Posts Tagged: Operation Protective Edge
Journey From the Battlefield: Israeli Non-Profit Helps IDF Soldiers Move Forward
Five months ago, Nufar Gross was on the battlefield treating wounded soldiers. The 33-year-old IDF paramedic spent her summer providing medical treatment to both wounded...
IDF to Honor Four Female Soldiers From Operation Protective Edge
The IDF will award 53 soldiers, among them 4 women, military decorations for their service during this past summer's Operation "Protective Edge." Among the women,...
IDF Expanding Elite Tunnel Unit to Meet Emerging Gaza, Lebanon Threats (VIDEO)
The IDF's Yahalom "Diamond" special engineering unit, which focused on finding and destroying Hamas tunnels in Gaza during the summer's Operation Protective Edge, will...
7 Israeli Arabs Charged With Establishing Local Islamic State Chapter
JNS.org - Seven Arab residents of northern Israel's Galilee region were arrested in December and charged with establishing a local chapter of the Islamic...
Netanyahu, IDF Chief Warn of ‘Firm’ Response to Gaza Sniper Attack
In response to a Palestinian sniping attack against an IDF patrol along the Gaza border Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "a firm response...
Poll Dancing and Wishful Thinking
A Haaretz poll, conducted on Tuesday by the Dialog Institute and supervised by "ŽProfessor Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University, revealed seemingly paradoxical results. According to...
Israeli Air Force Strikes Terror Target in Gaza in Response to Rocket
JNS.org - The Israeli Air Force has struck "terrorist infrastructure" belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired at southern Israel...
Senior UNRWA Official Again Distorts Palestinian Fatality Figures from Gaza War
Despite mounting evidence that up to 50 percent of the fatalities recorded during the July-August 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza may have...
U.N. Officials Arrive in Gaza to Investigate Israeli Air Strikes and Agency’s Rocket Storage
JNS.org - A team of United Nations investigators arrived in the Gaza Strip Tuesday to begin a three week investigation into Israeli air strikes...
Israeli Think-Tank: Majority of Identified Gaza War Casualties Were Terrorists
New research by a leading Israeli counter-terrorism think-tank indicates that during Operation Protective Edge, the six week long military conflict between Israel and the Hamas...
Second Temple Era Military Outpost Discovered, Possibly Destroyed by Alexander the Great
Archaeological excavations in Israel's Netiv Haasarah have uncovered a Persian era military installation. Netiv Haasarah is a town in the "Gaza envelope" with a population of...
EU Officials Warn: Hamas Siphoning Off Reconstruction Funds to Rearm, Despite Aid Projects
Hamas in Gaza may be exploiting European Union (EU) funds to rearm instead of rebuild after its pounding in this summer's Operation Protective...
Sderot and Gaza Border Communities Factories Receive Helpful Economic Boost
Israel's Ministry of Economy Investment Center has authorized a string of financial benefits for industrial plants, companies, and corporations in the town of Sderot and...
Why Rejecting America’s Dictates is Crucial for Israel’s Security
In a telling follow-up to his now famous report on an Obama Administration official referring to Israel's Prime Minister as a 'chickenshit,' The Altantic's Jeffrey...
