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[Watch] 10 Years of Hamas in Gaza
Hamas, a terrorist organization, has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It has both a political and a military branch. Hamas refuses to recognize the State of Israel and vows to fight until it’s destroyed. https://youtu.be/o2AwvVg2N7o
IAF Strikes Underground Hamas Target After Palestinians Fire Rocket Into Israel
Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas underground facility in the Gaza Strip early Thursday after a rocket fired at southern Israel was shot down in the first such attack since Israel and terror groups in the coastal enclave fought a vicious two-day battle last month. Read...
IDF and PA Security Forces Exchange Fire in Shechem By Mistake
Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces exchanged fire in the northern Samaria city of Shechem (Nablus) early Tuesday morning in what the Israel Defense Forces is reporting to be a case of mistaken identification. Read more...
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[Watch] IDF Parachuting for the First Time
https://youtu.be/5F-m3_tbiDQ
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[Watch] See How These American Soldiers React to Israeli Snacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwiKM8ij0po&t=9s
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[Watch]: IDF Troops Take Control of Foreign Cargo Ship
On Saturday night, the IDF received a report from a foreign cargo ship anchored off northern Israel, regarding a fire that had been ignited in its hull by unknown elements, an IDF statement confirmed. https://youtu.be/dTCW6_5AFpA Read more
IDF Navy Will Continue Protecting Israel’s Borders
Commander of the 914 Flotilla, Lt. Col. Zohar Cohen was one of the IDF Navy commanders who took part in the incident in which IDF troops took control of a foreign cargo ship and apprehended one of the passengers. Read more...
Israel Navy Arrests Stowaway Who Set Fire To Turkish Ship in Haifa
The Israel Navy arrested a stowaway aboard a Turkish merchant ship on Sunday after the man attempted to set the vessel ablaze outside Haifa Port. The incident onboard the MSC Canberra, which was anchored 9 km. off the coast of Haifa, began around 3 a.m., when the port...
Ex-Mossad Official: All of EU Seeks Israeli Intelligence Cooperation
Discussing intelligence cooperation with foreign countries at the Israel Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center in Tel Aviv, the former director of Tevel – the Mossad’s foreign intelligence cooperation – said that different political agendas between the EU and...
Cyber Threat: Israel’s Airports Prepare For The Future of Security
Anarchists, radical hackers, terrorists, disgruntled employees, organized criminals, and states make up the range of potential cyber threats, according to Roee Laufer, head of Cyber and Information Security at the Israel Airports Authority (IAA). Click here to read...