Posts Tagged: IDF
Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon on Gaza Operation: We Set Hamas Back Five Years
As Israel pulls back most of its forces from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Monday that as long as terrorists keep...
IDF Officer Led From The Front: ‘If Anyone Dies, It’ll Be Me, First’
An IDF infantry officer who fell in battle in Gaza on Friday, once said, "I always made sure I was first in to sweep structures...
IDF Soldier Adopts Mutt, Abandoned in Gaza Fighting
During a bout of fighting in Gaza last week, an IDF soldier adopted a starving, weak dog he found wandering among the rubble. St.-Sgt. Roee Cohen...
Israeli Gaza-Area Residents Dreading IDF Pullback; ‘Tunnel Threat Taking Fear to New Level’
"We have survived rocket attacks for 14 years, and, while disturbing and frightening, we have somehow adapted," a Kibbutz Alumim resident told The Algemeiner on...
Israeli Border Policeman Dives Headfirst Into Car to Foil Bombing Bid (VIDEO)
A quick-thinking Israeli Border Police officer averted a suicide car bombing last Sunday, when he dove head-first through the window to wrest control of the...
Widow of Fallen Soldier Gives Birth: ‘It’s Sad That Danny Isn’t Here’
Joy was diluted with grief in Israel's Ethiopian immigrant community on Thursday. Baynesain (Danny) Kasahun, who was killed last week in a terror attack near Kibbutz...
Gaza Resident: I am Angry at Hamas, There is No Democracy Here
A Gaza resident identified only as Ahmed on Wednesday evening blamed ruling terror group Hamas for the current suffering in Gaza. In a phone interview...
UNRWA Spokesman Chris Gunness Breaks Down Sobbing During Interview (VIDEO)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Spokesman Chris Gunness was unable to hold back tears, during an interview with Qatar's Al Jazeera television on...
IDF Marksman Comes Face to Face With Terrorists in Nighttime Gaza Clash (VIDEO)
In a brief, intense video clip released by the army Thursday, IDF troops engage Palestinian terrorists in an overnight building-to-building firefight. In the clip, a Givati...
Israel Says Latin American Countries Pulling Ambassadors Over Gaza is ‘Encouragement for Hamas, a Recognized Terror Organization Around the World’
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said the recalling of a group of Latin American ambassadors from their posts in the Jewish State in protest...
Jewish Group Calls on UN Human Rights Council to Investigate Hamas Responsibility for 160 Gazan Children Who Died Building Terror Tunnels
Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Wednesday called for the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the deaths of the 160...
IDF Footage Shows Special Forces Storming Booby-Trapped House in Gaza” (VIDEO)
The Israeli Army on Wednesday released a video clip of a what they said was a "special forces" unit "storming a terrorist building in Shuja'iya,"...
Residents of Nahal Oz Respond to Video of Hamas Attack – ‘How Can Children Continue to Live Here?’ (VIDEO)
Kibbutz Nahal Oz irrigation specialist Danny Rahamim was supposed to have harvested his sunflower crop alongside Gaza, in another two weeks. But Wednesday morning, he watched the...
Poll: 78% of Israelis Oppose Ceasefire in War Against Hamas
On the 23rd day of the IDF's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, while the government is seeking a viable cease-fire, the average Israeli is saying...
