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Haaretz
January 29, 2018
Two IDF regional units, the Binyamin and Etzion brigades, are responsible for security in the “Jerusalem envelope," an area outside the city in the West Bank. The Binyamin Brigade, located north of Jerusalem, will now be responsible for security in the entire region, including the Jerusalem neighbors thatÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 13, 2017
They join many dozens of women who already serve as fighter pilots, navigators and aircrews, serving in the Israeli air force ever since it first opened its doors to women in these positions, and to the many hundreds of women in infantry units who serve in what the IDF calls "mixed brigades." These are lightÃÂ ...
JNS.org
December 6, 2017
2 Bedouins arrested for murder of IDF soldier in southern Israel. Posted on December 5, 2017 by JNS.org. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli security forces arrested two Bedouin residents of the Negev desert on suspicion of involvement in the murder of IDF Nahal Brigade Sgt. Ron Yitzhak Kokai, who was stabbed ...
Haaretz
December 4, 2017
Soldiers in the IDF's Golani Brigade training in the Golan Heights in 2013 (illustrative photo Golani soldiers training in the Golan ... The IDF also hopes to install joint programs with the Education Ministry for 11th graders to stress the importance of combat service. “There is no model for the IDF that isn't the ...
Jewish Chronicle
November 17, 2017
The IDF famous for its advanced gender equality policies, now has an ... commander of the Search and Rescue Brigade commander course.
JerusalemOnline
November 17, 2017
Yesterday (Thursday), former IDF Givati Brigade Commander Ofer Winter discovered that he wasn't appointed as Israeli Prime Minister ...
Middle East Monitor
November 11, 2017
Wallah reported a senior commander in the IDF's southern brigade saying that the tunnels underneath Gaza “are the biggest danger” for which ...
+972 Magazine
November 4, 2017
Fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, carry the body of 30-year-old Maslih Shabir in Khan ...
Al-Monitor
November 2, 2017
A Palestinian militant of the National Resistance Brigades, the armed ... according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimates, when an Islamic Jihad ... including a brigade commander in the Islamic Jihad movement and his ...
The Jewish Voice
October 25, 2017
Female IDF Combat Soldiers Model for American Weapons Companies ... to serve as the communications sergeant for a brigade commander, ...
Haaretz
October 23, 2017
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at a memorial event for the Givati Brigade, July Chief of Staff Eisenkot. The top brass have refused to learn a ...
JerusalemOnline
August 20, 2017
After 33 weapons guns were stolen from an IDF base several months ago, the former brigade commander and his deputy were reprimandedÃÂ ...
JerusalemOnline
August 16, 2017
Nadav Dahan, an officer in the Operations Directorate of the Golan Brigade, explained that Israel is preparing for an escalation with ISIS alongÃÂ ...
i24NEWS
July 19, 2017
IDF reveals new medical facilities for wounded Syrians ... Barak Hiram, commander of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command's 474th brigade. ... An IDF soldier with humanitarian aid bound for Syria, undated.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
In an unusual move, the IDF spokesperson issued a statement ... on WhatsApp that a number of soldiers from the Golani Brigade had died.
Military Modelling
March 8, 2017
The opening chapter does a good job of displaying the large range of M113 variants in IDF service including the Mortar Carrier and Soft Skinned Tractor.
World Israel News
March 6, 2017
are you aware that there are many arabs already living, working, studying in israel... as well as serving in the IDF already?
i24news
March 2, 2017
A network of organizations monitoring and reporting on children in conflict has recommended that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres add the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to a blacklist of countries and armed groups "known to commit grave violations ...
San Diego Jewish World
March 1, 2017
The nationwide annual tour features two reservists who relate their personal experiences in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), upholding its strict moral code, often in the face of an enemy that hides behind its civilians.
World Socialist Web Site
February 26, 2017
In a particularly notorious incident, Ofer Winter, the commander of Giv'ati Brigade, exhorted his soldiers going into Gaza during the IDF's murderous assault on the besieged enclave in 2014, to fight "the enemy who curses" God's name. The invocation of ...
DefenseNews.com
February 26, 2017
From the military perspective, the mission of our divisions and brigades down through the chain of command is to narrow the period of fighting and to remove the threat as fast as possible.
NBCNews.com
February 26, 2017
Wagdi Sarhan, the head of the minorities unit in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). "We're talking about recruitment of dozens of Arab Muslim youth and we are hopeful that the numbers will grow.
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
February 23, 2017
Eitan Ellis, 20, who enlisted in 2014 as a combat solider in the Golani brigade, said growing up in a Zionist, modern Orthodox home in Toronto, he felt that it didn't seem fair that the defence of the Jewish state should rest solely on the shoulders of ...
DefenseNews.com
February 21, 2017
IDF SOUTHERN COMMAND FIRES CENTER, BEERSHEBA, Israel - From this new two-story command center in southern Israel, a colonel from the Israel Defense Forces' Artillery Corps is responsible for orchestrating firepower from among air, sea and landÃÂ ...
Forward
February 3, 2017
Buchris reportedly was on a shortlist of potential candidates for IDF chief of staff down the line. As commander of the Golani Brigade from 2010 to 2012, Buchris is suspected of having raped and sexually abused one of the soldiers; the second soldier ...
JerusalemOnline
February 1, 2017
The NGO is an Arab human rights group operating in Britain, which submitted the request to the Counter Terrorism Command. In the request, the organization claimed that the MK took part in alleged "war crimes committed by the IDF" and that he needs to ...
