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| November 11, 2013
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Int’l TV Music Judge Simon Cowell Donates to the IDF

 

 

Annual ‘Friends of the IDF’ event in L.A., hosted by Cheryl & Haim Saban, raises record $20 million for Israel’s soldiers

By Yossi Aloni

 

 

Hard-nosed American Idol and X Factor judge Simon Cowell was among 1,200 honored guests at this year’s Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles

Music Mogul Simon Cowell Donates to IDF

Music Mogul Simon Cowell and event host Haim Saban

The annual salute to IDF soldiers is hosted by Cheryl and Haim Saban. Besides Cowell, the event was also graced by the presence of Lionel Richie, who gave a rare live performance. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2013
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2nd Terrorist Shot Dead in a Day, While Trying to Kill Jews

– BREAKING NEWS –

IDF soldiers shoot & kill a knife-wielding Arab terrorist who tried to carry out a terrorist attack near Bethlehem.

By Elad Benari

 

Alert IDF soldiers were able to foil a terrorist attack at a checkpoint near Bethlehem on Thursday evening.

A Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist who was armed with a knife arrived at the checkpoint and tried to stab a Border Guard officer who was stationed there.

The terrorist was shot by the soldiers before he could carry out his plan. He was listed in moderate-to-serious condition. IDF soldiers are searching the area to determine whether there are additional terrorists. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2013
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IDF reports More women soldiers seeking to serve in combat units

 

IDF’s Chief of staff aid: “We’re seeing growing numbers of women in combat roles compared to last year,”

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

There is growing motivation among women in Israel’s military to join combat units, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday, citing new data.

Female IDF defender at the Kotel, Jerusalem – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

“We’re seeing growing numbers of women in combat roles compared to last year. There are more women interested in significant service in the IDF as combat soldiers,” said Brig.-Gen. Raheli Tavat-Vizel, who advises the chief of staff on women’s affairs in the military.

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| October 31, 2013
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IDF Reports Arab from Jenin May Have Been Shot Dead by PA Police

The IDF reported that the Arab resident whom the Palestinian Authority accused the IDF of shooting may very well have been killed by a PA police gunfire.

By David Lev

 

 

An Arab resident of a town near Jenin whom the Palestinian Authority accused the IDF of killing may very well have been killed by gunshots fired by PA police. The IDF is investigating the death of the Arab in Qabatiya, south of Jenin late Wedneday, and has found evidence indicating that the Arab was killed by PA gunfire.

The incident occurred as IDF soldiers attempted to arrest security suspects in the town. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2013
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Palestinian Arab killed by IDF fire in Qabatiya

 

 

Palestinians report large force of IDF soldiers entered village near Jenin overnight to secure arrest of wanted Arab terrorist. Subsequent clashes ensued leaving one young man dead.

Elior Levy

A Palestinian man in his 20s was killed during clashes with IDF forces in the West Bank village Qabatiya overnight. Palestinian medical officials said he was shot in the chest and died of his wounds.

According to Palestinian reports, large IDF forces entered Qabatiya late on Wednesday with the purpose of arresting several suspects. Clashes ensued and left Ahmad Tazazaa dead. His body has been transferred to a hospital in Jenin. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2013
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View Clip of IDF Paratroopers firing advanced Spike missile

 

In a special training exercise held before the unit deploys for tour on Israel’s northern border, IDF paratroopers fire an advanced Spike-MR missile, one of  the IDF’s most advanced portable guided missiles.  -Watch it in action

By Yoav Zitun

 

Combat soldiers from the IDF‘s Paratroopers Brigade received an unusual allocation this week and fired a Spike-MR missile during a training exercise held in preparation of the troops’ scheduled operational activity along the northern border.

Spike-MR missile in action - IDF

Spike-MR missile in action – IDF

The Spike-MR rare launch was documented by the IDF and is quite the sight.

The missile is a portable “fire-and-forget” guided missile, and it is one of the army’s most advanced anti-tank and anti-personnel projectiles. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2013
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Report: Details on lost pilot Ron Arad for intel on missing Iranian diplomats

Al-Siasa newspaper from Kuwait quotes Western intel sources as saying that a possible deal would reveal info on Israel’s Ron Arad in exchange for details on Iranian diplomats who vanished in the 1980s.

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A Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday that Israel will soon receive new details regarding missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad as part of a deal between Iran and a Western intelligence agency.

Missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad

Missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.- Photo by AP

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siasa quoted Western intelligence officials as saying that the deal includes the release of information regarding Arad, who’s been missing in action since 1986, in exchange for details on four Iranian diplomats who vanished in Lebanon in the 1980s. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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IDF soldier from Australia was surprise to have parents appear in Masada

 

 

At an elite Shaldag Unit ceremony on top of Masada, IAF combat fighter was surprised by his parents attendance who came from Australia thanks to anonymous donation.

