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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Gazan rocket attacks led to IDF retaliations.
Following a barrage of rockets launched at Israel from Gaza on Tuesday night, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck multiple terrorist targets in Gaza.
IDF hit weapons storage and manufacturing facilities, as well as a command post.
Ban Ki-moon couldn't mouth a simple condemnation, like he did for kidnappings in other countries.
Two Hamas sites and two Islamic Jihad sites were hit in southern Gaza. Two Hamas sites were hit near Gaza city.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In a single day, Israeli planes will be able to strike thousands of terror targets and expand the IDF’s achievements during extended operations.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
A new “Samson” military transport plane purchased from the United States, was inaugurated into the IAF today at the Nevatim airbase near Be’er Sheva.
On Friday night, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked 3 Arabs that infiltrated from Syria into Israel on the Golan Heights.
The IDF’s Israeli Medical Corps and the U.S. Air Force signed a Memo of Understanding Wednesday that “lays the foundation for a deep and ongoing cooperation in areas of aviation medicine, mental health, academics and research," the Israeli military announced. The memo was signed at the conclusion of the Surgeon General of the United States Air […]
A military tribune has court martialed two Air Force combat pilots who were caught storing sensitive information, including operational maps, on their smartphones. The two pilots were sentenced to five days in the brig, and another 12 pilots were disciplined for similar offenses. Other pilots explained they store the information so that it could be […]
How do you eliminate a terror target? With pinpoint accuracy.
The Israeli Air Force targeted two terror sites in central and southern Gaza early Monday evening in retaliation for two rocket attacks near Sderot in the northern Negev shortly after the former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was buried nearby at his Shikmim Farm home. The IDF confirmed “direct hits” on the targets, which were identified […]
By Shalom Bear
An Iron Dome and additional steps are being deployed so that Gazan rockets don't hit anyone at Ariel Sharon's funeral.
The Israeli Air Force late Thursday night aircraft targeted a terror infrastructure site in central Gaza and three concealed rocket launchers in the northern Gaza area. Earlier in the evening, terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a Kassam rocket that exploded near a residential area in the Western Negev but without causing injuries or damage. It […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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, […]
Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon checks out the F-35.
The IAF practiced complex mid-air refuelings this week in an apparent message to Iran that they are within reach.
Approximately a dozen Israeli Air Force jetfighters carried out reconnaissance flights over Lebanon since Friday, reflecting the high alert over possible attacks on Israel if the United States attacks Syria. Hezbollah has tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon and is fighting in Syria alongside loyalists to Syrian President Bassar al-Assad, who has threatened to […]
By Shalom Bear
IAF is investigating how the Grad rockets got through the Iron Dome defense system.
By Shalom Bear
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck back at Lebanon, hitting a terrorist target near Beirut, Lebanon early Friday morning.
Lebanese sources are reporting that a large number of IAF fighter planes are currently overflying Lebanon. The Lebanese army has said that the IAF has not attacked.
Hundreds of US Air Force personnel have arrived to Israel for the purpose of participating in the joint "Juniper Stallion 13" exercise, one of the largest exercises held together by Israel and the US. Dozens of US Air Force and IAF squadrons are presently located at the IDF Nevatim Airbase ahead of the exercise, which begins on […]
Syrian rebels claimed on Saturday that the Israeli Air Force bombed a convoy of missiles headed from Syria for Hezbollah, while Lebanon reported that IAF planes flew over several regions of the country. The Lebanese El-Nashra website reported that Israeli jets bombed Syrian posts. .No other source has confirmed a strike on a missile convoy. […]
Following an F-16 crash, the IDF special rescue unit 669 pulls out the flight crew from the Mediterranean ocean.
Drama off the Gaza coast: The pilot and navigator of an F-16i training jet were rescued from sea one after after their plane's engine died and broke up on Sunday.
A statistical breakdown of the latest class of IAF graduates, including one who suffered from Tourette's Syndrome as a child.
The West has played one too many games in the Syria disaster. After it lifts the arms embargo to rebels, Russia says it will arm Assad with game-changing missiles. For Israel, it is not a game.
In light of the recent IAF activities in Syria, Israel has repositioned two Iron Dome anti-missile batteries to the country's north. One has been placed near Tzfat (Sefad), the second near Haifa.
There were many reports that Israeli jets flew over Syrian President's palace on Saturday, but did they also bomb a chemical weapons site nearby?
Rockets continue to hit Israel from Gaza.
Gazan rocket attacks have begun to escalate
The crew were on a routine training mission.
Israel bombed a Hizbullah listening post in Lebanon Sunday night, unaffected by Syrian and Iran threats to retaliate for the bombing of anti-aircraft missiles on the their to Hizbullah.
Syria has admitted that Israel attacked, but it claims the bombing was aimed at a “research center,” while virtually all other sources said the targets were anti-aircraft missiles for Hizbullah.
