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Once again a terrorist attacked Rachel's Tomb, but this time he was shot.
Chabad emissaries would share the same status as those who do national service.
Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza attacked Israel with another rocket Sunday evening, causing no injuries or damage but sending residents in the Sderot area to bomb shelters. The Color Red early warning system did not activate, but residents with mobile phones received the warning in a text message. After every rocket attack, the military eagerly states, […]
An American "diplomatic initiative" is an end run around the Israeli government.
The Israeli Air Force attacked two terror targets in Gaza Thursday night, a short time after terrorists in attacked the coastal area south of Ashkelon for the second time in 24 hours. Gaza sources said that the Air Force retaliation caused no injuries. The IDF stated, "A weapon manufacturing facility was targeted in the Central […]
A Palestinian Authority terrorist planning attacks on Israelis was arrested after seeking a permit to travel through Israel to Ramallah for medical care so that he could be in better health to murder Jews. The audacity and warped thinking of a terrorist, who plans to murder Israelis and then asks the country to help him […]
By Tibbi Singer
Bennett: "When we stand strong, even if there are no negotiations, there is quiet."
The IDF reportedly killed two terrorists and foiled a large-scale terrorist attack that included the murder of an Israeli worker at the Gaza security fence on Wednesday according to Channel 10. Palestinian Authority media did not report that any terrorists were shot by Israeli fire, and a military spokeswoman told The Jewish Press it could […]
The number of Christians enlisting in the IDF has doubled since the establishment of the Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum slightly more than year ago. According to the forum’s data, 84 Christian soldiers have enlisted since June 2013 alone, a number that not long ago was not reached in an entire year Nearly 90 Christian soldiers […]
By JTA
The IDF is returning an Iron Dome anti-missile system to the Sderot, located less than a mile from northern Gaza, in wake of the escalation of terrorist attacks from Gaza. Terrorists on Tuesday killed an Israeli citizen working for the army at the Gaza security fence, and the IDF retaliated with strikes on terror targets. […]
Besides the air force, the IDF used ground forces in the retaliatory attack on targets in Gaza. Tanks and infantry took part in 6 pinpoint strikes across Gaza. The targets includes a weapon's manufacturing site and other terrorist infrastructures. The IDF clarified to JewishPress.com that IDF ground forces and infantry did not physically enter into […]
The Israel Air Force attacked a Hamas training base in northern Gaza Tuesday afternoon, in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli civilian contractor working along the Gaza border. Gazan sources report that Hamas officials have evacuated their headquarters, out of fear of an Israeli retaliatory attack.
The rabbinical leader of the Vishnitz Chas - the new Knesset law that Haredim must serve in the army just like every Jew in the country. The two rabbis spoke for approximately 15 minutes, a relatively long time, and spoke “words of Torah and subjects that are on the agenda,” the Haredi website Kikar HaShabbat […]
On Saturday morning, the IDF shot and injured at least one man from a group of Gazans who were trying to plant a bomb along the Gaza border fence. The IDF warned the group away from the fence, but the calls were ignored. When the soldiers saw the Gazans were carrying a bomb they shot […]
Nachal Chareidi, the Ultra-Orthodox combat unit, has won the prestigious General Staff Award for their exceptional operational performance.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Wednesday of escalating violence and trying to block the “peace process” by killing terrorists. The IDF on Wednesday shot and killed two Palestinian Authority Arabs, one of them who was on the payroll of the PA security forces, after they shot at soldiers trying to arrest an […]
Israeli soldiers killed a terrorist who also was a member of the Palestinian Authority “security force” and opened fire on them during an arrest attempt in Kalkilya, located in western Samaria and adjacent to the northern metropolitan Tel Aviv city of Kfar Saba. The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian […]
The Lithuanian Council of Torah Sages and the Hasidic Council of Torah Sages organized two protests in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem Monday against a Knesset committee in the process of adding details to the new draft law requiring almost all Israeli Jewish youth to report for military duty. “They are trying to bring us closer […]
Lebanese media reported that Israeli warplanes carried out surveillance flights over southern Lebanon in Tuesday, as Lebanese, United Nations and Israeli officials try to keep the lid on tensions following Sunday night’s murder of Israel soldier Sgt. Shlomi Cohen by a Lebanese soldier. The Air Force frequently sends planes into Lebanese air space to monitor […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Israeli Air Force has airlifted generators to end an electricity blackout in the Jewish communities of Itamar and Shiloh in Samaria (Shomron.) The two towns, along with several other smaller communities, have been without electricity since last Thursday because of the savage storm that crippled Israel with more than three feet of snow and […]
Lebanese shirked from responsibility for the murder of Sgt. Shlomi Cohen and explained that the Lebanese soldier who shot and killed him acted on his own. UNIFIL confirmed the Lebanese claim and said, “All the circumstances of this incident are not clear at this time, but preliminary findings indicate that it was an individual action […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“Everyone functioned at their best despite all the challenges of the snowstorm, including rescue crews, MDA, and the hospital staff.”
