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| December 3, 2013
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EXPOSED: Israel providing humanitarian assistance to Syrian civilians

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says the IDF has sent food & water across the border, and has been helping the Syrian refugees prepare for winter rains.

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The Israel Defense Forces has been providing humanitarian aid to Syrians living near the border, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon revealed on Tuesday during a tour of the frontier.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on a tour of the Syrian-Israeli border on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on a tour of the Syrian-Israeli border on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.- Photo: Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry

According to Ya’alon, Israel has sent water and food, including baby foods, across the border, and has been helping the Syrians prepare for winter. Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2013
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IDF’s Gaza Division Commander: Hamas Cooperates with the IDF

The head of the army’s Gaza Division, Gen. Mickey Edelstein, reveled in a Channel 10 interview that Hamas is ‘Gaza’s cop’ – for now.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Brigadier General Mickey Edelstein, head of the IDF’s Gaza Division, admitted to Channel 10 to a certain degree of cooperation between the IDF and Hamas.

“Hamas is in trouble and now it finds itself isolated,” said Edelstein, in conversation with the Gaza residents released Monday on the television network.

He stressed that “Leaders of Hamas, both the political and military branches, do everything to maintain restraint.” He also claimed that “Hamas soldiers have been prevented from shooting at or mounting charges at the IDF.” Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2013
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IDF retaliates into Syria after gunmen shoot at Israeli soldiers on Golan Heights

 

IDF statement reads ‘hit confirmed’ on Syria gunmen.

Mortar shell falls on Israeli side hitting Druze village of Majdal Shams, leaving no casualties, in apparent spillover from Syria civil war.

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The Israeli army fired into Syria on Monday after its troops were shot at on the Golan Heights, the military said.

Israeli soldiers sit atop a tank as they watch the border with Syria

Israeli soldiers sit atop a tank as they watch the border with Syria near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, on the Golan Heights July 3, 2013.- Photo: Reuters

“Gunfire was opened from Syria toward IDF soldiers in the central Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2013
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Kibbutzniks are no longer core of the IDF officer corps

 

Relatively high enlistment rates for combat duty by Kibbutzniks continue, but it hides a decline for those continuing on into IDF officer corps.

New joint project hopes to overturn recent trend, hoping a return of kibbutz sabras to forefront of IDF command.

By Matan Tzuri

 

On Sunday morning, nearly 1,200 young kibbutzniks from across the country will hit the road for a bicycle trek in the south. They will ride 160 km (100 mi) on roads and trails in the Negev, as well as a portion of the Israel-Jordan border. The journey will last a week. Its purpose: Create a connection between the kibbutzniks and the IDF, and motivate them to serve in its combat units

High School kids going to Enlistment center (illustration) - Photo: Yaron Brener

High School kids going to Enlistment center (illustration) – Photo: Yaron Brener

Additionally – the organizers of the trek hope – the trip will imbue these young Israelis with the will to return to serve as officers, like in the good old days remembered by the older kibbutzniks. Continue Reading »

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| December 1, 2013
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Despite PA denial Al-Qaida-linked group claims substantial growth in West Bank

Majles Shura al-Mujahideen confirms 3 of their members were killed by Israel special forces last week, denounces the current peacemaking efforts & threatens attacks on Israel as well as Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.

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An Al-Qaida-linked group has confirmed that the three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week were its members, and said that their presence there proved that the Islamist network has taken root in the Palestinian territory.

Funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

The funeral of three Al-Qaida linked Palestinians killed by Israeli forces near Hebron, November 27, 2013 – Photo: Reuters

Al-Qaida has struggled to build up significant support in the West Bank, analysts say, and the Palestinian Authority that administers the area last week denied an Israeli report that the men were linked to the organization. Continue Reading »

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| December 1, 2013
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Infuriated Netanyahu, condemns Druze discrimination saying ‘they are our flesh & blood’

 

 

PM remarks on incident where Druze soldiers were denied entry during security drill at Dimona facility, saying ‘they are our flesh & blood, they should be treated as equals’

By Attila Somfalvi

 

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on an incident in which Druze soldiers were not allowed to enter the Dimona reactor as part of a security drill and said that lessons must be drawn from it. “Our brothers the Druze are our flesh and blood. They serve in combat units in the IDF and should be treated as equals,” he said.

Prime Minister Netanyahu at a Likud Beytenu faction meeting, November 4, 2013.- Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The J'lem Post

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

The incident occurred several weeks ago and was first reported by Yedioth Ahronoth. Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2013
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3 Druze soldiers kept from entering nuclear facility

 

Despite impeccable enlistment record, three Druze IDF soldiers suffered discrimination.

Evidence reveals the IAF Druze soldiers were barred from entering Dimona nuclear research center for 30 minutes until security investigation was completed.

By Yossi Yoshuah

 

Israel‘s Druze community surpasses Jews in their percentage of IDF enlistment and the minority group will soon mark a milestone when Colonel Ghassan Alian will take command of the Golani Brigade – yet conscripted Druze still suffer discrimination within the army.

The Nuclear Research Center in Dimona – Archives: AFP

A Yedioth Aharonoth report based on undercover recordings revealed that there are those that are still skeptical of the Druze soldier’s loyalties and barred IAF Druze soldiers from joining their Jewish comrades in a military exercise in the sensitive Dimona nuclear center. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2013
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IDF Soldiers Train for Ground Invasion into Gaza

IDF combat forces hold major ground incursion exercise. Jerusalem’s determined to hit Hamas hard & fast next time Israel’s forced to respond to rocket attacks.

