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| March 11, 2015
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IDF Brings ‘Google Glass’ Type Technology to the Battlefield

The Israeli combat soldiers will be equipped with glasses allowing them record & send data back to a command center, allowing them to receive real-time updates from those with a broader overview of the battlefield.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Taking inspiration from Google Glass and similar technologies, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are busily developing the battlefield command and control platforms of the future.

IDF combat soldiers in training exercise.

The IDF Spokesman on Tuesday announced that the Israeli army’s own version of “Google Glass” had been successfully tested using a homegrown logistics app.

“We have completed our first application that works on a mobile platform – mobile logistics transportation,” said Capt.

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| March 11, 2015
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IDF to Have Gaza Belt Residents in Bombshelters Longer in Next War With Gaza

IDF is shortening the warning times for incoming Gaza rockets, saying the 15 seconds given was not enough time to find safety: Gaza Belt residents will be instructed to live in, or next to, protective shelters during future conflicts with Gaza.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Guidelines during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza gave a 15-second window to Gaza Belt residents to run to shelters in the event of a “Code Red” alarm – a short time to find safety.

Israelis find shelter from Gaza’s deadly rockets in a ‘converted’ sewage pipe – Reuters

But even 15 seconds is insufficient, a senior Home Front Command official revealed Wednesday – and during the next war, Gaza Belt residents may be instructed to live out of their shelters for the duration of the conflict.

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| March 11, 2015
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Syrian gunfire lightly wounds IDF officer in Golan Heights

The IDF did not return fire following the slightly wounding of an officer, part of an Engineering force attempting to extricate a stuck bulldozer.

By BEN HARTMAN, NOAM AMIR/MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

An IDF officer was lightly wounded by a gunshot fired from Syria on Tuesday evening. The officer was treated at the scene in the northern Golan Heights and did not need to be evacuated from the scene.

An IDF soldier stands atop a tank near Alonei Habashan on the Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria. – Photo: REUTERS

The gunshot came from an area near Quneitra under the control of government troops. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2015
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IDF unveils newly developed technique for demolishing terror tunnels

Anticipating Hezbollah using terror tunnels in the event of another war, the IDF is conducting special training for detonating tunnel openings & has developed new underground communication equipment.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Less than a year after operations to destroy tunnels built by Hamas, the IDF has been training extensively to prepare for the possibility of similar structures being used by Hezbollah. Sources in the IDF estimate that the Shiite organization will, like Hamas, exploit the advantages of underground tunnels and attempt to kidnap soldiers.

Practice drill in a simulated tunnel – Photo: Amit Nino/IDF

While there has been no specific intelligence pointing to digging of tunnels beyond the northern border, it is believed that Hezbollah will, in the event of a third war in Lebanon, use tunnels against IDF soldiers conducting maneuvers in Lebanese territory. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2015
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Christian Soldiers Proud to Defend Israel

 

Watching the ISIS brutality in Syria brought upon the non-Muslims, the young Israeli Christians say this is why they willingly & happily serve in the IDF to defend the Jewish State.

By Ryan Jones

 

News has been swirling that ISIS is again on the rampage against Christians in Iraq and Syria.

Father Gabriel Naddaf, spiritual leader of the Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum, joins several young Arabic-speaking Aramean Christians as they are inducted into the Israel Defense Forces.

Reports indicate that no fewer than 35 Assyrian Christian villages have been targeted in northeastern Syria in recent weeks. Most of these villages are now empty of inhabitants.

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| February 24, 2015
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Fatah Ringleader Shot Dead While Attacking IDF

Large group of Palestinian rioters in Judea hurl rocks & firebombs at the IDF, wounding a soldier, which prompted a response leaving the riot leader dead.

By Ari Yashar

 

An Arab rioter attacking IDF forces was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday morning at the Dheisheh “refugee camp” located outside of Bethlehem, in Judea.

The 19-year-old rioter, named as Jihad al-Jafari, was killed overnight during clashes targeting the IDF, according to Palestinian Arab medics who spoke to AFP.

An IDF spokesperson noted that the troops were assaulted by a group of Arab rioters hurling rocks, firebombs and other incendiary devices, and that in the onslaught a soldier was wounded.

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| February 23, 2015
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Cleared for Publication: Hamas Terror-Cell in West Bank Arrested

REPORTED: The 11-man Palestinian group apprehended in Hebron had organized to carry out a wide range of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, including suicide bombings.

By Itay Blumenthal

 

A joint Shin Bet-IDF operation last month led to the arrests of an 11-man Hamas cell in Hebron, which had been planning to carry out terror attacks inside Israel. The news of the operation was announced Monday by the Shin Bet after a gag order was lifted.

Weapons recovered by Israeli security forces in Hebron. – Photo: Shin Bet Spokesman

The Shin Bet named key figures in the cell as Saheib Maamun Saltan, 20, a Hamas activist from Hebron, and his cousin, 28-year-old Salam Abbas Saltan, who has in recent years both been jailed and held in administrative detention in Israel. Continue Reading »

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| February 23, 2015
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Israel’s Jordanian border less secure than others with foreigners successfully infiltrating

Two people infiltrate the Jordanian border in Negev and disappear into waiting car, catching the IDF off guard.