A Lebanese security official told the AFP news agency that no Lebanese Army soldier was involved in the attack on the IDF soldier today.
There are reports that the IDF is moving a large number of troops along the Lebanon border. Hezbollah has gone on high alert in South Lebanon.
Following the second shooting attack from Lebanon in 3 days, an IDF soldier was killed by gunfire from Lebanon.
The “snow siege" of Jerusalem is a God’s direct response to the recent jailing of yeshiva students who refused to accept draft orders to report for duty in the IDF, claimed Kabbalistic Rabbi Yaakov Addas Sunday. “There is a general principle that when there is an evil decree, such as a tsunami, everyone must do […]
By Tibbi Singer
The local security coordinator tried to alert the Army, but his calls were not answered.
Four water pumps will be transferred to the Gaza Strip due to heavy flooding.
Lt. Colonel Eisner was trying to stop anarchists from blocking Highway 90, when he hit at least one of the anarchists.
By JTA
An Israeli army patrol working on the border with Lebanon came under fire Thursday and returned fire. No on was injured in the exchange. The soldiers were on patrol near Metullah, which borders Lebanon. The IDF is investigating but said that the source of the shooting could have been hunters on the other side of […]
The snowstorm’s delay of Kerry’s meeting with Netanyahu finally gives Abbas a chance to explain why Israel must not exist as a Jewish state.
By JTA
An Israeli playing basketball at Seton Hall University was ordered to return home to serve in the army. The Israel Defense Forces told Tom Maayan, a sophomore guard at the New Jersey college, to return by Jan. 2 to be drafted. Maayan had spent several months over the summer in basic training with the Israeli […]
Four soldiers in a tank unit involved in a training exercise in the Golan Heights suffered burn wounds Tuesday afternoon, and three helicopters evacuated the soldiers, two of them whose injuries were described as serious. The other two soldiers suffered moderate burns. The IDF is investigating the incident involving Unit 401, which uses the most […]
Germany will sell two destroyers to Israel for one billion euros ($1.3 billion), the Bild daily reported Saturday. The paper speculates that the torpedo-carrying vessels will be used to protect Israeli pipelines. According to Bild, Israel's national security adviser Yossi Cohen was in Berlin last week. A German government spokeswoman reached by AFP confirmed Cohen's […]
By Daniel Mael
They were disruptive and rude, after arriving more than an hour into the event.
The Obama administration is preparing to knife Israel in the back by forcing it to accept concessions on land and security to keep the Palestinian Authority happy.
The Palestinian Authority has joined the military industrial complex and is heavily armed to fight terror, assuming it does not repeat history and join the terrorists, such as Al Aqsa, also armed to the teeth.
Monique Ofer, whose husband and retired IDF Col. Sraya Ofer was murdered in October by two Palestinian Authority terrorists, narrowly escape with her life in the attack, according to documents filed this week in the military court where the terrorists are to be tried. Prosecutors stated that that the terrorists, both from the Hevron area, […]
Despite Nusseibeh's claim and a Ma'an report, 40 Arab Palestinians were not shot by Israelis, there were no tear gas canisters thrown nor were any sound bombs used.
Islamic and “Palestinian nationalist factions” in Hevron declared a day of mourning on Wednesday for the three Salafist jihad terrorists who Israel said were planning to attack Palestinian Authority official as well as Israelis, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) forces killed the three terrorists in […]
Bleeding heart, pro-Hamas groups should be putting their PR skills to work at better causes, such as breaking the Egyptian siege on Gaza.
The IDF’s elimination of a Hevron-area Salafist jihad terror cell that plotted to kill Palestinian Authority officials as well as Israelis is evidence that Abbas cannot control terror, not even against his own people.
