Tag: Gaza Division

"Hamas came to uproot us; we will uproot them. Hamas came to wipe us out; we will wipe them out. We will deepen our roots in our land."

"Yesterday, and today, we eliminated brigade commanders, company commanders, many operatives, and yesterday morning we started the same process in the southern Gaza Strip."

The Jihad told the mediators that they had no interest in a new war in Gaza, not before the elections in Israel and not after.

"We are making a great effort, visible and covert, to prevent our enemies from arming themselves with accurate weapons, even at the cost of a confrontation."

Kochavi is credited with the idea of using a 5 kg hammer to break down walls and cross through homes in refugee camps to prevent soldiers from being shot by snipers.

"The question of the next round of fighting is not an 'if,' but a 'when.' I am sure that we will do what we must."

"With every day that passes, our counter terrorism capabilities around the Gaza Strip are growing stronger."

Hundred of acres of Israeli farmland and forest have been burned down in the past few weeks by the Gazans, forcing some of the farmers to harvest their wheat early to rescue the crop from eco-terrorism attacks.

Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot officially told Brigadier General Ofer Vinter that he won't be given the position of military secretary to the Prime Minister.

By free gifts, the PM was referring to the fact that while Arab terrorists in Gaza are still holding on to the bodies of two IDF MIAs as well as two Israeli civilians who strayed across the border, they demand that Israel return the Arab terrorists' bodies.

During the course of the operation, five terrorist bodies were discovered within Israeli territory.

The remnants of Israel's left who still command key positions both in government and the military jumped out of their skins at the embarrassing news of an IDF commander who sees himself and his soldiers as the heirs of King David and his victorious armies.

In recent years, the knitted yarmulkes, which fill the junior and middle echelons of the IDF, have not been promoted to the senior command of the army.

Baranski made headlines last November, when he objected to the inclusion of women in IDF armored combat units.

President Rivlin pointed that “two of our sons remained behind after the war which took place two years ago. The State of Israel has a moral responsibility to bring back Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.”

Home Front Command moves its base of operation closer to the Air force's new missile detection system.