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| March 3, 2016
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IDF relinquishes 1.7 sq kilometers of land in Samaria to Palestinians

Land requisitioned by the IDF almost 40 years ago but no longer being used, was returned to its “original owners” to avoid a potentially lengthy court case.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israeli NGO Yesh Din said that the army had taken the decision to surrender control of the land after it petitioned the High Court late last year.

The decision, which spares the army a potentially lengthy court case, will see more than 1.7 square kilometers of what used to be valuable farmland restored to its “original owners”, Yesh Din said.

The land, which had been seized for military purposes in the 1970s and 1980s, had ceased to be used by the army. Continue Reading »

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| February 29, 2016
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Children Safe After Palestinian Terrorist Shoots At Children’s Playground

 

According to Israel Police, the Palestinian terrorist’s sniper fire apparently came from the direction of Jalazoun, an Arab village adjacent to the Jewish town, Beit El’s public playground.

By i24news

 

Suspected Palestinian snipers on Saturday opened fire at a children’s playground in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Beit El, local media reported. No one was hurt in the incident.

IDF soldier looks through his scope during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 11, 2015 – Photo: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP

Police said the fire apparently came from the direction of Jalazoun, a Palestinian refugee camp adjacent to Beit El.

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| February 29, 2016
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IDF investigators reveal: Saturday’s 3 caught Gaza infiltrators sought to enter Israeli jail

 

Security forces report that the 3 arrested Palestinians who crossed the border fence from Gaza Saturday morning under the cover of heavy fog, sought to get caught, preferring prison’s ‘room & board’ over life in Hamas controlled Gaza.

Arutz Sheva

 

The IDF’s Southern Command has found that the Arabs who crossed the fence from Gaza yesterday (Saturday) did so in order to be sent to an Israeli prison, where they would receive a bed and food.

The three infiltrators told their interrogators about the difficult economic conditions in Gaza, and that they would have better conditions in a prison in Israel.

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| February 24, 2016
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Israeli died by IDF gunfire meant to neutralize Palestinian terrorist during knife-attack

 

view videoDuring a knife attack, a soldier on the scene opened fired on the Palestinian terrorist, striking him, and inadvertently killing a 30yr-old Israeli male.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

An Israeli died of his wounds sustained from unintentional gunfire on Wednesday afternoon following an attempted  terrorist stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank.

Scene of stabbing attack at Gush Etzion Junction – Photo source: Ynet

A Palestinian  terrorist approached the hitchhiking post at Etzion Junction where he produced a knife and attempted to stab an Israeli. A soldier on the scene fired at the terrorist striking him and mistakenly hitting a 30-year-old Israeli. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2016
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Photo Essay: IDF photographed digging for Hamas terror-tunnels into Israel

 

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas member claimed the terror-tunnels that IDF troops have been scouring the Gaza border to find & destroy, have already crossed the border into Israel, but afterwords, he recanted.

By Elior Levy

 

IDF Combat Engineering Corps troops have been filmed scouring the Gaza border area in an attempt to discover possible tunneling activity by Hamas, in a video shared among Gazans on Wednesday.

The issue of tunnels has been at the top of the Israeli and Gazan agendas in the past two weeks, following the collapse of three tunnels in the last fortnight. A number of Hamas militants were killed and wounded in the collapses.  Continue Reading »

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| January 29, 2016
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WATCH: IDF’s 1st ‘Namer’ APC with Trophy anti-missile system unveiled

 

view videoIsrael’s Rafael-produced Trophy system equipped ‘Namer’ APCs will be able to enter battlegrounds under anti-tank & RPG threats, safely transport infantry or evacuate injured, even in the face of multiple, simultaneous rocket/missile threats.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Defense Ministry unveiled on Thursday the first Namer armored personnel carrier equipped with the Trophy HV active protection system.

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The ‘Namer’ armored personnel carrier (APC) with Israel’s Trophy anti-missile system – Photo: DEFENSE MINISTRY/MERKAVA TANK ADMINISTRATION

Trophy – made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems – has already been installed on Merkava MK 4 tanks, protecting them from antitank and rocket- propelled grenade attacks during the 2014 Gaza conflict.

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| January 22, 2016
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IDF exercise simulates combat readiness on Israel’s Syria, Lebanon borders

 

The 2-week IDF combat drill combined ground, air, and naval forces that was aimed at simulating simultaneous military incursions on its borders with Lebanon & Syria.
• General of Northern Command said, Exercise showed IDF is more than able to “implement operational plans in all arenas.” 

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel’s military has conducted a drill to prepare for simultaneous combat along its borders with Syria and Lebanon.

An Israeli helicopter during a military exercise [Archive]  – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

It said Wednesday the two-week exercise that combined air, ground and naval forces was aimed at “preparing troops for a long-term multifront conflict.”

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| January 20, 2016
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Egypt revokes citizenship from Jewish woman for becoming IDF soldier

 

At age 15, ‘Rouen Abdullah’ of Alexandria, now known as Dina Ovadia, learned she was Jewish when her family was forced to leave Egypt, but enraged Cairo after relocating to Jerusalem then joining the ‘occupation army.’ 

By Smadar Perry

 

Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has decided to revoke the Egyptian citizenship of 22-year-old Dina Ovadia from Jerusalem because she moved to Israel and joined the IDF.