By Matan Tzuri

L. (21), a fighter in the Israeli Air Force elite unit Shaldag who recently made aliyah from Australia, already accepted the fact that his parents will not stand beside him in his unit’s training graduation ceremony, which was held in Masada this week. Yet moments before receiving the fighter pin he had been dreaming about for two years of exhausting training, he discovered his parents came to surprise him from across the planet. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Druze Colonel to be next Commander of IDF’s Golani Brigade

Col. Rassan Alian fought (& was wounded) in the 2nd Lebanon War as Commander of the Rotem Battalion.

“Rassan is also a brother: we went through Officers’ Training Course in the same company,” reports Naftali Bennett.

By Gil Ronen

 

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, Chairman of the Bayit Yehudi faction, expressed satisfaction Thursday with the planned appointment of Col. Rassan Alian to head the Golani Brigade. Alian will be the first Druze to command the brigade.

Col. Rassan Alian – IDF Spokesman

The appointment will be formalized once Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon signs it.

“Rassan is a Druze,” Bennett told his Facebook friends. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Civil war between the Global Jihad & Hezbollah has erupted in Lebanon

 

Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon says the Global Jihad tried to pull Israel into a conflict in Lebanon by firing missiles at Israel, hoping Hezbollah would receive Israel’s wrath.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Thursday that a “civil war” has erupted in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Global Jihad elements that have attempted to drag Israel into the conflict.

People gather around the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs, August 15, 2013.

People gather around the site of an explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs, August 15, 2013.- Photo: REUTERS/ Hasan Shaaban

“To those who are not yet aware, there is already a civil war in Lebanon. Global Jihad, which has infiltrated Lebanon and is attacking Hezbollah, is blowing up car bombs in Dahia and is firing rockets at Dahia and the Beka’a Valley,” he said, referencing recent attacks on Hezbollah strongholds.

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| October 24, 2013
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IDF, Hamas ‘ping-pong’ on Twitter, inadvertently creating dialogue

 

 

IDF Spokesman tweets regarding successful mission, dragging response from Hamas, to which he in turn he replies on the IDF’s social media website. Lerner insists, ‘It’s not dialogue.’

By Michal Margalit

IDF accidentally broke its policy of non-negotiation with terror groups such as Hamas, in an online incident Tuesday, when IDF Spokesman Major Peter Lerner tweeted the news of a successful hit and was replied by Hamas, leading to back-and-forth tweets.

The Twitter debate

The Twitter debate

Major Lerner, the spokesman and Head of the International Media Branch of IDF, tweeted news of a successful hit of terrorist Mohammad Assi, who was behind a 2012 bus bombing in Tel-Aviv.

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| October 23, 2013
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IDF Kills Terrorst Hiding in West Bank Cave

 

After IDF fires 2 LAW anti-tank missiles to take out Mohammed Assi, an Islamic Jihad operative who was hiding in cave near Bilin, the army warns of ‘terror atmosphere’ throughout the West Bank.

By Yoav Zitun & Elior Levy

Nearly a year after the bombing of a Tel Aviv bus during Operation Pillar of Defense left 29 people injured, an anti-tank missile killed one of the terrorists who planned the attack. An operation launched Tuesday morning to arrest terror suspects in the Palestinian village of Naima, near Bilin in the West Bank, ended in the death of Islamic Jihad operative Mohammed Assi. Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2013
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IDF Phones Gazans, Urging Them to Overthrow Hamas

 

 

Report: Residents of Gaza  have received phone calls from the IDF telling them Hamas is squandering their aid money.

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

Palestinians across the Gaza Strip last week reported receiving calls from the Israeli army warning them against helping Hamas, and suggesting that the terror group cared nothing at all for the well-being of local residents.

Israeli Army Calls Gazans, Urges Them to Turn on Hamas

Free Gaza from Hamas – Israel Today

The pre-recorded Arabic message, which was conveyed by Palestinians to France’s AFP news agency, said:

“The Israeli army warns you against obeying the orders of the terrorist Hamas or having any contact with it. Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2013
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5th earthquake hits Northern Israel in past week – 3.3 this time

IDF’s Home Front Command releases earthquake guidelines amid recent tremors; latest quake centered northeast of Lake Kinneret.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

 

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Israel’s North on Tuesday morning, the fifth tremor to hit the area in the last week.

Richter Scale [file photo]

Richter Scale [file photo] – Photo: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

No injuries or damage were reported in the earthquake.

The Geophysical Institute of Israel said that the quake’s epicenter was some five kilometers northeast of Kibbutz Ginosar near Lake Kinneret.

In light of the recent rash of earthquakes to hit the North, the IDF on Monday sent out a statement, calling on citizens to refresh their knowledge of earthquake procedure.

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| October 20, 2013
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IDF patrol wounds Arab Palestinian attempting to infiltrate Negev town

 

Male Palestinian shot in leg by IDF then evacuated to hospital in stable condition after ignoring warning shots when caught sabotaging border fence with Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

IDF forces opened fire on and wounded a Palestinian who was attempting to infiltrate into the village of Meitar in the Negev. The man was found sabotaging the fence in an apparent attempt to enter the community, the IDF said.

IDF combat soldiers must be prepared to evacuate wounded in battle. To prepare, they walk long distances with a stretcher. – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

The forces fired warning shots at the suspect who was ultimately shot in the leg.

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