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IDF & Security / News Briefs / Florida

US Rescue Forces Working with Israelis at Surfside, Florida Disaster Site Visit Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The American delegation observed a Home Front Command training site and held a workshop on how to process trauma cases.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Anti-Israel NGOs

Gantz, Lapid, Hail Conviction of 'Human Rights' Activist Who Raised Funds for PFLP

By Jewish Press News Desk

The cynical use of human rights organizations as a cover fuels terror ism and hurts organizations that do real work for civil society.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Egypt

IDF Thwarts Massive Drug Smuggling Op on Egyptian Border

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Unlike recent similar incidents, the clash with the smugglers did not include an exchange of fire.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

IAF Bombs Iranian Targets in Syria for 3rd Time in 10 Days

By Aryeh Savir & Baruch Yedid / Tazpit News Agency

Iran and Hezbollah have in recent years been working to build up a military presence in Syria, a threat that remains a red line for Israel.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Egypt

IDF, Egyptian Army Discuss Security Near Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Egyptian army has been contending with Islamic terrorism in the area in recent years.

IDF & Security

Israel Deploys ‘Sky Dew’ Defense System Up North

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The system will operate at high altitudes, providing detection and early warning capabilities for threats emerging from the north.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / Germany

Israeli Trophy Defense System Successfully Tested on German Tanks

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The system displayed a 90% interception rate, as well as accurate detection of the source of the fire, thus proving the success of integrating the system on the German tanks.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Archaeology

Ammunition-Packed Syrian Bunker Exposed in Golan Heights

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli authorities operating to clear old minefields in the Golan Heights have recently exposed a Syrian bunker packed with ammunition that was left behind by Syrian troops retreating as IDF forces advanced during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Anti-Israel NGOs / United Nations (UN)

UN Envoy Erdan Explains Exactly Why Israel Designated 6 PFLP Affiliates as Terrorist Groups

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The PFLP operates an organizational and military apparatus, including a network of purported civilian institutions."

Terrorism / IDF & Security

PA Arab Terrorist Arrested for Setting Sukkahs on Fire, Planning Serious Attacks

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Suleiman entered Israel in January 2020 with a humanitarian permit as an escort for his mother, he then stayed to commit his terror attacks.

Featured / IDF & Security / Photo of the Day / Jerusalem

IDF Special Forces Run 4 Ari in Jerusalem Marathon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some sixty soldiers in a special forces unit ran in Ari's memory in the Jerusalem Marathon.

IDF & Security / Syria / Hezbollah

IDF Warns Syrian Soldiers Against Cooperating with Hezbollah – Report

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The IDF warned the Syrian Army soldiers that their “continued cooperation” with Hezbollah and the Syrian Army granting its permission for the Lebanese terror organization to be present in southern Syria will “bring you suffering and disaster.”

IDF & Security / Science and Tech

Israeli Air Force Integrates New Anti-Jamming GPS System Onto F-16s, UAVs

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Electronic warfare poses an evolving threat to satellite navigation systems,” said Jacob Galifat of Israel Aerospace Industries.

IDF & Security / France / Business and Economy

Israeli Defense Company to Place Fire-Control Systems on Display in Paris

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Smash Hopper, the remote-controlled weapon station, provides a “one-shot—one-hit capability while remotely controlled by an operator from a safe distance.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Jerusalem

Jerusalem: Border Policeman Seriously Wounded in Ramming-Terror Attack

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A terrorist driving a car arrived at the scene, ran over, and wounded one of the Border Policemen.

IDF & Security / Iran

Iranian Expert: Israel Has Been Launching Operations Against Iran from Azerbaijan

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

“The No. 1 enemy of this country is the Zionist regime, whose national security doctrine includes the weakening and destruction of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Iranian political analyst Mostafa Khoshcheshm.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israel Aerospace Industries Puts Latest Unmanned Battle Vehicle on Display in Washington

By Yaakov Lappin

The Rex MK II can move autonomously on rough terrain, fire on targets, transfer logistics and gather intelligence; it can also carry water, food and ammunition through enemy territory.

IDF & Security / Iran

Microsoft: Iran Hacked US and Israeli Defense Technology Companies

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Iran conducted the cyberattack “to enhance their contingency plans. Gaining access to commercial satellite imagery and proprietary shipping plans and logs could help Iran compensate for its developing satellite program.”