Two soldiers received medals on Monday for their quick action. Oh, and one of the soldiers is an Arab.
The IDF humanitarian delegation to the Philippines will leave from home on Wednesday and bring with them two Philippine children who will be transferred to the Schneider Hospital in Tel Aviv for further medical care. A military ceremony welcome the team at Ben Gurion International Airport, during which Hanukkah candles will be lit. During the […]
The Home Front Command will carry out what it called a routine drill Tuesday through Thursday in the Western Galilee to maintain preparedness for rocket attacks from Hezbollah or Syria. The exercise will include the distribution of gas masks. A siren will be activated in all parts of the Western Galilee at 10:15 a.m. Israeli […]
The dialogue was reported by members of the pro-Western March 14 coalition, driven out of power in 2011.
`The IDF rescue mission in the Philippines, like previous rescue operations, acts as one of Israel’s best goodwill ambassadors in addition to its primary task as a humanitarian effort.
Two IDF paratrooper officers suffered injuries in a training accident on Mount Dov, on the Hermon Mountain near the border with Lebanon Tuesday. Wounds to one of the officers were described as moderate, and the other office was wounded lightly. Both men were flown by helicopter to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa. The IDF is […]
Hamas never has held its fire for very long. The recent escalation in violence suggests it is acting out of weakness and not of strength, knowing Israel will retaliate every time, as it did again Tuesday.
A Palestinian Authority escaped a checkpoint inspection and tried to run down a soldier and guards on the road from Maaleh Adumim to Jerusalem shortly after noon Tuesday A soldier and policemen were slightly injured in the hit-and-run attack. A soldier at the checkpoint fired and hit the fleeing car, but the driver escaped unhurt. […]
IDF officers Sunday awarded Second Lt. Yitzchak Maimon, of the religious Netzach Yehuda unit of the Kfir Brigade, for stopping and arresting the 16-year-old Palestinian Authority terrorist who stabbed to death IDF recruit Eden Atias last week. Maimon acted “according to the principles of a combat soldier in the Kfir Brigade,” said the brigade commander, […]
For two decades, the upper echelon of the IDF and Israeli media have been in a two-faced mindset to pretend terror hardly exists while pushing Abbas’ demands by warning that terror is the alternative.
Vandals set fire to a building in an Arab village Wednesday night, leaving behind a painted slogan, “Hi from Eden – revenge,” referring to Palestinian Authority terrorist victim Eden Atias who was stabbed to death on Wednesday. A military court on Thursday extended the 16-year-old terrorist’s remand until next week, when authorities will ask to […]
Israel Air Force aircraft targeted two concealed rocket launchers in northern Gaza early Thursday afternoon after terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza attacked with two mortar shells , one on Wednesday and one Thursday morning. "Launching rockets against Israel and its civilians is a breach of our sovereignty,” said IDF Spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner. As usual, […]
By JTA
The Israel Defense Forces has sent a 148-member humanitarian delegation to the Philippines to provide search-and-rescue and medical services to areas hard hit by Typhoon Haiyan. The team left Israel on Wednesday equipped with a field hospital as well as about 100 tons of humanitarian and medical supplies, according to the IDF. The team will […]
The fatal stabbing of an IDF solider by a Palestinian Authority terrorist Wednesday was only “an isolated incident,” according to an unidentified Palestinian Authority official quoted by The New York Times. The newspaper said the source was not authorized to speak publicly before PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas has made a statement, which has not been […]
Kerry warned Israel faces a new intifada if it does not choke itself to death. A lone PA terrorist, on cue, killed a soldier, and everyone screams ‘Third Intifada.’ It won’t happen – unless Kerry continues to incite.
An IDF soldier was murdered by a knife wielding terrorist this morning, as he sat on a bus.
More than 60 prominent Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) leaders from across the United States embarked on a unique seven-day journey to Israel, as part of the FIDF National Leadership Mission to Israel to show their appreciation and support for Israel’s soldiers. The delegation arrived in Jerusalem last Friday, November 1. The special […]
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), a rusty and overweighed government body that has been threatened with a shutdown because of mismanagement and leftist bias, now has been exposed for billing dead people, including fallen soldiers. An old law gives the IBA the opportunity to rake in money by letting it bill anyone who owns a […]
It is absolutely critical that religious Jewish girls have a support network throughout their IDF service.
