Tag: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

“Any IDF weapon that finds its way to the public’s hands is not a certificate of honor for us.”

"The IDF is not the UN army," Smotrich stated.

The IDF for its part quickly condemned Major Maor Moshe of the Corp of Engineers.

Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel and Culture and Sports Minister Yehiel Tropper serve in a unit that operates behind enemy lines.

According to the IDF Spokesperson, since the beginning of the fighting, eight people have been killed in the Gaza Strip.

It is not clear whether the IDF will retaliate before Prime Minister Netanyahu's return from the US, following his afternoon meeting with President Trump.

"Each tunnel is different from the other, some were carved into the rock, others are made of concrete, some go down into our territory, others rise up."

Israel's response to a Hezbollah offensive, the spokesman warned, would target the southern Beirut suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold that was attacked by Israel during the 2006 war.

The tunnel was discovered as part of the IDF Northern Shield operation launched Monday morning to expose and neutralize terrorist tunnels dug by the Hezbollah terror organization into Israeli territory.

The IDF believes Hezbollah has 120,000 short-range missiles and that Iran has been equipping them with GPS guides to improve accuracy.

"The digging of tunnels that were located by the IDF in advance, before there was an immediate threat to Israeli citizens, constitutes a blatant violation of Israeli sovereignty."

In a Sunday cabinet meeting welcoming the new IDF chief of staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi, who will take command on January 15, Prime...

To support their case against the IDF soldiers and the spokesperson, B'Tselem enclosed an additional crucial testimony, by A-Rajjan's mother, Sabreen al-Najjar, who swore that "Raszan was a naive girl who loved life and always smiled."

"The accuracy project is carried out using Iranian knowledge, technology, funding and guidance," the IDF spokesperson said.

IDF soldiers responded using demonstration dispersing means and acted in accordance with the rules of engagement in response to attempts to sabotage the fence and harm IDF forces.

Clearly, the criticism voiced by several reports, including some comments from the DM have hit a raw nerve with Eizenkot.

The extensive attacks carried out by the IDF resulted in the destruction of about 150 military and strategic targets of the Hamas terrorist organization, delivering a severe blow to the terrorist organization.

Last November, the chief of staff refused PM Netanyahu's request to appoint Winter as his military secretary; and last June, Winter's name was absent from the list of promoted senior officers.

The soldiers, who serve in the Artillery Corps, were on a tour of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

This exercise was scheduled well in advance, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit stressed, and is not related to any current security situation.

The armed wing of Hamas, released a statement saying that Israel “bears responsibility for the consequences of this aggressive escalation.”

Retired spokesman & head of social Media for the IDF Spokesperson's office Peter Lerner filed the enclosed tweet from Mexico City.

What ensued will likely continue to divide Israeli society between those who believe terrorists have, by definition, given up their civil rights and must be killed on sight, and those who believe terrorists are not better or worse than any other criminal.

The IDF incursions into the Gaza Strip have become an almost daily event.

The biggest challenge facing the new data storage system would be the requirement that the Infantry, Armored Forces, IAF, and Navy be able to share it effectively.

During the night security forces arrested eight wanted terror suspects.

Buchris has requested to be discharged from service immediately, to enable him to participate in the trial against him as a civilian and not as a military officer.

It should be noted that Brigadier General Fairaizen wears a knitted yarmulke, which constitutes an extremely meaningful change in the IDF's recent attitude regarding Religious Zionism.

In late 2015 the military was about to appoint him Head of the Operations Division, a senior position in the IDF command.

The leftover money will go to a fund for future cases in which IDF soldiers are taken to court by their own army.