IDF & Security / Government

Cabinet Appoints Harvard Graduate Ronen Bar as New Shin Bet Chief

By Jewish Press News Desk

In his many years of defending the security of Israel, Bar commanded many operations in the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria, and Lebanon.

IDF & Security / Bedouin

More Than 600 Bedouins Enlist in IDF in Past Year, Encouraged to Join Tech Units

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz: “Reality has proven to us that there is no replacement for scouts, for knowing the field, for the experience of generations.”

IDF & Security / Europe / Business and Economy

Estonian Military to Receive IAI-Made Blue Spear Anti-Ship Missiles

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It’s part of an agreement for developing and bolstering Estonian coastal defense capabilities.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy

AI Computer-Rifle System Introduces New Capabilities to Infantry Soldiers

By Yaakov Lappin

Elbit’s ARCAS allows soldiers to shoot from around a corner; the company says it offers ballistic correction, automatic motion detection and the detection of enemy fire sources.

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs

IDF Chief of Staff: ‘Operational Plans Against Iran’s Nuclear Program Evolve and Improve’

By Aryeh Savir and Gil Lavie, Tazpit News Agency

Historically, Israel bombed the Osirak reactor in Iraq in 1981 and the Syrian nuclear program in 2007 before they went online.

IDF & Security

DM Benny Gantz Pledges More Diversity in IDF Career Soldiers’ Ranks

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Gantz plans on ensuring that more people from the poorer sectors of Israeli society and the periphery will be included in the ranks of the IDF career service in the future.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Says Its Operatives Downed an IDF Drone

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The terrorist organization possesses a fleet of Iranian-made military drones it received from smuggling efforts in recent years, according to multiple assessments.

IDF & Security / History / Holidays & Observances / Photo of the Day

National Library of Israel Releases Rare Photographs of Sukkot During 1973 War

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Many forget that the holiday, which begins a few days after Yom Kippur, also fell during the height of the fighting.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Police Arrest Arab Man Armed with Uzi on Tel Aviv Promenade

By Jewish Press News Desk

The armed man was tackled by an unarmed civilian who disarmed him. Police are not calling it a terror attack.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Firebomb Fail

By Jewish Press News Desk

This terror attack failed... spectacularly.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Israeli Security Forces Bracing for Uptick in Terrorism

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Shabak says they thwarted a major terror attack on Monday, but there is a gag order on the details.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon

IDF Thwarts Infiltration Attempt from Lebanon

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Lebanese army reportedly shortly afterwards arrested a Syrian man who was apparently trying to infiltrate Israel.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Islamic Jihad

IAF Bombs Hamas Targets in Response to Rocket Attack

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The IAF bombed a Hamas underground rocket production workshop, a weapons storage site, a training facility, and a terror tunnel.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy

IDF Makes Additional Procurement of Micro-Tavor Assault Rifles

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The gun has a range of more than 500 meters; it was designed to deal “with modern terror threats, as well as urban and open-area combat.”

IDF & Security / News Briefs

After a Mere Decade, IDF Retires ‘Futuristic’ Tavor Rifle

By Israel Hayom

The Israeli military will begin transitioning the brigades currently using the weapon to the American M4 “flat-top” rifle.

IDF & Security

IDF Chief of Staff Kochavi: 'Our Soldiers' Hands Are Not Tied'

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Kochavi: “On the battlefield, there is fog, sudden occurrences, and friction, and no event can be anticipated."

IDF & Security / News Briefs

PA Arab Arrested for Shooting Attack During Operation Guardian of the Walls

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

An IDF soldier was hit by two bullets, one in the helmet and another in the walkie-talkie he was carrying...

