Posts Tagged: Israel Defense Forces
IDF Welcomes First Female Combat Doctor in Elite Counterterror Unit
JNS.org - The commander of the Israel Defense Forces Duvdevan counterterrorism unit welcomed the first female combat doctor to join an elite unit at...
Palestinian Authority Report: Third Intifada May be Imminent
JNS.org - Palestinian security officials warned over the weekend that a third intifada might be imminent, despite Israeli assessments to the contrary. Israel Defense Forces...
Fallen IDF Sergeant Major Shlomi Cohen Leaves Behind 11-Month-Old Daughter
Israeli Defense Forces Sergeant Major Shlomi Cohen, who was killed Sunday on Israel's northern border by a Lebanese sniper, left a baby daughter who hadn't even...
Netanayhu Vows to Protect Minorities Enlisting in IDF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to protect Christian, Muslim and Druze recruits to the Israel Defense Forces from "physical attacks" by "extremist...
Escalation in the Golan: Roadside Bomb Targets IDF Patrol
For the first time in decades, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was the direct target of an attack in the Golan Heights, where an improvised...
Israel Electric Corp Trains Computer Enthusiasts to Stop Foreign Hackers in ‘Cyber Gym’
Israel Electric Corp is training hackers how to defend against cyber warfare at a new state-of-the-art "Cyber Gym," behind the Orot Rabin power station, AFP...
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...
Israel Defense Forces Treat 2,686 Patients in Philippines Mission
The Israel Defense Forces said its humanitarian mission treated 2,686 patients, including 848 children, in the Philippines, where the IDF has been operating field hospitals for...
IDF Drill Simulates Gaza Incursion
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces' Gaza Division launched a three-day military maneuver on Sunday during which troops simulated a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip....
Israeli Ministers Line Up to Lambast Iran Nuclear Deal; Choice Was Between ‘Plague and Cholera’ Says Lapid
As news broke in the wee hours of the morning of an interim deal reached between Iran and world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear...
IDF Officer Says New Hamas Spy Balloons Have ‘Alarming Capability’
As Israel Defense Forces work to close the terror tunnels dug by Gaza-based Hamas, the Islamist party has resorted to using reconnaissance balloons to spy...
Palestinian Authority Incitement Complaint Filed by Israel’s U.N. Ambassador
JNS.org - The murders of three Israel Defense Forces soldiers and one reservist over the last two months has prompted Israeli Ambassador to the...
Israel Air Force Strikes Gaza Missile Sites in Response to Rocket Attacks
The Israel Air Force on Thursday targeted two concealed rocket launchers in the Northern Gaza Strip after two rockets fired from the territory struck Israel, the...
IDF Finds Arab Terrorist Hinted at Suicide Attack on His Facebook Account
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said that the Facebook page of Anas Alatrash, an Arab terrorist from Judea and Samaria who died while attacking...
