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| November 20, 2016
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Gaza’s health ministry reports Palestinian shot dead by IDF on border

 

IDF reports patrol being forced to use live fire after dozens of violent rioters ignored IDF calls to exit buffer-zone and stop their approach to the Israeli border fence.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Gaza’s health ministry said on Friday that Israeli soldiers shot dead a young Palestinian during clashes along the Gaza border, AFP reports.

IDF Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion, charged with guarding Israel's southern border - Photo courtesy IDF Spokespersons Unit

IDF Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion, charged with guarding Israel’s southern border – Photo courtesy IDF Spokespersons Unit

“Mohammed Abu Saada, 26, died after being shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers in clashes east of the Al-Bureij camp,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement quoted by the news agency. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2016
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2 terrorists neutralized by IDF gunfire during attempted vehicular attack in Judea

 

IDF Spokesperson reports of no injuries except to the male & female Palestinian terrorists who were neutralized, as they attempted to run over Israeli civilians at a bus-stop at the Elias Junction outside of Kiryat Arba.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

 

Two terrorists attempted to carry out a vehicular attack with a pickup truck on Friday afternoon at the Elias Junction, outside the entrance to Kiryat Arba.

Scene of the attack – Ynet

The IDF Spokesperson reported that the terrorists, a man and a woman, were neutralized with gunfire from IDF forces and were critically wounded.

The man died at the scene, but the woman, in her twenties, is being treated for a gunshot to the abdomen. Continue Reading »

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| September 5, 2016
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IDF retaliates: Israel Air Force strikes Syrian source of mortars fired on Israel

 

—– SECURITY UPDATE —–

Once again fighting between the sides in Syria has spilled over into Israel with a mortar shell exploding in the Golan Heights, requiring an IDF response by attacking Syrian artillery targets.

By Ahiya Raved

 

Following the “spillover firing” of a mortar from Syrian that landed in the Golan Heights, the IDF attacked on Sunday night Syrian army artillery. The shell fired into Israel was part of intra-national Syrian fighting, and it landed in an open area, not causing any injuries or damage.

The IDF responded by attacking artillery belonging to Syrian regime in the northern Syrian Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2016
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Israel strikes Syrian Army target after firing mortar shell at Israeli Golan Heights

 

When the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011, the Golan Heights became tense with a growing number of rockets & mortar rounds, mostly stray, hitting the Israeli side, prompting the IDF to respond.

By i24news

 

The Israeli Defense Forces on Monday carried out a strike in the Syrian Golan Heights in retaliation to mortar fire that landed on the Israeli side of the border, the IDF said in a statement.

A picture taken in January shows the Nimrod Fortress in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights – Photo: JALAA MAREY/AFP

Earlier in the day a mortar shell landed in an open area near the security fence in the central Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| July 4, 2016
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IDF: Israeli forces attacked two Syrian army targets after being fired on

 

Rocket fire at Israel’s security fence on its northern border prompted a strong reaction from IDF against 2 Syrian army targets: ‘We are not involved in the fighting in Syria but will defend ourselves against any unusual incidents.’

By Yoav Zitun

 

In an unusual move, the IDF announced on Monday morning that it attacked two Syrian army targets overnight Sunday in retaliation for unusual shots fired at the security fence on the northern border.

IAF airstrike in Syria

On Sunday morning, security forces identified a rocket which had fallen in open territory on the Israeli side of the fence but had not caused any damage or injuries.
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| June 21, 2016
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Palestinian boy killed, 3 others injured after firebombs hurled at passing cars

 

IDF accidentally killed 15 yr-old Palestinian, wounding three others who were believed to be involved in a rock and firebomb attack on cars traveling Route 443, that left an Israeli & two foreigners injured, then taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
– In separate operations, security forces demolish home of Taylor Force’s murderer, and arrest 12 other wanted terror-suspects.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

 

IDF forces shot and killed a young Palestinian boy overnight Monday in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, following a terrorist attack which wounded two foreigners and one Israel on Route 443.

Passengers hospitalized after car was attacked by Palestinian rock-throwing terrorists

An Israeli and two foreigners in their twenties were lightly injured and taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center when rocks and Molotov Cocktails were hurled at a passing vehicle on the main highway.

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| June 11, 2016
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Palestinian terrorist neutralized in attempted knife-attack on IDF soldiers

 

IDF soldiers neutralized a Palestinian terrorist, avoiding injury to themselves but seriously injuring the attacker after he dismounted his bike and ran towards the soldiers with his knife drawn.

By Elisha Ben Kimon & Itay Blumental

 

On Friday night, an attacker attempted to stab IDF soldiers outside the Shomron Regional Brigade. The soldiers prevented the attack by shooting the perpetrator, and no IDF injuries were reported.

The attacker’s knife – Photo: Hatzalah Yehuda and Shomron

The attacker arrived riding a bicycle. He approached the guard post, dismounted his bike, and rushed at the Nahal soldiers present. They shot him and succeeded in neutralizing the threat. Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2016
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Added Ramadan entry permits into Israel cancelled, IDF deploys more troops to West Bank

 

Entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians, (including the permits for 204 relatives of the captured terrorists) to visit Israel have been revoked, as IDF deploys 2 additional battalions to the West Bank after deadly Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

By News agencies

 

Israel on Thursday imposed a series of sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to a terror attack that killed four Israelis and wounded 16 others in Tel Aviv.

