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| May 20, 2014
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Cyber warfare unregulated admits IDF Legal adviser

Because there is no convention or international legislation on how a military unit operates in the digital realm, it is still murky legal ground.

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The field of cyber warfare is unregulated, which makes legal advice in this area particularly important, an Israel Defense Forces legal adviser said Monday.

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An IDF course for cyber-defense in Ramat Gan. Alumni of such units formed startups such as Adollam and Aorato. – Photo: Alon Ron

Speaking at the CyberNight conference at the Shamoon College of Engineering in Be’er Sheva, Maj. A., the Military Intelligence legal adviser, described the role of legal consulting in the era of cybernetic warfare, saying that “Although the field is not regulated – and because the field is not regulated – the legal adviser plays a central role.

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| May 8, 2014
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Alert IDF Soldiers Discover Illegal Weapons in Terrorist’s Possession

Late Tuesday evening, soldiers from the IDF’s Kfir Brigade discovered 2 automatic assault-rifles & a handgun while carrying out an arrest in the Judea & Samaria region.

Major Shai Kedem, deputy commander of the battalion responsible for the operation, explained how his soldiers uncovered the weapons.

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“The incident started as a routine arrest that we carried out after receiving intelligence information,” said Maj. Shai Kedem, an IDF commander whose soldiers uncovered several weapons south of Jenin late Tuesday. During the arrest, the soldiers performed searches and found concealed weapons in the house of a Palestinian terror suspect.

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| May 6, 2014
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Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox community quietly joins the IDF

“There is a ‘Haredi Spring’ taking place as the Internet & smartphones develop. You can’t avoid it…..What the rabbis are afraid of is [their] culture changing. Incrementally, it is seeping through,” says Moshe Prigan, 30, a captain who recruits other ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to enlist into the IDF.

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Moshe Prigan starts his day just like many other men in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, with his morning prayer. It is only later that he does the unexpected, when he puts on his air force uniform and heads to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv.

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| May 4, 2014
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IDF deploys Patriot missile battery near Eilat

 

Israel’s Air Defense Command replaces outdated Hawk anti-missile missile defense with upgraded American Patriot missile interceptor.

By Yoav Zitun

 

A Patriot missile battery was deployed near Eilat in mid-April, as part of an IDF plan to assure permanent protection of the resort city’s sky. Deployed by the Air Defense Command of the IAF, the new Patriot battery replaced the aging Hawk anti-missile platform which was permanently deployed in the area.

Patriot battery near Eilat (Photo: Meir Ochion)

Patriot battery near Eilat – Photo: Meir Ochion

The new Patriot battery includes an advanced radar system; it is expected to provide a strategic response to ballistic missiles, enemy warplanes, and attack UAVs. Continue Reading »

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| May 2, 2014
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1st Hareidi Hesder Yeshiva Combines IDF Cyber-Defense & Torah

Unique ground breaking 4-yr program opened in Jerusalem, integrates 2 years of study with 2 years of service in IDF’s Cyber Defense Unit.

By Ari Yashar

 

The first hareidi hesder yeshiva has been opened in Jerusalem. The ground-breaking program will combine Torah study with IDF army service.

Last August, the first hareidi mechina, or pre-army preparatory academy, began operating, offering two years of intensive Torah study and preparation for the army, followed by a full three-year service. The hesder program combines military service and Torah study, usually for a period of four to six years. Both options already exist for religious-Zionists, but these two institutions are the first of their kind to cater for hareidi men after they leave high school. Continue Reading »

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| April 30, 2014
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IDF, Shin Bet arrest Arab cell planning terror attacks on Jewish Israelis

 

The Palestinian terror cell, affiliated with Hamas was arrested just before executing planned bombing and shooting attacks against Israelis.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Security forces led by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested members of a Hamas-affiliated terrorist cell in Kalkilya in recent months, who were plotting a campaign of bombings and shootings against Israeli targets, the Shin Bet announced Wednesday.

Israel Police counter-terrorism - Photo: Or Many

Israel Police counter-terrorism – Photo: Or Manny

Security sources told The Jerusalem Post that the suspects, who were arrested in a series of raids between December and March, were in the early phase of planning terrorist attacks on Israeli targets in the West Bank and within the Green Line.

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| April 30, 2014
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Online petition demands IDF commander to reinstate soldier

 

‘David’, who was caught on camera cocking his weapon at a Palestinian teenager, was court-martialed for violent offenses by his commander, just prior to this incident.

By Yoav Zitun, Michal Margalit

 

A Nahal soldier, who was removed from his combat position in the brigade after he was documenting cocking his weapon and aiming it at a Palestinian teenager earlier this week, but a Facebook page with over 71,000 likes is demanding his reinstatement.

‘I’m with David’

An investigation of the incident, in which the soldier cocks his weapon at a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager in Hebron, found that the soldier was removed from the brigade before the incident. Continue Reading »

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| April 29, 2014
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From Tokyo to the IDF with eyes on Paratroopers Brigade

 

Tokyo-raised Sol Kikuchi, 20, the son of a Japanese Buddhist mother & American Jewish father comes to Israel to serve as a lone soldier in the IDF .