Ovadia was born and raised in the city of Alexandria in Egypt. “My name was Rouleen Abdullah, and I went to a Muslim school,” she told the IDF journal two years ago.

When she was 15, an incident happened that turned her life upside down. Continue Reading »

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| January 7, 2016
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Palestinian knife attacks prompt IDF to supply soldiers protective neck gear

 

IDF’s new neck protector against knife attacks, which needed to be comfortable & flexible, was developed within 2 weeks, and now 850,000 will be manufactured & distributed to the soldiers.

By Lilach Shoval

 

With the wave of terrorist attacks showing no sign of receding, the Israel Defense Forces has decided to issue special neck protectors to soldiers in the GOC Central Command to protect them from stabbing attacks while on duty.

The IDF’s new neck protector – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The Central Command requested the special equipment in December. Until now, soldiers on duty have been equipped with helmets and vests designed to protect their heads and torsos, but their necks were exposed and vulnerable.

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| December 29, 2015
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IDF Chief warns Nasrallah: ‘We’re ready’

 

view videoWATCH: IDF forms new elite brigade for northern border. Eizenkot, “We will change & evolve so the IDF can meet the challenges of the future.”

By Kobi Finkler

 

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot sent a forceful message to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday during the Chief of Staff Prize of Excellence ceremony.

Certificates of merit were presented at the ceremony to the winning military units in various categories, including: brigades, battalions, reserve units, training units, combat support units and technology units.

“The importance of integration and unity within the IDF is reinforced these days, when we stand before a complex security reality,” Eizenkot asserted. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2015
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German journalist reports ISIS fears only Israeli soldiers

 

After spending 10 days in Islamic State-dominated areas, German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer says ISIS doesn’t fear Western soldiers because of their lack of experience in guerrilla warfare, but definitely fears the IDF.

By Daniel Siryoti, Eli Leon, Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

“The only country ISIS [Islamic State] fears is Israel,” German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer said in an interview with the British Jewish News after spending 10 days in Islamic State territories in Iraq and Syria.

A member of the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag in the city of Ramadi, Dec. 27 – Photo: Reuters

The German reporter and former member of the German parliament is the only Western journalist to have been granted access to areas ruled by the extremist group.
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| December 25, 2015
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Report: PM Netanyahu sends apology after standoff between Abbas’ bodyguards & the IDF

 

According to a Defense News report, Palestinian presidential bodyguards refused entry to an IDF special unit when seeking to traverse restricted area adjacent to Abbas’ private residence.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu offered a personal apology to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas earlier this week after IDF troops engaged in a tense standoff with the rais’ personal security detail just outside his home in Ramallah during a nighttime arrest raid, according to an Internet report.

Netanyahu and Abbas

Netanyahu and Abbas. – Photo: REUTERS

The story, which was first reported by journalist Barbara Opall-Rome of the Defense News web site, claims that the Palestinians were enraged by what they viewed as Israel’s “utter disregard” of their sovereignty over Area A, the sections of West Bank land which Jerusalem recognized as the domain of the Palestinian Authority by dint of the 1993 Oslo Accords. Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2015
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Christian, Arabic-Speaking IDF Soldiers, Celebrate Christmas

 

view videoChristian enlistment in the IDF continues to grow, as young Israeli Christians say they willingly & happily serve in Israel’s army to defend the Jewish State.
• WATCH: PM Netanyahu wishes a merry Christmas to Israel’s Christian citizens & to Christians throughout the world.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Amid increasing discrimination – and even violence – against Christian minorities across the Middle East, a small program in Israel is dramatically increasing the number of Arabic-speaking Israeli Christians who join the Israeli military, with the aim of integrating this minority population into mainstream Israeli society.

Christian Arabic-Speaking IDF Soldiers Celebrate Christmas

The Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum, led by Father Gabriel Naddaf of Nazareth, is multiplying the number of Christians enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from just 40 in 2012 to more than 100 in 2014. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2015
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BDS, pro-Palestinian groups lie when calling IDF soldiers “war criminals”, according to int’l military experts

 

BDS, Breaking the Silence organization, and pro-Hamas advocates lie through their teeth when articulating the IDF’s conduct during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, whereas the 14 international senior military officers wouldn’t.

By Barry Shaw

 

The BDS and Breaking the Silence LIE when they call our brave soldiers “war criminals” and accuse the IDF of “war crimes.” So let me introduce non-Israel, non-Jewish neutral experts to give their opinion.

14 international former chiefs of staff and senior military officers reviewed the 2014 Gaza conflict from both the IDF and Hamas operations.

They visited Israel both during and after the conflict. They interviewed soldiers from the regular foot-soldiers to unit commanders all the way up to the highest ranks of the IDF. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2015
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UK apologizes after detaining IDF reserve officer for war crimes

 

view videoIDF soldiers & officers who participated in Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, are now liable to be detained upon entry into European countries after members of pro-Palestinian organizations filed complaints against them.

By Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner

 

An IDF officer in reserves who fought in Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014 was detained upon landing in the UK a few weeks ago due to a complaint made against him that he was involved in war crimes, Ynet has learned.

Any soldier who fought in the 50-day war, whose details or photos were posted online, may find himself on the blacklist of pro-Palestinian organizations who filed and are still filing complaints at European police stations. Continue Reading »

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