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Our 1984 Lone Soldier shares her story
So there I was, in my Tel Aviv rental apartment, working as a graphic designer for The Israel Economist and waiting for the IDF to call me up. I'd been working and waiting for several years, since making Aliyah on my 20th birthday in 1979. Now almost 25, I was afraid ...
Israeli forces fire warning shots after Lebanese troops cross the border
An Israel Defense Forces unit stationed on the Lebanese border in the Ramim Ridge area fired warning shots on Sunday morning after spotting Lebanese soldiers crossing the Blue Line, according to Israeli media reports. The Lebanese troops withdrew following the warning...
Tensions heat up between Iran and Israel
Israel has boosted the deployment of its air-defense systems due to concerns that Iran could retaliate for the May 22 assassination of a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer in Tehran, Kan News reported on Monday. The move comes after the National Security...
IDF Elite officer killed in Jenin gun battle
In a message to Iran, the US Air Force will refuel Israel Air Force fighter jets during a massive aerial exercise in the coming weeks that will simulate an Israeli invasion of Iran reports the JPost. The exercise is part of the IDF's largest war drill in decades,...
IDF launches most extensive war drill in decades
The Israeli Navy and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) last month disrupted an attempt by Gazan terror factions to smuggle weapon components into the Strip by sea, the Israeli military announced on Wednesday. Security forces tracked three Palestinians as they set...
Israel mourns its fallen heroes
Israel marked its Memorial Day for Fallen warriors as well as terror victims on Tuesday evening when a one-minute siren sounded across the nation, compelling all to stop and stand in silence. The main ceremony took place at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Among the...
IDF engages with Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Israeli military responded with artillery fire on Sunday night after a rocket was launched into Israel from southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. As calculations of the rocket’s trajectory indicated that it would come down in an open...
IDF receives direct order from Bible
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, IDF forces entered Shechem in an operation to restore the damage that Palestinians had perpetrated on the Tomb of Joseph. The commander of the Samaria Brigade, Col. Roi Zweig-Lavi, issued the following order to his soldiers at...
IDF deploys greater forces to Judea-Samaria
In a night-time raid, IDF soldiers arrested 27-year old Diaa Hamarsheh’s brother on Wednesday, a day after Hamarsheh illegally entered Israel from the Samarian village of Yabad, adjacent to Jenin, and killed five people in a shooting attack. The terrorist’s brother...
IDF boosts law enforcement in recent wave of terror
The IDF said on Tuesday that they will add battalions to reinforce Israeli security forces and police at high-risk locations across the nation after a wave of deadly terror attacks including Tuesday night’s shooting rampage in the central city of Bnei Brak. The army’s...