The shooting, carried out by two West Bank Palestinians, targeted a crowded tourist and restaurant district in the heart of Tel Aviv and was among the deadliest and most brazen attacks in a nine-month wave of violence. Continue Reading »

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| May 7, 2016
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Israeli jets hit Hamas targets Saturday after Gaza rocket fired at Israeli civilians

 

Although, this was the first rocket fired over the past week that targeted Israeli civilians, some 16 mortar shells in at least 12 different attack, were fired this week at IDF troops in attempts to deter their searching for terror-tunnels on Israel’s side of the Gaza border.

By Matan Tzuri & Yoav Zitun

 

Israel Air Force (IAF) fighter jets attacked two Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Saturday in retaliation for a rocket fired at Israeli civilians.

Archive photo of rocket fired from Gaza at Israel – Photo: Roee Idan

The rocket, fired shortly after midnight, exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. Continue Reading »

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| May 6, 2016
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Israeli Air Force hits 4 Hamas targets in 2nd airstrike after continued mortar attacks

 

view video“In response to the ongoing attacks against Israeli forces, IAF aircraft targeted 4 Hamas military posts in the southern Gaza Strip,” an army statement said of the retaliatory mission that left a Palestinian woman dead & 3 others wounded.

By i24news

 

The Israeli air force conducted air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip for the second time on Thursday, in response to renewed shelling from the coastal enclave following the discovery a new tunnel reaching from the Hamas controlled territory into Israel.


Gaza: Airstrikes in southern area in response… by i24news-en
A 54-year-old Palestinian woman was killed in the strikes and another three people injured. Continue Reading »

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| May 4, 2016
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IDF responds to Hamas shelling IDF in 3rd incident of the day

 

This is the 4th time in the past 2 days that Palestinians in Gaza opened fire at IDF soldiers searching for Hamas terror-tunnels on Israel’s border.

By Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy, Matan Tzuri

IDF troops shelled Hamas military posts in the Gaza Strip for three times on Wednesday in response to mortar shell fire at forces operating near the border fence. There have been four incidents of fire opened on Israel8i troops on the frontier over the past two days. There were no Israeli soldiers hurt in any of the incidents.

On Monday morning, Palestinians fired a mortar shell at IDF soldiers doing engineering work near the border fence, leading the army to respond with tank fire at a Hamas observation point near a landfill in southern Gaza, not far from the Sufa Crossing. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2016
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IDF shoot dead 2 Palestinian terrorists after attack on reservist outside his front door

 

After fighting back 2 Palestinian terrorists who attacked him with clubs outside his front door, Roi Harel alerted the IDF who tracked down and subsequently neutralized the 2 terrorists who infiltrated a Jewish community in the West Bank.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

 

Two terrorists infiltrated the settlement of Eli in the West Bank early Wednesday morning, and attacked a local resident at his doorstep with clubs. They ran away but were killed by security forces soon after.

Roi Harel, lightly wounded in attack in the settlement of Eli – Photo: Eli Mandelbaum

Roi Harel recounted the incident: “I was stepping out of the house, going to reserve duty, at around 5:00am,” Harel told Ynet. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2016
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2 IDF soldiers attacked after mistakenly entering Arab village

 

IDF, Shin Bet & Special Forces swarmed into Palestinian village of Qalandiya in large number in search of 2 soldiers who got separated after firebomb attack, but luckily escaped the mob of rioters & were extracted unharmed.

By Elisha Ben Kimon, Elior Levy, Yoav Zitun

 

Two non-combat soldiers from the IDF’s Oketz (canine) Unit came under attack after accidentally driving into the Qalandiya refugee camp on Monday night.

Fire in Qalandiya.

Fire in Qalandiya.

Palestinians hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at them, which set the army vehicle on fire. The two soldiers were able to escape the vehicle, but got separated.

IDF, Shin Bet and Special Forces swarmed into the camp in large numbers to search for the two soldiers, surrounding the camp, firing flash bang grenades into the air, with helicopters flying overhead. Continue Reading »

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| October 8, 2015
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Disguised as civilians, Israeli undercover unit arrests Palestinian stone-throwers

 

view videoWATCH: Undercover IDF forces from the elite “Duvdevan” unit arrest Palestinian stone-throwers in Beit El, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

By AFP

 

In a matter of seconds, the men wearing scarves over their faces and throwing stones along with a group of Palestinians pulled out their pistols, opened fire and blew their cover.

Undercover forces from the elite “Duvdevan” unit arrest stone-throwers in Beit El, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 7, 2015 – Photo: Abbas MOMANI/AFP

“Mustarabiin!” rang out among the crowd of about 100 Palestinians who had been hurling stones at Israeli soldiers for several hours at the Bet El checkpoint outside Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| August 20, 2015
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IDF Artillery Fire Responds to Syrian Missiles Fired on Israel

 

By Kobi Finkler, Ari Yashar

 

 

IDF returns fire on Syrian Army position, accusing regime of responsibility for allowing strikes perpetrated by Islamic Jihad, like Assad’s regime, are funded by Iran.

 

After four rockets were fired at northern Israel from the Syrian Golan Heights on Thursday, the IDF responded with artillery fire just hours later.

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IDF artillery fire (illustration) – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Sources in Syria report that the 90th Brigade of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime army is coming under fire, reports Channel 2.

Israeli security sources said that the rockets were fired by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, funded and directed by Iran. Continue Reading »

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