Posts Tagged: IDF
Islamic State to Gazans: ‘Be Patient’, We’re Busy in Iraq
In response to growing Palestinian criticism of its silence over Operation Protective Edge, Islamic State sources on Thursday asked Gazans to be patient while they finished...
Israel’s Bennett Says Hamas is Committing Massive ‘Self Genocide’ (VIDEO)
Palestinian leaders in Gaza are doing far more damage to their own people themselves than Israel, Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett told CNN on Wednesday. "I...
Feared Terror Infiltration Prompts Israeli Police Lockdown Near Gaza
IDF, police and other security forces on Thursday afternoon deployed major forces in the wake of what officials obliquely referred to as "security issues" near...
IDF K-9 Unit Soldier Wounded in Gaza Area Terror Tunnel” Blast
An IDF K-9 unit soldier "sustained a minor blast injury on Thursday, when an explosion blew out of the tunnel he was about to enter,...
As IDF Prepares for Prolonged Hamas Attack, Israel’s Army Ranked 11th in the World
As Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of Gaza to liberate Hamas of its long-range rockets, the size and scope of Tzahal, the Hebrew...
Elderly, Ill, Pregnant Israelis Struggle to Reach Shelters as Rockets Hit (VIDEO)
With close to 1,000 rocket strikes in six days, elderly, hospitalized, bedridden, and pregnant Israelis are finding it hard - if not impossible - to...
Frustrated in the Field: IDF Troops On Gaza Border Itching to Enter (VIDEO)
Seven days into Israel's Operation "Protective Edge" to stop rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, close to 40,000 IDF troops are holding fire awaiting the...
Gazans Seek to Leave Violence in Strip; Resident Says They Are Hostages of Hamas
Under fire by the Israeli Air Force, Army, and Navy, on one side and Hamas rockets on the other, many Gazans just want out. "Anyone with...
Israeli Truck Driver Blocks Several-Kilometer-Long Gaza-Bound Aid Convoy
An Israeli truck driver, fed up at near-incessant Hamas rocket fire into Israel, took matters into his own hands on Sunday and used his truck...
Egyptian TV Announcer Calls for Destruction of Hamas; Al-Ahram Columnist Thanks Netanyahu (VIDEO)
Officials and public figures in Egypt are beginning to call for Israel and Egypt to wipe out Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which some are...
United Nations: Most Gaza Casualties Were Warned by IDF to Leave Targeted Buildings in Advance
A new United Nations document says that in most cases where Palestinians have been killed or injured during Israel's ongoing Gaza campaign, the Israeli army alerted...
Israeli Forces Halt Terror Bombing Suspects En Route to Attack (VIDEO)
Israeli army forces at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank foiled a planned terror bombing, on Thursday afternoon. Alert soldiers manning the permanent station, not far...
Hamas Denies Israel Assassination of Senior Rocket Commander
Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on Thursday denied reports of an IDF hit on its top rocket chief, Aiyman Siyam, in Gaza. "He is continuing in his...
Israeli Soldier Called Up to Serve, Forced to Leave Pregnant Wife – Again”
For Sivan Gold, it's "deja-vu" all over again. During Operation Defensive Shield in 2012, she was in the ninth month of her pregnancy, when her...
