Tag: Tanks

Col. Ehsan Daqsa, who commanded the Israel Defense Force’s 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in battle in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza.

Helicopters evacuated the wounded to hospitals.

Soldiers light their Chanukiot on their tanks.

A staging area.

The brigade located and destroyed many terror tunnel shafts, took control of military and even civilian buildings where a large amount of weapons, maps and intelligence materials of the terrorist organization Hamas were found.

“I trust the female tank personnel to conduct border defense missions with professionalism and great success,” says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

Israeli tanks and patrol vehicles protecting the border with Syria on the Golan Heights.

The helmet enables the commander to make complex situation-dependent decisions in split seconds, and also leads to more freedom and fewer distractions for the driver.

In operation Protective Edge, infantry and armored units worked side-by-side. A new training program hopes to integrate them even better on the battlefield.

Two Israeli Merkava tanks crossed the electronic fence on the northern border and entered Lebanese territory Tuesday, the Lebanese-run National News Agency reported. The IDF...

The Pentagon is fielding more than 35,000 troops in the Persian Gulf as a “bulwark against aggression.”

In the past month, Egypt has arrested 90 people in the Sinai, 7 of them Palestinian Authority Arabs. Egypt has also killed 60 armed...