By Danny Brenner

 

Sol Kikuchi, 20, was raised in the Tokyo suburb of Hachioji and until recently had never visited Israel. But one year ago, he experienced a transformation that brought him to the country, and on Wednesday he will enlist in the Israel Defense Forces as a lone soldier.

Fulfilling his dream to serve in the IDF, Sol Kikuchi – Photo: Danny Brenner

“My father is an American Jew whose parents immigrated to the U.S.

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| April 27, 2014
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Christian lone soldier decides to cross the ‘Finnish’ line to volunteer in IDF

 

30 years ago, Daniel Bana’s Christian Arab father married a Finnish tourist & moved to Finland. Bana 24, now a lone soldier in the IDF, calls Israel his home.

By Danny Brenner

 

Corporal Daniel Bana, a 24-year-old combat soldier in the Kfir infantry brigade, is not your typical lone soldier. Some 30 years ago his father, a Christian Arab from Kafr Yasif, married a Finnish tourist visiting Israel and moved to southern Finland. They would have seven children.

Corporal Daniel Bana in IDF military fatigues – Photo: Gil Eliyahu/JINI

“We would visit my dad’s family every year, he has a warm and loving family in Kafr Yasif,” Daniel says about his childhood. Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2014
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Gaza detonates improvised explosive device on border in failed attack on IDF

—- SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —-

No injuries reported as IDF returned fire.

Current data released by IDF show over 100 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel this year, compared to the 9 rockets fired in 2013.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
 

 

Palestinian terrorists detonated an explosive device in a failed attempt to attack soldiers carrying out routine security work along the northern border with Gaza on Thursday evening.

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IDF on Gaza border, March 13, 2014.- Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM

The army fired back at the source of the blast, an IDF spokesperson said. There were no injuries reported in the incident.

Earlier, the IDF uncovered two bombs planted on the border in southern Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2014
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IDF Bedouin soldier ‘Exiled’ from his village finds new home on kibbutz

 

Having been attacked in his home village & unable to return for volunteering for the IDF, Sergeant Adham Saab found comfort & safety on a kibbutz in Southern Israel.

By Israel Moskovitz

 

Twenty-one-year-old Sergeant Adham Saab dreamt of volunteering to serve in the IDF since the age of 10, but it was just two years ago, one month after beginning his service, that his dream became a nightmare when he was attacked in his village by more than 10 men who disapproved of his choice to serve.

Sergeant Adham Saad (Photo: Chayam Hornstein)

Sergeant Adham Saad – Photo: Chayam Hornstein

Saab is a member of Israel’s Bedouin community. Continue Reading »

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| April 23, 2014
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Defense Minister introduces reciprocal measures for ‘violent’ settlements

 

Defense Minister Ya’alon orders police, military & Civil Administration to prioritize razing structures built illegally without permits & licenses in Judea & Samaria outposts and/or settlements where the residents have a history of violently attacking Israel’s security forces.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has instructed Israel Defense Forces commanders across Judea and Samaria to accelerate the razing of illegally built structures in settlements and outposts where security forces meet violence from extremists, Army Radio reported Wednesday.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon – Photo: Dudi Vaaknin

According to the report, the order, which was given in a closed forum, extends to police and Civil Administration forces in the area as well.

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| April 21, 2014
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Five Mind-Blowing Technological Wonders of the IDF

 

The Israel Defense Force is one of the most technologically advanced armies on the planet. Check out the IDF’s 5 most innovative weapons, (…at least the ones that we can tell you about) which help Israel’s soldiers on the battlefield every day.

Photos: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

 

1. The IDF Unmanned Ground Vehicle

The border with Gaza is one of Israel’s most tense regions. Hamas snipers, anti-tank missiles and explosives threaten IDF soldiers whose job it is to patrol the security fence on the border.

To counter these threats, the IDF has introduced the Guardium Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), which patrols the Gaza fence around the clock. Continue Reading »

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| April 18, 2014
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From the underground intel “Pit” to the high IAF skies

 

1st time: Israel’s Air Force invites a journalist into its main command post “the Pit”, where IDF soldiers & officers gather & assess intelligence & process it into operational plans.

By Aharon Lapidot

 

The last report on the whereabouts of the Klos C cargo ship on Marine Traffic, the website that tracks maritime traffic in real time, was registered at 5:41 p.m. on February 22. The site indicated that the ship was last seen in the Strait of Hormuz just south of the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. Its planned route was supposed to take it around the Arabian Peninsula towards the Red Sea.

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| April 15, 2014
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Palestinian Terrorist kills one Israeli, wounds two outside Hevron

Father killed by sniper, wounded mother & son taken to Jerusalem hospitals; security forces surround adjacent Palestinian village.

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One Israeli was killed and two were wounded Monday evening after an assailant opened fire on three cars driving through the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The car fired upon by West Bank assailant, April 14. 2014.

The car fired upon by West Bank assailant, April 14. 2014. – Photo: Hatzala, Judea and Samaria

Large forces have surrounded the nearby village of Idna to look for the gunman. “We view harshly this incident on the eve of Passover and we will get our hands on the attackers,” the IDF said.

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