Posts Tagged: IDF
IDF Cuts Number of Soldiers Who Can Serve Outside Military
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces has decided to cut by 40 percent the number of soldiers it allows to complete their compulsory military...
Christians’ Rising IDF Enlistment Signals Greater Integration Into Israeli Life
JNS.org - By the end of 2013, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will have enlisted its lowest number of new draftees over the past...
IDF Renews Search for Soldier Missing Since 1997
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces is renewing the search for Guy Hever, a soldier who went missing in the Golan Heights in August...
Israeli Christian Leader’s Son Attacked, Allegedly Over Pro-IDF Stance
JNS.org - The son of Father Gabriel Nadaf, a Greek Orthodox priest who is a leading advocate of Christian enlistment in the Israel Defense...
IDF Won’t Charge Soldier in Death of Palestinian Protester
Times of Israel - The investigation into the killing of Palestinian protester Mustafa Tamimi, who succumbed to a head wound caused by the firing of...
IDF Exchanges Fire With Syrian Gunmen at Golan Border
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces soldiers on routine patrol near the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights came under fire Monday, Army Radio reported. The...
Pillar of Defense: A Year Later IDF Soldier Reveals How Flow of Humanitarian Aid Was Maintained
A year after the Israel Defense Forces' Operation "Pillar of Defense," a recently-immigrated soldier assigned to the Gaza border has revealed how humanitarian aid to...
IDF Recalls Seton Hall Basketball Sophomore Tommy Maayan to Complete Military Service
The Israel Defense Forces has recalled Seton Hall sophomore and rising basketball star Tommy Maayan, from Israel's Galilee, to complete his military service, the New York...
IDF Soldiers Jailed for Abusing Palestinian
Times of Israel - A military court in Jaffa sentenced two IDF soldiers from the Golani Brigade to several months in prison on Tuesday for...
Report: Israel Defense Forces Searching Northern Border Towns for Hezbollah Tunnels
Israel is on high alert, fearing that the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah may have built an underground tunnel into the Jewish state, Lebanese security sources...
Gaza Mortar Fire Strikes Israel
JPost - A mortar shell fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip landed in the Eshkol Regional Council area on Tuesday morning. No injuries...
Christian IDF Recruitment Numbers Affirm Israeli Democracy
JNS.org - Over the summer, the Israeli media highlighted a phenomenon that is both intriguing and encouraging: a movement among Israel's Christian Arabs advocating...
First Filipino Baby Boy Born in IDF’s Cebu Field Hospital Named ‘Israel’
JNS.org - The first baby born in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) field hospital in the Typhoon Haiyan-ravaged Philippines was named "Israel," the IDF...
IDF Aid Mission Encounters Scenes of Devastation Upon Arrival in Philippines (VIDEO)
An Israel Defense Forces aid mission on Thursday encountered scenes of physical devastation and heartbreaking tragedy, as the 147-member delegation made its way to the...
