Posts Tagged: IDF
After Gaza Rockets, Over 40% of Israelis Say They Won’t Send Kids to Unfortified Schools
After a month of intermittent rocket fire from Gaza on Israel's densely-populated Gush Dan region, 43 percent of parents now fear sending their kids...
Experts Say Islamic State is No Threat to Israel – For Now
A number of Israeli analysts are claiming that the self-declared Islamic State (IS) does not directly threaten the Jewish State - at least, not...
Israeli Army Paramedic Presented With Marriage Proposal Upon Exiting Gaza
IDF Sgt. Chen Amusi, 21, served for an extended period in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. When she finished her lifesaving duties, and crossed back...
Hamas Boasts Rocket-Making Abilities Unharmed, Despite IDF Pounding
In a propaganda video posted to YouTube on Wednesday, Hamas showed the process behind the construction of long-range M-75 rockets. Footage aired on the Hamas-affiliated...
After Years of Rocket Attacks, Peres Admits ‘Problem to Explain’ Support for Gaza Pullout (VIDEO)
In a stunning admission, Israel's former president Shimon Peres, who ardently supported Israel's 2005 pullout from Gaza, said on Tuesday that he's now unable to...
As Cease-fire Deadline Nears, Rockets Resume, Southern Israelis ‘Fed Up With Counting Down’ (VIDEO)
Two hours before a 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza expired, Palestinian terrorists renewed rocket fire against Israelis living near the Gaza Strip. At...
IDF Readying Forces Near Gaza as Cease-Fire End Approaches
As a 72-hour cease-fire with Hamas approaches its conclusion at midnight Wednesday, senior commanders of Israeli army reserve officers and soldiers sent alerts to several...
Egyptians Foil Attempted Sinai Rocket Attacks Against Israel
Egyptian security officials this week apparently thwarted a planned rocket strike against Israel from the Sinai, when they seized three projectiles ready for firing, mounted...
Report: Israeli Intelligence Focused on Eliminating the Brains Behind Gaza Rocket Attacks
Israel's intelligence services are going after Hamas and Islamic Jihad (IJ) rocket experts the same way they were rumored to have gone after Iran's nuclear...
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...
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,...