"We are trying to fix the tunnel in order to return to our normal life."
The Israeli Air Force reportedly hit 70 targets between 9 and 10pm Thursday, including underground medium-range rocket launching pads, bringing the total number of IAF strikes in Operation Pillar of Defense to over 300.
Bibi meeting with Cabinet and Defense officials in Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv. IAF continuing strikes, explosions heard throughout Gaza. Secondary explosions from munition bunkers also heard.
Palestinians report that the IAF took out 2 more terrorists in Beit Lahia that were about to launch a rocket at Israel.
According to the IDF Spokesperson, in response to recent events, overnight IAF aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility, two weapons storage facilities, and two rocket-launching sites in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as a weapons storage facility and a terror activity site in the southern Gaza Strip. Direct hits were confirmed. The Ma'an Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli tank shells killed 4 Palestinians and wounded 30 in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to medics and other witnesses.
Two more rockets were launched at the Be'er Sheva area at 7:40 Sunday morning. The rockets fell in an open area. No injuries or damage reported. This follows a series of rocket and mortar launches overnight from Gaza, and the IAF taking out one of the terrorists who launched a mortar at Israel. Overnight, IAF […]
By J. E. Dyer
In the early dawn of 24 October, an arms factory in Sudan was attacked in the Yarmouk Industrial Complex approximately 6 miles south of central Khartoum. Video of the exploding building makes it clear that it was an arms factory, with an extended series of powerful secondary explosions characteristic of ammunition dumps. A Sudanese official claims that four Israeli aircraft conducted a strike on the factory.
The Israel Air Force killed two terrorists preparing to launch rockets against Israeli civilians from Gaza.
IDF has told all residents of towns near Gaza to immediately enter their bomb shelters. A series of rockets were launched at Ashekelon and Sederot overnight. IAF killed one of the members of the launch team and injured the others.
Yediot reported Tuesday that Gazan Arabs launched a Strela-2 surface to air missile at an IAF aircraft on Friday, but the missile missed its target. The IDF beleives that Gaza has a number of these missiles stockpiled, but haven't used them due to fear of an escalated IDF response. The missile systems were reportedly smuggled […]
The Israeli Air Force are not taking any chances following Saturday's incursion and all Ben Gurion traffic was halted after radar detected a UFO flying over the airport.
An "almost hit" safety event took place last Friday when two F-16 aircraft approached each other during a training flight, disregarding their instructions. There were no casualties or damage. The two aircraft teams included the head of squadron personnel and the commander of the Hatzerim base. Following the incident, IAF commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured Israelis on Sunday that Israel’s armed forces would protect residents of the south, as a tentative quiet followed a weekend of rockets lobbed on the region from Gaza. Despite fear, residents move on with life on Sunday.
By JTA
Israel's Air Force attacked what it said were two weapons storage facilities in the Gaza Strip.
Mekhi Phifer is no stranger to fake action, having portrayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's medical drama "ER," FBI agent Ben Reynolds on Fox's "Lie to Me," and CIA agent Rex Matheson in "Torchwood: Miracle Day." This week, Mekhi had a rare opportunity to try the reral thing, on a vist to an IAF base […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel would not refrain from striking Iranian nuclear installations during the course of the ongoing negotiations between the Western allies and Iranian government officials if Israel’s intelligence apparatus determined that the Iranian military was on the verge of constructing a nuclear warhead at its secret underground facility in Qom.
The latest of Iran's provocations against Israel came last week, when it became clear that the Iranian-sponsored terrorist group PRC had planned to carry out another terrorist attack on Israel’s southern border. This time however, the IDF decided not to rely on Egyptian security forces in Sinai in order to prevent this attack.
Two Palestinians were killed Monday evening in an IAF strike east of Gaza City, bringing the death toll in Gaza to 25 since Friday. The IDF Spokesman reported that the IAF attacked a terrorist squad Monday night in northern Gaza, shortly before it was able to shoot a high trajectory, medium-range rocket toward Israeli territory.
The Palestinian Information Center reports that IAF raids on Friday and Saturday have so far resulted in 16 dead and more than 30 wounded. All those killed are believed to be terrorists. The most recent killings took place Saturday afternoon, when Israeli planes killed two more Palestinians in fresh raids on Gaza and Rafah, and […]
Rockets recently fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli southern communities injure a woman and threaten the lives of thousands, IAF targets terror facilities in response
By Tibbi Singer
Home Front Command moves its base of operation closer to the Air force's new missile detection system.
Comments were made last month prior to Eshel's appointment, and so offer a candid look into the new IAF chief's strategic thinking.
Eshel, head of strategic planning for the IDF, succeeds Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan.
Terrorist squad in southern Gaza targeted after launching rockets.
July 3, 2026 