Breaking Israel News
February 1, 2017
The number of women serving in combat roles in the IDF's Homefront Command is up 38 percent this year, while the number of female combat soldiers in artillery units is up 19 percent.
TheTower.org
January 25, 2017
The Israeli military is adapting its tactics to better prepare for a possible attack by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, training troops in specialized ground maneuvers and equipping them with the resources necessary to counter Hezbollah's ...
IHS Jane's 360
January 21, 2017
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has completed around 15 km of a new 'cliff' barrier on its border with Lebanon to prevent Hizbullah from launching cross-border infiltrations.
Breaking Israel News
January 18, 2017
An official from Breaking the Silence (BtS), a left-wing NGO that publicizes the testimonies of former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in order to spread criticism of the Israeli military, was reportedly caught saying that he does not consider ...
JerusalemOnline
January 16, 2017
The IDF Central Command is still trying to determine how the balloon got loose. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit stated: "This morning, an observation balloon that was placed above the Binyamin Territorial Brigade detached. The soldiers noticed this ...
TheTower.org
January 11, 2017
... then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in sending a delegation of high-ranking officers to Jerusalem in 2014 to study what he called the "extraordinary lengths" taken by the IDF to "limit collateral damage and civilian casualties" in the war ...
The Jewish News
January 11, 2017
The Neugebohrs' first Impact! student, Pavel Frailich, was, coincidentally, also a native Russian who had served in the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade. "I felt a real and immediate connection," Neugebohr said. "These young men and women are all combatÃÂ ...
Breaking Israel News
January 9, 2017
Sgt. Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter Wednesday for shooting a terrorist in Hebron last March, is a symptom of what may be the most dangerous threat to Israeli society today.
JP Updates
January 9, 2017
"The continuous operations in the West Bank and Jerusalem prove that the Jerusalem Intifada is not an isolated event," the Brigades said. Some Palestinians also celebrated the attack by handing out sweets, according to World Israel News. Al-Qunbar's ...
JerusalemOnline
January 8, 2017
Tzanchanim: Tzanchanim is the IDF's prestigious paratroopers brigade. This brigade is considered an elite unit within the IDF Infantry Corps. All Tzanchanim units are named after snakes (Elapidae, Viper, Flying Serpent and more). In the 1967 Six Day ...
The National Interest Online
January 3, 2017
At the end of November 2016, however, a reconnaissance unit of Israel's Golani Brigade was attacked by the Khaled Ibn al-Walid Army (an Islamic State-affiliated group formerly known as the Yarmuk Martyr Brigades.) This was the first direct military ...
Jewish Business News
January 2, 2017
Lt. Shahar, who became the fourth female fighter pilot in Israeli Air Force history last week, gives an interview on the IDF's new website; she explains that she was not a stereotypical overachiever and that piloting was her first true niche; 'There ...
Jewish Chronicle
December 23, 2016
But there is a principle, there is a truth, and there is morality: we must demand from ourselves to be there for them," wrote the Paratroopers' Brigade doctors to IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant Gadi Eisenkot. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Jewish Link of New Jersey
December 22, 2016
Major General (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir is the National Director and CEO of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF). During his distinguished 33 years of IDF military service, General Klifi-Amir held several command positions in the IDF Paratroopers ...
The Jewish Voice
December 13, 2016
The FIDF Adopt-A-Brigade Program allows supporters in the U.S. to forge close bonds with entire brigades of IDF soldiers. Donations provide crucial weeks of rest and recuperation, targeted financial aid for IDF soldiers in need and their families,ÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 11, 2016
Palestinian Security Forces Deny IDF Troops Entry to Jenin. Paratroopers apparently took the wrong wrong into the city and hadn't coordinated with the Palestinians, the army says.
Breaking Israel News
December 7, 2016
27 after the terrorists had fired at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in the Golan Heights border region. ... Yet despite the numerous news headlines that followed the Islamic State attack, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade does not have nearly as large ...
Breaking Israel News
December 5, 2016
"In the southern Golan Heights, the first incident of its kind occurred this week between an IDF force and operatives of the Shuhada al-Yarmouk Brigade affiliated with ISIS. ISIS operatives opened fire at an IDF force. An Israeli aircraft attacked ...
Breaking Israel News
November 30, 2016
When a soldier gets married, the additional financial burden for making even the simplest of weddings can be a near-impossible task.
Jewish Exponent
November 29, 2016
27 after the terrorists fired mortars and artillery on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Golani Brigade troops patrolling the Israel-Syria border.
Haaretz
November 29, 2016
Once considered one of the IDF's most promising officers, Buchris once headed a division of the Northern Command and the Golani infantry brigade and had been expected to become the next IDF Operations Divisions chief before the charges surfaced.
Western Journalism
November 29, 2016
Israel was still busy battling wildfires across the country when the Islamic State's west Syrian branch, Jaysh Khaled Ibn al-Walid (formerly known as the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade), engaged the Israeli Defense Forces in a battle on the Golan Heights for ...
Daily Record
November 28, 2016
FIDF's New Jersey Chapter - often referred to as the "Lone Soldier Chapter" - was co-founded by FIDF National Board Member Sammy Bar-Or, who moved to Israel from Iran when he was 13 and served as a Lone Soldier in the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade.
JerusalemOnline
November 27, 2016
A special urban training exercise took place about a year after the founding of the Oz Brigade, the new IDF commando brigade that includes the military's most elite forces: Maglan, Duvdevan, Egoz, and Rimon. Oz Brigade Commander Colonel David Zini said ...
