria, and estimate that Assad forces may seek to regain control of the Quneitra...
Friends of the IDF Raises $20 Million at New York Gala
JNS.org - Friends of the Israel Defense Forces raised $20 million on Tuesday at its annual national gala, held in New York's iconic Waldorf...
Visiting Syrian Wounded, Netanyahu Says ‘Iran is Arming Those Who Are Carrying Out the Slaughter’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blamed Iran's arming of Syria for the continued bloodshed in the neighboring country. His remarks were made as...
Israel’s Peres: ‘Not All of the IDF’s and the Air Force’s Strength is Open to View’
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday warned the world that Israeli's technology, especially as reflected in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market, where Israel is a...
IDF Chief Says Many Secret Operations Have Been Carried Out on Golan Front
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday met with the IDF General Staff forum, including Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz,...
Report: IDF Drone Strikes Rocket Launcher in Sinai, Kills 5 Terrorists
JNS.org - An Israeli drone strike inside of Egypt in the troubled Sinai Peninsula has killed five suspected terrorists and destroyed a rocket launcher, two...
