Posts Tagged: Israel Defense Forces
Israel’s Image War
The Israel Defense Forces is bombing the Gaza Strip and the world is, for the most part, silent. In fact, the IDF is bombing Gaza...
IDF Drops Warning Leaflets Over Gaza Strip Providing Safety Instructions for Civilians
In preparation for a possible impending ground incursion, and in an attempt to minimize civilian casualties, even at the cost of losing the element of...
Rocket Fired From Gaza Hits Empty Ashkelon School
A rocket from Gaza directly hit an empty school building in Ashkelon on Monday, Israel Hayom reported. Classes in Israel's south have been canceled since the...
Not So Random Questions, Facts, and Observations about Gaza and Israel
If foes in Mexico - drug cartels, for instance - were firing rockets and missiles into an area roughly covering 25% of the United States this...
Iron Dome Highly Successful in Intercepting Gaza Rockets
With hundreds of rockets raining down from Gaza, Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system has saved an untold number of lives thanks to Israeli technological...
Reflections on Current Hamas-Israel Hostilities
Two observations about the Hamas-Israel hostilities that began on Nov. 10: (1) The old Arab-Israeli wars were military clashes, the recent ones are political clashes. The wars...
IDF Calls up 16,000 Reservists in Preparation for Possible Ground Assault on Hamas
Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense in response to the onslaught of rockets from Gaza entered its third day on Friday, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prepared...
Jewish Groups React Swiftly to Escalation of Gaza Rocket Attacks on Israel
Jewish organizations had an outpouring of reaction on Wednesday to the escalation of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel that had started Saturday—conveying their prayers for...
Gaza Terrorists Set Off Explosives in Massive Tunnel, IDF Soldier Wounded
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier was wounded when a large tunnel packed by Hamas with explosives blew up at the Israel-Gaza border Nov. 8,...
Three Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Gaza Border Blast
Three Israeli soldiers were wounded on Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb exploded near an armored vehicle along the border with the Gaza Strip, Army Radio...
Gaza Terrorists Fire Mortar to Defy Truce With Israel
Palestinian terrorists fired a mortar shell into Israel on Thursday morning to defy an informal truce between Israel and Hamas, Haaretz reported. The shell was directed at...
7 rockets, Mortars Slam Israel in Latest Attack From Gaza
Seven Qassam rockets and mortar shells were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, causing no injuries or damage, Israel Radio reported. Two Palestinian terrorists...
Israeli Navy Redirects Gaza Bound Ship
The Israeli Navy intercepted and boarded the Gaza-bound ship Estelle in international waters on Saturday without incident. The Finnish-flagged, Swedish-owned ship set sail from Naples, Italy on...
Israel Promotes First Female Christian Arab to Combat Commander
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) promoted a female Christian Arab to become a combat commander for the first time ever on Oct. 17. Mona Abdo, 20,...