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israel Shipyards Announces Last Stage Before Building New Combat Vessel for Navy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Reshef Class ships will replace the Sa’ar 4.5 ships that have been in service for more than three decades.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

IDF Soldier Fights Off Attempt to Steal His Weapon in Lower Galilee

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The soldier was on a solo navigation exercise when an Arab-Israeli man attacked him and tried to grab his rifle. Police are still searching for the suspect.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Government

‘Justice for Barel’: Activists Block Cargo on Way to Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Despite the escalation in violence, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government has kept the Kerem Shalom crossing open and is permitting the transfer of supplies to Gaza.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

After Shooting of Border Police Officer, IDF Shifts Deployment Along Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli Defense Forces began utilizing bulldozers to build new mounds that will give security forces better control of the border area.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Israel Hits Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Arson Attacks

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Incendiary devices launched from Gaza spark multiple fires in the Western Negev area • Terrorist groups in the Strip announce the date of the next border riot.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Jewish / Gaza / Video of the Day

WATCH: Israel Prays for Wounded Border Policeman Bar-el Shmueli

By Video of the Day

Incredible: Mass prayers held around the country by citizens and soldiers for Bar-el Shmueli.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Gazan Terrorists Launch Arson Attacks on Israel, Causing At Least 8 Fires

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Firefighting forces were alerted to locations eight locations throughout the areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip

IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

Report: IDF Gears up for ‘Day of Rage’ Along Gaza border

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The event, which is to be modeled on the 2018-2020 “March of Return” border riots, is part of an effort by Hamas to pressure Israel into granting it access to Qatari cash.

IDF & Security / Syria / Hezbollah

Report: After Syria Strike, IDF Again Warns Syrian Military to Cease Cooperation with Hezbollah

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In the wake of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a military post near the border, Syrian opposition sources report that the Israeli military dropped leaflets warning Syrian forces that Hezbollah “will bring ruin” upon them.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Judea & Samaria

Netanyahu: In 2013, John Kerry Offered Israel to Adopt ‘Afghanistan Model’ with PA

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Kerry invited Netanyahu to take a secret visit to Afghanistan to see how the US had set up a local military force that could stand up alone against terrorism.

IDF & Security / Syria

Syrians on the Fence: IDF Tracks Armed Syrian Soldiers Approaching on Mount Hermon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF soldiers tracked the armed Syrian soldiers as they approached the border without prior coordination with the UN.

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs

Israel Calls for Intl. Action as Report Shows Iran’s Progress Toward Nuke Bomb

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Iran had used 257 g of uranium enriched up to 20% U-235 in the form of UF4 (uranium tetrafluoride) to produce 200 g of uranium metal-enriched up to 20% U-235.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria

Arab Terrorist Dressed as IDF Soldier Captured Near Maaleh Levona

By Jewish Press News Desk

Civilians noticed a strangely dressed soldier walking on the highway and called the emergency command center.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Israel Seizes 23 Tons of Chocolate Bars Intended to be Sold by Hamas in Gaza

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Short on cash, Hamas intended to sell the chocolate to finance their terror activities.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah

New Report Exposes ‘Land of Tunnels’ in Lebanon, Pioneered by Hezbollah

By Yaakov Lappin

The Alma Center report said they connect entire regions of the country to one another; some tunnels are able to allow pick-up trucks with multi-barrel rocket launchers to fire, vanish and re-emerge tens of kilometers from the firing point.

IDF & Security / Druze / News Briefs

First Druze Colonel in Israeli Air Force Takes Command of Maintenance Unit

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Col. Awad Suleiman “burst through the glass ceiling, thereby forming an example and an inspiration for so many,” says his commander.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty / Eastern Europe

Trifecta: Convicted Terrorist Builds Illegal Structures in Gush Etzion with EU Money

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union's funding of illegal Arab construction in Area C of Judea and Samaria is a path to establishing a de facto Palestinian state.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Plans to Rocket-Proof Homes Near Lebanon Border

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister Alon Schuster said bolstering housing near the Lebanese border will form a “critical issue in the home front and the civilian resilience in the next conflict.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Calls for Lebanese Army to Retake Control Over Hezbollah in South

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We do not want to involve Lebanon in military operations that provoke devastating Israeli reactions,” said Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah

IDF Names Hezbollah Terrorist Who Fired Rockets at Israel

By Aryeh Savir and Gil Lavie, Tazpit News Agency

Ali Kajak would patrol along the Israeli border for Hezbollah wearing civilian clothing.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Palestinian Authority

Israel's Prison Service Enables PA's Canteen Deposits for Terrorists Behind Bars

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two NGOs revealed that from 2017 to 2019, the Postal Bank transferred some NIS 100 million ($31 million) from the PA to terrorists for use at prison canteens.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The UN secretary-general called on all parties to exercise utmost restraint, ignoring, as usual, that the attacks were instigated from Lebanon.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon

Rockets from Lebanon Hit near Kiryat Shemona, IDF Strikes Back

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab sources report that the IDF subsequently launched artillery fire at the source of the enemy attack.

