Posts Tagged: Israel Defense Forces
Top IDF General: Hezbollah Still Plans to Invade Parts of Northern Israel in Future War
Hezbollah has not abandoned its plans to invade parts of northern Israel during a future conflict, a top IDF office said in interview excerpts published...
Netanyahu: Israel Ready for ‘Extensive Campaign’ Against Hamas in Gaza, ‘if Necessary’
Following a meeting with IDF commanders on the border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the Israeli military was ready...
French Pilot Who Remained With Israeli and Jewish Hostages at Entebbe Dies at 95
JNS.org – Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who, along with his crew, stayed with Israeli and Jewish hostages during the July 1976 hijacking that...
Tense Calm on Israel-Gaza Border After Latest Flareup
Schools reopened in southern Israel and traffic clogged Gaza's streets on Wednesday in signs of a pullback from the most serious escalation of cross-border fighting in months. But...
Israel-Hamas Fighting Abates Along Gaza Border, but Tensions Remain High
Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas abated on Tuesday after a day of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes, but tensions remained high with Israeli forces massed along...
Israel Says UN Gaza War Crimes Report Biased Against It
Israel said on Thursday a UN report critical of its use of lethal force during Palestinian protests on the Gaza border was biased and should have...
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Suspected of Deadly Attack in West Bank
Israeli forces on Tuesday killed a Palestinian suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing and shooting attack in the West Bank two days earlier, the Israeli...
Israeli Rabbi, Wounded in Palestinian Attack, Dies
An Israeli rabbi died on Monday of wounds from a Palestinian attack a day earlier in the West Bank in which a soldier was killed. The rabbi,...
Israel Launches Gaza Strikes After Rockets Fired at Tel Aviv
Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Friday, hours after two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in the first...
Palestinian Shot Dead After Running at IDF Soldiers With Knife in West Bank
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man after he ran toward them with a knife in the West Bank on Tuesday, the military said. In the...
IDF Officer Critically Wounded in Car-Ramming Attack Near Ramallah
Three Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the West Bank on Monday and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring...
Israel Arrests Infamous Zakaria Zubeidi for ‘Serious Terrorist Activities’
JNS.org - Zakaria Zubeidi, who was once at the top of Israel’s most-wanted list, was arrested by Israeli law enforcement on Wednesday for “serious and...
IDF Wraps Up Major Surprise Exercise Simulating Gaza War With Hamas
A major surprise IDF exercise that simulated a war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip came to an end on Tuesday. The Hebrew news site Mako reported that...
Israeli Gunfire Kills Gaza Rioter at Border Demonstration
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager and wounded around 40 others at a protest attended by thousands on the Gaza Strip border on Friday,...