A lead IDF delegation of experts in the fields of search, rescue and medicine has left for the Philippines, which was struck by Typhoon Haiyan. The rescuers are part of the IDF’s Home Front Command. The rescuers will perform a thorough situation assessment, including an infrastructure evaluation that will determine the best rapid response the […]
The Oslo Accords state that the Palestinian Authority is committed to stop all incitement. Kerry last week openly warned Israel of a new intifada. On the other hand, the US did not commit itself not to incite.
On Saturday evening, an Arab from Shechem arrived at the Bikaot checkpoint. He told the soldiers he has 4 pipe bombs on him. IDF demolition experts are working on disarming the bombs.
A terrorist opened fire at a hitchhiking post in the Shomron. A fast-acting soldier killed the terrorist.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Wounded alongside four of his comrades, Lieutenant Klein sustained the greatest damage, an eye injury.
By JTA
Lockheed Martin reportedly plans to open a subsidiary in Israel that will employ hundreds of workers. The American aerospace and defense contractor also is looking to purchase Israeli companies and integrate itself into the Israeli economy and its domestic security market, the Israeli daily newspaper Maariv reported Sunday. Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President Patrick Dewar […]
By JTA
Israel has been the target of spying by the U.S. National Security Agency and also collaborates on intelligence gathering with the United States, The New York Times reported. The Times in its report published Saturday, citing documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, said the NSA tracked “high priority Israeli military targets,” including drones […]
An IDF drone crashed Sunday morning in the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli Radio reported. The reason appears to be a technical problem. According to the Hamas television channel. the Palestinians have managed to collect the crashed aircraft.
By Shalom Bear
The soldiers were destroying the terror tunnel, inside Gaza when they were attacked.
The Gaza front heats up again. The IDF killed two terrorists in a combined land-aerial counter-terrorist maneuver. Hamas targeted soldiers with mortar shells. Heavy fighting continues.
Assad is looking over both shoulders. Israel is suspected of destroying one of his air bases on the western coast, while Turkey is aiding and abetting Al Qaeda terrorists to wage jihad on behalf rebels.
The Security Cabinet Thursday ended a bitter dispute between the IDF and Finance Minister Yair Lapid and voted to add to the Defense Ministry budget $780 million, two-thirds of the requested addition of $1.24 billion. The only satisfaction Lapid got out of the decision was an agreement to appoint a committee to review the defense […]
Do you really want to be an IDF sailor, capture terrorists on the high seas, defend the Star of David and be a hero to your children? Really? You think you are fit for it? Take a ride and then decide.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a massive blast has destroyed a Syrian air defense base near the coastal city of Latakia. Syrian and Lebanese sources speculate that it was caused by an Israeli rocket strike from a naval vessel in the Mediterranean. The Syrian Observatory and Twitter users quoted eyewitnesses who said […]
What do these events have in common? 1: Settlers burned Arab trees in Gush Etzion; 2: The IDF assaulted an Arab driver near Hevron; 3: IDF bulldozed Arab land near Shechem. Answer: Media reported them, and they are lies.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egypt’s closure of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula is costing Hamas $230 million in lost revenue a month, a senior official in the terrorist organization said. The "closure of the tunnels caused heavy losses to the industry, commerce, agriculture, transport and construction sectors of around $230 million monthly,” said Hatem Oweida, Hamas’ […]
The Israel Air Force (IAF) attacked two rocket launch pads in northern Gaza on Monday morning, following the launches at Ashkelon this morning. The IAF said it hit the underground sites, Gazan sources said one person was injured in the attack. All IAF aircraft returned home safely.
Israeli military spokesmen revealed Sunday that human bones were found in northern Israel two weeks ago and be those of a soldier who has been listed as “missing” since the war for Independence in 1948. “The bones were transferred to investigators with the IDF's missing persons branch. The identity of the bones is under investigation,” […]
The news is not that Gaza terrorists shelled Israel with mortars. The news is the IDF and the government did not comment. Perhaps the IDF will “retaliate” by bombing one tunnel but not enough to halt "peace talks."
