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| January 18, 2014
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IDF Shoots & Wounds Two Gazans on Border Fence After Refusal to Stop

IDF soldiers open fire after warnings to Palestinian protesters to stop approaching  Israel’s border fence in Gaza, and refused to comply with orders to turn back.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

IDF soldiers on Friday fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters who approached the border fence in Gaza and failed to comply with orders to turn back, AFP reported.

IDF soldier on the border with northern Gaza – Reuters

Two Gazan Arabs were wounded, medics and an AFP correspondent said.

Troops fired at some 300 demonstrators who were protesting against what they claimed was Israel’s destruction of farmland for its 300-metre buffer zone, according to the correspondent. Continue Reading »

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| January 14, 2014
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Palestinian Media Reports: Armored IDF Vehicles ‘Entered Gaza’

Maan, the Palestinian Authority-based news agency says the IDF’s operation was a ‘limited incursion’ for surveillance.

By Gil Ronen

 

Palestinian Authority-based news agency Maan reported Tuesday that Israeli military vehicles crossed into northern Gaza for surveillance activities on Monday.

Bayt Lahiya region – Google Earth

The limited incursion took place in a border region near Beit Lahiya, witnesses told Maan. Separately, Israeli warships opened fire at Palestinian “fishermen” off the coast near al-Sudaniyya west of Beit Lahiya.

No injuries were reported, but the fishermen fled and were unable to continue fishing, the outlet said.

 

View original Arutz Sheva publication at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176276#.UtV3GbSPlgh Continue Reading »

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| January 14, 2014
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IDF’s New Huge Negev Complex to be Named After Sharon

The IDF’s new 4CI Branch training complex being built in the Negev & currently known as ‘Ir HaBahadim’, will be named after former General/PM.

By Elad Benari

 

The IDF’s new training complex in the Negev, known as Ir HaBahadim (lit. the city of training bases), will be named after former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, it was announced on Sunday evening.

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon received and approved the recommendation of a military names committee to name the complex after Sharon.

The town will be built on an area of 1,065 dunams (263 acres) and will house the IDF’s Armaments School, Logistics Training School, Military Police, and more. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2014
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Gaza fire 2 rockets just hours before Sharon’s burial

IDF says although location of former PM’s funeral is within range of rockets from Gaza, the two rockets did not land in Israel.

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The Israel Defense Forces said two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip just hours ahead of Ariel Sharon’s funeral on Monday morning, but they did not appear to have landed in Israel.

Fired from GazaThe location in southern Israel where the former prime minister is to be buried later Monday is within range of rockets from the Palestinian territory and rockets in the past have hit the area.

The military says Monday’s rocket fire caused no injuries or damage. Continue Reading »

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| January 11, 2014
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Interview: Defense & Security – Israel’s eyes & ears 24/7

 

IDF’s chief combat intelligence officer, Col. Tal Braun, talks to ‘The Jerusalem Post’ about watching the enemy in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria & Lebanon.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

 

As Israel prepares to encounter increasingly unstable borders and a chaotic region, the IDF’s Combat Intelligence Collection Corps is about to receive a set of hi-tech surveillance capabilities that should, according to army brass, make it far more difficult for terrorists to infiltrate Israel.

A combat intelligence soldier surveying the field. - Photo: IDF Spokesman’s Office

A combat intelligence soldier surveying the field. – Photo: IDF Spokesman’s Office

Speaking from his office at Corps Headquarters at the Tzrifin base, near Rishon Lezion, Col. Continue Reading »

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| January 11, 2014
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Pricetag: IDF commanding officer in Samaria Brigade finds his tires slashed

 

IDF General Yoav Yarom found his car was vandalized after a meeting with Yitzhar settlement representatives on recent friction between settlers and the Palestinian.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The commanding officer of the Regional Samaria Brigade, Brig. Gen. Yoav Yarom, had his car tires slashed while meeting with the head of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar on Friday.

The commanding officer's punctured tires

The commanding officer’s punctured tires

Yarom was meeting with representatives of the Nablus-adjacent settlement to discuss the recent friction in the last week between settlers and Palestinians near Yitzhar. After the meeting he returned to his jeep, which was parked inside the settlement, and found his tires were punctured. Continue Reading »

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| January 10, 2014
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Report: Israeli military intel unit seeks Farsi speaking Iranian immigrants

 

20% of Farsi speaking Jewish immigrants from Iran serve in special IDF intelligence units.

By Reuters

 

 

Iranian-born immigrants to Israel are drafted to its military intelligence units in disproportionately large numbers, an official report said on Thursday. This fact reflects the military’s high demand for Farsi speakers to monitor the Jewish state’s arch-enemy.

IDF Unit 8200

Soldiers in Unit 8200, the IDF’s technological spearhead. – Photo: Moti Milrod

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees a mortal menace in Iran’s disputed nuclear program and has long hinted his country was waging a covert campaign to track and foil it.

Those efforts, security sources said, have been stepped up since world powers and Tehran agreed an interim nuclear deal in November. Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2014
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Israeli Air Force Hits Gaza Terrorists Just After Mortar Attack

Israeli Air Force drone strikes terrorists preparing to launch rockets into southern Israeli towns.