By Ari Yashar

 

A serious security mishap occurred on Saturday morning, as two people succeeded in breaching the Israeli border from Jordan despite IDF preparations, in an incident raising fears about the possibility of foreign terrorists freely infiltrating into the Jewish state.

IDF trackers were dispatched as soon as the breach was identified, reports Walla!, and at the scene they found footprints leading to Highway 90 between Grofit and Yotvata in the Arava region of the Negev to the north of Eilat, in an area just to the east of Ovda Airport.

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| February 20, 2015
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Leading IDF advocate says Palestinian war crimes charges not a concern

Maj. Gen. Danny Efroni , IDF’s advocate general  says possible investigation by the International Criminal Court into last war with Gaza, ‘Operation Protective Edge’ is being dealt with through ‘full & thorough’ Israeli investigations.

By Associated Press

 

The IDF’s chief legal adviser said on Thursday that he is not concerned about a possible investigation by the International Criminal Court into Israel’s conduct during last year’s Gaza war. Israel’s own internal probes are sufficient, said advocate general Maj. Gen. Danny Efroni.

Maj. Gen. Danny Efroni (2nd from right) tours West Bank – Photo: IDF

The Palestinians recently joined the Netherlands-based court and have threatened to press war crimes charges against Israel there.
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| February 16, 2015
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Gadi Eisenkot, a mensch from the Galilee, sworn in as IDF Chief of Staff

Replacing Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Galilee-born Eisenkot, 54, was sworn in as Israel’s 21st chief of staff in a ceremony that included his promotion to Lieutenant-General.

By Ynet

 

Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot was sworn in as the 21st chief of staff of the IDF on Monday, replacing Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, who completed his IDF duty after 37 years of military service, at a ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem.

PM Netanyahu and DM Ya’alon appoint Eisenkot as new IDF Chief of Staff with the rank of Lt Gen. – Photo: Offer Meir

Members of the Israeli establishment were in attendence Monday, among them Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and even opposition politician Tzipi Livni. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2015
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VIDEO: IDF Patrol Catches Gaza Infiltrator Crossing Border Into Israel

Incredible short film documenting from discovery to the apprehending of a Palestinian infiltrator from Gaza into Israel.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Ynet’s military reporter was with IDF forces near the border with Gaza when they were alerted that a Palestinian was illegally crossing into Israel. The following video offers an inside look into the challenges faced by the IDF in securing Israel as more and more Gazans attempt to flee a dismal life in Gaza Strip.

 

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| February 10, 2015
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Egyptian soldiers shot dead 2 Israeli smugglers on its border with Israel

Two drug smugglers hit in shoot-out with Egyptian soldiers operating on Israeli and Egyptian sides of the border.
• After IDF fired warning shots, the 2 smugglers were evacuated but later succumbed to their wounds.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Two Israeli smugglers were killed on Tuesday morning during an exchange of fire between Egyptian soldiers and a smuggling cell with operatives on both the Israeli and Egyptian sides of the border.

Egyptian army watch tower monitors movement on its border between Israel & Egypt. – Photo: Reuters

IDF forces shot warning shots into the air and later evacuated the smugglers, who had been in critically wounded during the incident and later succumbed to their wounds. Continue Reading »

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| January 28, 2015
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After Pressure from Northern Towns, IDF Reinvestigates Possibility of Hezbollah Attack Tunnels

 

IDF sources say drilling currently being carried out is in response to request by northern residents, adding that again, no tunnels have been located.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The IDF has begun drilling in search for possible tunnels near the norther community of Zir’it, which is situated close to the Lebanese border.

IDF bulldozer – Photo: REUTERS

Military sources on Wednesday said the drilling was being carried out in response to a request by local residents to rule out the possibility of Hezbollah attacks in the area.


The sound of digging equipment underneath one’s home?

The sources have stressed that no tunnels have been located, and that it is not the first time that the army has launched underground searches in response to requests by local residents.

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| January 28, 2015
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After attack, PM Netanyahu warns Hezbollah: Don’t test Israel

• Israel’s Prime Minister says, ‘IDF is prepared to act strongly on all fronts’.
• Defense Minister Ya’alon says, ‘we will respond forcefully and with determination’.

Ynet

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu warned Israel’s opponents in the north to take the summer war with Gaza as an example of the magnitude of IDF retaliation for Wednesday attack, which saw Hezbollah forces wound four IDF soldiers in an attack on northern Israel.

“At this moment, the IDF is responding to events in the north. To everyone who is trying to challenge us at the northern border, I recommend for them look what happened there, not far from the city of Sderot, in Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| January 28, 2015
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7 IDF soldiers Injured After IDF Vehicle Hit by Hezbollah Antitank Missile

Hezbollah fires Mortar shells at IDF outposts and antitank missile hits an IDF vehicle in the Golan, in escalation.
• There are casualties and the IDF artillery is returning fire.

By Gil Ronen

 

An antitank missile has been fired at an IDF vehicle from the Har Dov area (Shebaa Farms) in a Hezbollah ambush Wednesday morning, and there are reportedly seven casualties, who are receiving treatment.

Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the attack, through journalist Rassan Ben Jiddo, who is close to the terrorist militia.

ZAKA emergency services initially said that three people were hurt.

The IDF spokesman said that an antitank missile was fired at an IDF vehicle that was moving along the border. 

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