Posts Tagged: IDF
Israel’s Female Soldiers: A Difficult Balance of Equality and Military Reality
JNS.org -Israel’s female soldiers seem to break barriers on a consistent basis. In January, new figures revealed that the number of women serving in combat roles in...
IDF Bolstering Anti-Drug Smuggling Efforts on Sinai Border, Partly Due to Concern Over Potential ISIS Attacks
The IDF is bolstering its anti-drug smuggling efforts on the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the Hebrew news site Walla reported on Thursday. Part of the...
Ahead of Passover Holiday, IDF Conducts Massive Anti-Terrorism Drill in West Bank
JNS.org - As Passover approaches, Israeli military week completed this week its largest training exercise in the past five years in Judea and Samaria (West Bank). The military exercise...
‘Suddenly, Tranquil London Was Like Jerusalem,’ Recounts Bereaved Israeli Mother of Two Fallen IDF Soldiers Upon Witnessing UK Parliament Terror Attack Aftermath
Israeli educator Miriam Peretz -- a bereaved mother of two fallen IDF soldiers -- was an eyewitness on Wednesday to the aftermath of the deadly...
Israel Targets Palestinian Gun Manufacturers
At first glance, the bridal shop in the Palestinian city of Nablus appeared innocuous. But behind the scenes, Israeli intelligence officials says, the store served...
The Israeli Army Prepares to Fight More Powerful Enemies
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has significantly stepped up the scope and frequency of its combat training, as sub-state jihadist enemies around Israel build up their...
Midnight at Joshua’s Tomb With the IDF
It is midnight. It is cold. And we are headed in. Israeli soldiers are on every street corner, armed to the teeth. Siren lights and a few dim...
Members of U of Georgia Students for Justice in Palestine Removed From Talk Given by IDF Soldiers for Disruption, Dropping Photos of Dead Children at Speakers’ Feet
Activists at the University of Georgia (UGA) were forcibly removed from a lecture hall where they were disrupting a talk by two Israeli soldiers, footage...
Israel’s Leading Counter-Terrorism Expert on His ‘Art’
JNS.org -- In 1996, when Boaz Ganor founded Israel’s International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), top security figures around the world gave short shrift to the academic...
Israeli Military Chief: We Are Operating ‘Under the Radar’ to Keep Hezbollah From Getting Stronger
The IDF is “operating under the radar to prevent Hezbollah from getting stronger,” Israel’s military chief told a key Knesset body on Wednesday, the Hebrew...
First Shipment of Heavy Vehicles, Military Equipment Purchased Through $38 Billion US Aid Package Arrives in Israel for Integration Into IDF
The first 20 of a much larger number of heavy military vehicles and other engineering materiel purchased by the Israeli defense establishment from the American company “Caterpillar”...
Declassified Recordings of Israel Air Force Launching, Conducting 1st Operation of 6-Day War Reveal Determination to Safeguard Tel Aviv From Enemy Attack
Nearly five decades after the Six-Day War, the IDF and Israeli Defense Ministry have declassified two-way radio recordings from the first operation of Israel's preemptive...
After Latest Border Flare-Up, Hamas Threatens Israelis in New Propaganda Music Video: ‘Zionist, You Will Die in Gaza’
A new Hamas propaganda music video making the rounds on the internet features a heavy dose of gory imagery, bombastic anti-Israel threats and antisemitic motifs. “A...
IDF Holds Major Training Operation Simulating Massive Hamas Infiltration
The IDF Gaza Division and Southern Command held their largest annual training operation, in which hundreds of soldiers, including reservists, participated in a five-day training...