IDF & Security

Two SA’AR 6 Class Corvettes Handed Over To The Israeli Navy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The SA’AR 6-class ships will form the “backbone” of the Israeli Navy for the next 30 years.

IDF & Security

First Time Ever: IDF Drafts Israelis on the Autistic Spectrum

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Today, there are 53 new Israeli soldiers, sailors and airmen who are officially diagnosed as being on the spectrum.

IDF & Security / Government / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Bennett Govt. Appoints Arab MK (Who Called for Destruction of Israeli Town) to Defense Committee

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana was disqualified from running in the elections by the Central Elections Committee, but the decision was repealed by the High Court of Justice.

IDF & Security / Gaza / News Briefs

Gantz Orders Israeli Defense Officials to Develop Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The mechanism will somehow closely supervise building projects in the coastal enclave and analyze the activities of border crossings.

IDF & Security

Israeli Air Force Leads First International Drone Exercise

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The first week of training will focus on training international crews to operate the Israeli “Zik” (Hermes 450) RPAV.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Left vs. Right / Palestinian Authority / Islamic Jihad / Israeli Arabs

Zionist Activists Restore Defaced Memorial of Terror Victim

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shok, who was survived by his wife and five children, was murdered in a shooting attack while driving home.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

US Embassy Condemns Demolition of Home of Terrorist Who Murdered Israeli Yeshiva Student

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Muntasar Shalabi, shot at a group of Yeshiva students waiting at a bus stop in Samaria at the beginning of May, killing Gueta, 19, and wounding two of his friends.

IDF & Security / Antisemitism / Florida

Anti-Israel Activists Accuse IDF of Exploiting Disaster in Surfside, Florida

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

B’nai B’rith International was “outraged and disgusted” by “anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic” tweets.

IDF & Security

Israeli Navy to Receive Four New Fast-Patrol Vessels

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The vessel can accelerate from zero to 40 knots in 60 seconds and operate in shallow waters. It can carry an array of lightweight weapons systems, navigation and other combat systems.

IDF & Security / US / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Aerospace Industries, Lockheed Martin, to Cooperate on Integrated Air and Missile Defense

By Jewish Press News Desk

Combining the development capabilities and the vast know-how of Lockheed Martin and IAI experience will create win-win opportunities for both sides.

IDF & Security / Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister: ‘We are Ready to Act’ to Help Lebanon

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“As an Israeli, as a Jew and as a human being, my heart aches seeing the images of people going hungry on the streets of Lebanon,” says Benny Gantz.

IDF & Security / Science and Tech

Israel Defense Prize 2021 Awarded to IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet, Defense Ministry, and Israeli Defense Industries

By Jewish Press News Desk

"It is your spirits and belief in the righteousness of your missions that make you, my dear ones, the best.”

IDF & Security / Lebanon

21 Years Later, Israel Honors Troops of South Lebanon Army

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A special memorial prayer was recited in Arabic in honor of the fallen soldiers.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Terrorist Killed during Attack on Israel Community of Aish Kodesh

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

One of the terrorists threw two explosive devices at the IDF forces, who responded by shooting and killing him.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Female Soldier Stabbed, Weapon Stolen

By Jewish Press News Desk

The attack happened near her Jordan Valley base.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Egypt

Hamas and Israeli Teams in Cairo for Negotiations on Long-Term Ceasefire

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Hamas’s arrival in Cairo occurred as an Israeli delegation arrived in the Egyptian capital, for the second time in a week.

IDF & Security / NY

IDF Using Advanced Tech to Locate Victims in Surfside

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

An operational team of Unit 9900, of the Intelligence Division, built a computerized three-dimensional model that mapped the building that collapsed, thus streamlining the process of locating the bodies in the building.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Israeli Arabs

Ayelet Shaked Signs Off on Revocation of Hamas Terrorist’s Israeli Citizenship

By Yori Yalon

Ashraf Hassan took advantage of his Israeli citizenship to move around the country freely in pursuit of his plans to kidnap and kill an Israeli soldier, say military officials.

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