By JTA
Simon Cowell, celebrity judge of the “X Factor” and formerly “American Idol,” and Grammy Award-winning musician Lionel Richie were among those who attended The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Western Region gala Wednesday, which raised $20 million. Cowell contributed $150,000, and Richie performed for a crowd that included the CEOs of several prominent technology […]
An IDF pilot made an emergency landing in Bethlehem when he noticed a malfunction in his Blackhawk helicopter Wednesday, according to Israel Defense. Air Force technicians arrived to report the chopper under the protection of army soldiers. The helicopter was on a training mission at the time, and the pilot returned the aircraft to its […]
Palestinian Authority Arab rock-throwers attacked passing motorists in at least three locations Thursday, wounding two people lightly and causing damage to cars. A woman was treated in a hospital for injuries from broken glass when Arabs attacked her car near the village of Azoon as she was approaching the entrance of Ma'aleh Shomron, located several […]
By JTA
Adelson criticized the Obama administration’s readiness to negotiate with Iran’s leaders.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, in a briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday, warned against falling for the recent Iranian “charm offensive” in which the country has expressed an increased willingness to negotiate over concessions on its nuclear program. “This is a regime that for the last 20 years we […]
Al Jarida of Kuwait reported that Israeli jet fighters attacked a convoy carrying missiles from Syria into Lebanon.
Israel’s “Trophy” defense system for General Dynamic’s LAV-III armored personnel has passed tough tests, including live fire under harsh terrain conditions in Canada, Israel Defense reported Tuesday. The system withstood advanced anti-tank rocket fire, recoilless guns, short range fire and fire from different weapons simultaneously to verify the system's functionality. The Trophy system’s success in […]
Mohammad Asi opened fire on IDF forces during an attempt to arrest him for his involvement in a 2012 terror attack.
No arrests were conducted during a four days of Muslim feast, which created a backup in roundup assignments.
Two more mortar shells fired by either Syrian rebels or soldiers exploded at the Golan Heights border Monday. The IDF said the shells apparently were stray fire in clashes between the two sides. No one was injured and no damage was reported. The Golan Heights frequently has been under fire the past several months, sometimes […]
Soldiers on routine patrol along the Gaza security fence Monday morning discovered a large bomb that terrorists had planted for detonating when an army vehicle passes. The soldiers called in sappers who naturalized the bomb. The army last week discovered two large runnels that were intended by Hamas to use for kidnappings and attacks on […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Shapiro tweeted: “US condemns terrorist tunnels, supports Israel’s right and ability to self-defense, and is focused on advancing negotiations for peace.”
Tractors are not deadly weapons – except when they are driven Palestinian Authority terrorists. The IDF killed the driver after he crashed a gate at an IDF base and tried to kill a soldier.
The IDF released a video Wednesday showing how it blew up a terror tunnel reaching Israel. The problem is there are hundreds of others waiting to be found and blown up before terrorists blow up Israelis.
On Tuesday, Arabs attacked Border Policemen in the village of Beit Ichsa, which is located between Mevaseret Tzion and Ramot. One soldier was injured in his eye. In response, the soldiers fired in the air, and 2 Arabs were arrested.
The IDF has discovered a smuggling tunnel loaded with explosives in central Gaza, one day after the military exposed a tunnel that that had been dug to a kibbutz. Outgoing IDF Spokesman Yoav Mordecai said that soldiers will explode the central Gaza tunnel. The government and military policy generally has been to bomb terrorists’ tunnels […]
The United States should forget about trying to turn Egypt into a democratic country, according to retired IDF Major-General Amos Gilad, who served for years as senior adviser to the Defense Ministry. Expectations of establishing Western-style democracy in Egypt or anywhere else in the Middle East are “an illusion,” he said last week at a […]
Not all that glitters is gold and not all that smells like oil is money. Israel has become an oil and gas producer, but one oil well, run by a firm whose CEO is ex-Chief of Staff Ashkenazi, is a bust.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas called a meeting Sunday night with top security officials to discuss increasing unrest, but his concern is stopping riots against his government and not at halting terrorist attacks on Israelis/ The PA’s official WAFA website reported Monday, “Abbas listened in the meeting attended by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Minister […]
The Pentagon is suspending work on a second helmet for the F-35 jet in favor of exclusive use of the helmet developed by Israel’s Elbit Systems along with Rockwell-Collins. American defense officials said it ditched the second helmet after Elbit-Rockwell made improvements in the helmet, including a better night vision camera, saving the Pentagon millions […]
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