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

The Israeli army on Wednesday wrapped up two days of massive ground exercises simulating the invasion of the Gaza Strip and the suppression of Hamas rocket fire.

Nachal & Armor training exercise – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The exercises focused on directing overwhelming firepower against the sources of terrorist rocket fire, while at the same time advancing ground forces deep into Gaza.

Gaza-based terrorists fired a rocket at the southern Israel coastal city of Ashkelon on Tuesday night. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2013
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IDF to redefine cyber defense units as ‘combat’ in new classification of soldiers’ roles

 

New changes define four categories of soldiers:
1. full-fledged combatants
2. battle soldiers
3. facilitators of weapons
4. home-front soldiers

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

 

In part of an extended process of defining categories of soldiers within the IDF which is near completion, the IDF is expected to define some of its cyber units as attack units.

IDF soldiers engaged in cyber security – Photo: yadlashiryon.com

The IDF spokesman only officially confirmed that defining “who is a ‘combatant'” in the IDF had been “approved and agreed to by [Lt. Gen. Benny Ganz] the Chief-of-Staff” and would be “distributed” throughout “relevant units” in the IDF after an additional approval from Gantz. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2013
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Thousands bury al-Qaeda terrorists killed by Special Forces

 

Radical Islamists terrorists killed by Israeli forces in Hebron buried in West Bank.

Both Israel & the PA are concerned by rise of jihadi Salafis in territories.

By the Associated Press

 

 

Thousands of mourners attended the funerals Wednesday of suspected Palestinian terrorists who were killed in an IDF raid in the West Bank Tuesday.

Yamam, urban special forces

Yamam, urban special forces – MAGAV training film screenshot

The three were jihadi Salafis, or followers of a violent stream of puritanical Islam, and had planned attacks on Israelis and on the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian self-rule government in the West Bank, said Lt. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2013
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2 Palestinian Salafi jihadi terrorists killed in West Bank by Israeli special forces

The Palestinian terrorists, discovered in the Hebron region, were in the planning stages of a terror attack supposed to take place in upcoming days.

Special security forces say the men were found with explosives & 2 handguns in their possession at the time of their death.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

 

Two Salafi-jihadi terrorists in the Hebron region who were in the middle of planning a terror attack for the coming days were killed in counter-terrorism mission, the Shin Bet announced on tuesday evening.

Salafi Palestinians - Photo: Reuters

Salafi Palestinians – Photo: Reuters

The terror suspects were found in possession of explosives and two handguns, and the Counter-Terrorism Unit together with other special forces attempted to arrest them before opening fire, the Shin Bet added. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2013
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Artillery Corps seeks more recruits in growing northern role

 

Israel’s Artillery Corps is becoming a strategic force on Israel’s Syrian border, where it responds with lethal surface-to-surface missiles at enemy positions.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

With a new precision rocket battalion also coming into service soon, the Artillery Corps, which maintains the Ground Forces’ only drone unit, is hoping that its growing role will attract more young recruits. On Tuesday, the Corps is set to learn how many Israeli youths from the November round of draftees signed up with the Artillery Corps.

An IDF artillery vehicle on the Golan Heights – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson Unit

 “We’re investing a lot to bring combat soldiers to us,” Brig.-Gen.

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| November 23, 2013
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Kibbutz Security Squad Capture 3 Infiltrators from Gaza

IDF Soldiers fire rubber bullets at stone-throwing rioters north of Beit El, wounding four of them.

IDF puts area under alert, leading kibbutzniks to capture 3 Gazans.

By Gil Ronen

 

Israeli soldiers opened fire on Arab rioters north of Beit El on Saturday, wounding four of them, Palestinian Authority (PA) medical sources said.

The shooting happened near the Jalazoun neighborhood, the sources said. Beit El is located in the biblical heartland of Samaria, north of Jerusalem.

An Israeli military spokesman told AFP that troops fired rubber bullets at a group of around 150 Palestinians who were throwing stones at them, but were unable to determine how many demonstrators were wounded. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2013
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Israel Air Force Responds to Gaza Mortar Attacks on Israel

According to a report by Hamas, Israeli military attacked empty building. Gaza reports no casualties.

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The Israel Air Force launched a strike in the Gaza Strip near the area of Khan Yunis on Tuesday. This marks the second Israeli strike in Gaza in a week.

Smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip, November 16, 2012. – Photo: AFP

According to a report by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces attacked an abandoned building. No casualties were reported.

Last Thursday, the IDF bombed two militants that launched a rocket toward Israel.

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| November 12, 2013
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IDF field hospital sent to the Philippines

 

The Foreign Ministry announced that Israel would send a search & rescue team with experience in searching damaged buildings, as well as medical staff and a field hospital.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

The IDF will send a humanitarian mission to assist victims of the Typhoon in the Philippines, army sources said.

Soldier preparing supplies for the Philippines – Photo Courtesy IDF

The mission, headed by Col. Ramtin Sabati, who commands the National Rescue Unit, will contain medical staff and a field hospital, and will head out to the storm-stricken areas on Wednesday. The decision came following an evaluation meeting held by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Continue Reading »

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