Posts Tagged: Israel Defense Forces
Report: Israel, Iran Reach Back-Channel Understandings on Syria Operation
JNS.org – Israel and Iran recently used back channels to reach behind-the-scenes understandings over Syrian maneuvers in the southern Golan Heights, Saudi media reported Sunday. According to the...
Gaza Drone Fitted With Explosives Infiltrates Israel
JNS.org – A small drone carrying explosives penetrated Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip and was intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces last week, the...
Hamas Fighter Killed by IDF While Trying to Breach Gaza Border
Israeli tank fire killed a Hamas fighter at a military outpost on Monday while soldiers chased down and caught two other Gazan terrorists who tried to cross...
With Iran Tensions High, False Rocket Alarm in Israel’s Golan Heights Activates Iron Dome
Rocket warning sirens went off on Thursday in Israel's Golan Heights, but the IDF quickly said it was a false alarm. "It appears to have been a false...
Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief: Hamas-Orchestrated Gaza Border Violence Is an ‘Active Suicide Terror Campaign’ Against Israel
The recent Hamas-orchestrated violence on the Israel-Gaza Strip border is "an orchestrated, active suicide terror campaign," the editor-in-chief of The Algemeiner said during an i24 News debate on...
Israeli Military, Gaza Doctor, Cast Doubt on Hamas Claim Tear Gas Killed Palestinian Baby
An IDF official cast doubt on Tuesday that the Israeli military was responsible for the death the previous day of a Palestinian baby in the...
As US Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Palestinians Riot on Gaza Border
At least 52 Palestinian rioters were killed on the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Monday, local Hamas-affiliated health officials claimed, as the US prepared to open...
Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iran Crossed Red Line in Syria, and We Responded Accordingly
In his first public reference to Israel’s overnight air strikes in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Iran had “crossed a red...
Israeli Military Publishes Footage of Strike on Syrian Aerial Defense System
Israel's air strikes in Syria overnight Wednesday -- in response to an Iranian missile attack on the Golan Heights -- included the targeting of some of the...
Amid Heightened Tensions With Iran, Israeli Defense Chief Says IDF Prepared for ‘Any Scenario’
Amid heightened tensions with Iran, Israel’s defense minister emphasized on Monday that the IDF was prepared for “any scenario.” “We have no interest in escalation, but...
With Promotion of MAG Sharon Afek, Israeli Military to Have First Openly-Gay Major General
The Israeli military will have its first openly-gay major general, following the pending promotion -- announced on Thursday -- of Sharon Afek, who serves as...
Top Israeli Diplomat Slams UN Human Rights Official for Accusing IDF of Using ‘Excessive Force’ Against Palestinian Rioters on Gaza Border
Israeli diplomat Danny Danon has slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein over his denouncement of the IDF’s alleged use of “excessive...
Palestinian Rioters Seek to Breach Border Fence in Renewed Gaza Violence
Two Palestinian rioters were killed in renewed unrest on the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Friday as a series of demonstrations in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave...
Thousands of Palestinians Riot on Israel-Gaza Border, One Dead
A Palestinian rioter was killed and more than 200 others wounded during a violent disturbance on the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Friday, Palestinian officials said. At...