By Ari Soffer

 

 

The Israeli Air Force struck terrorist targets in Gaza Wednesday morning, wounded two Palestinian terrorists in the south of the Islamist-controlled territory, medical and security sources said.

“Two Palestinians were hit and injured by an Israeli drone while they were riding on a motorbike east of Khan Yunis,” Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.

Hamas security sources described the two as “militants”, without saying to which group they belonged.

The IDF confirmed the strike in a statement, saying it had “intercepted terrorists during their final preparations to launch rockets towards Israel”. Continue Reading »

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| January 8, 2014
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Female IDF Soldiers Can Now Choose to Be Kashrut Inspectors

The new position opened up within the IDF for female soldiers, following a new Chief Rabbinate policy allowing women to serve as kashrut inspectors.

By Ari Yashar

 

The IDF has decided to let female soldiers serve as kashrut (Jewish dietary law) inspectors for the first time. Brigadier General Rachel Tevet Vizel, Advisor to the Chief of Staff on Women’s Issues, was behind the new move, although she notes female soldiers have yet to request the position.

Vizel told Kipa that regarding standards of religious public services, the IDF follows the policy of the state as established by the Chief Rabbinate and the Religious Services Ministry, and therefore women have not been allowed to serve as kashrut inspectors till now. Continue Reading »

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| January 5, 2014
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ex-Soldier wins claim over Insurance Institute in court, receives her grant plus

 

After working her 150 days over the course of 2 years at a gas station & hotel – jobs worthy of the NIS 10,000 grant awarded to soldiers following discharge – allowance board denied her the financial benefits…but a Judge then awards gratuity.

By Yoram Yarkoni

Female IDF combat soldiers – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

An honorably discharged soldier, who filed a damages claim against the National Insurance Institute arguing she did not receive a discharge grant awarded to soldiers who work for specific fields of industry immediately after military service, despite the fact that she did pursue employment in several of the specified industries. Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2014
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Palestinians Shot Friday While Trying to Destroy Gaza Border Fence

Security forces shot & wounded 2 Palestinians as they were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers & rolling burning tires at the Gaza border fence.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

IDF soldiers shot and wounded two Arab men from Gaza, one seriously and one moderately, in separate incidents Friday afternoon, AFP reported.

The military said soldiers opened fire to break up a violent demonstration by several Gazans who were throwing rocks at soldiers and rolling burning tires at the border fence.

“During continuous attempts to disperse the riot soldiers fired toward the main instigators’ lower extremities,” an IDF spokeswoman told AFP. Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2014
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Analysis: Examining the future of the IDF

Does Israel’s air force have a self-inflicted monopoly on firepower, should the IDF reassess and be investing more in special forces & cyber-ops, or are boots on the ground what is essential in winning a war?

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

 

As the Middle East becomes ever more anarchic and unpredictable, a group of high-ranking former and current military figures gathered at Bar-Ilan University this week for what would turn out to be one of the liveliest and frank public debates on the future of the IDF ever held.

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The conference, called IDF Force Structure, was organized by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Israel Defense magazine, and contained two panels of speakers, each of which used their rich personal experience in the security world to build up deep and well-founded arguments on how Israel should tailor its armed forces in the first quarter of the 21st century. Continue Reading »

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| January 3, 2014
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Palestinian from Gaza shot by IDF dies of wounds

Refusing to heed IDF warnings as he & several other Palestinians approached the security fence, the Gaza teen was shot in attempt to reach Israel’s border.

By JTA

 

A teenager shot by Israeli troops in Gaza died of his wounds, Palestinian medical sources said.

Explosive Devices Planted near the Gaza Security Fence

Explosive Devices Planted near the Gaza Security Fence. – Archive photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The 16-year-old died Friday afternoon from gunshot wounds sustained Thursday after he and several other Palestinians approached the security fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to a report Friday on Israel Radio.

The teenager was identified by the Ma’an news agency as Adnan Abu Khater.

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| December 30, 2013
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New scholarship for discharged Golan Druze soldiers

The scholarship will demonstrate to the young people of the Golan Heights that they are welcomed citizens of Israel & the scholarship is a very good way to bring together the Golan Druze community & Israel.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

 

 

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) along with Sayeret Matkal (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) led by former minister Avi Dichter, established a new scholarship program on Sunday for army and national service graduates of the Druze community in commemoration of Sayeret Matkal Major Salim Shufi.

Former Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter - Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Former Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

“This is the first project of this kind to incorporate young Druze residents of the Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2013
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5 Rockets fired at northern Israel, “double war crimes” under cover of Lebanese gov’t

One rocket exploded just west of Kiryat Shmona, though apparently 5 were launched.

Israeli PM Netanyahu: Hezbollah carried out a ‘double war crime under the cover of the Lebanese gov’t.’

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At least five Katyusha rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel on Sunday, one of which exploded inside of Israeli territory. No casualties or damage were reported.

Israeli soldiers examine a rocket fired from Lebanon, December 29, 2013

Israeli soldiers examine a rocket fired from Lebanon, December 29, 2013.

The military confirmed that a 122-mm rocket, apparently a Russian-made Katyusha, exploded in an open area west of the city. Continue Reading »

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