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Home Front Command eases security guideline restrictions on Lebanon border communities

Due to the long-standing conflict with the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, many border communities have been restricted throughout the conflict.

 Smoke is seen from rockets fired from Lebanon, near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on June 1, 2024.
First Haredi unit at Tel Nof Airforce base

First haredi unit opens at Tel Nof Air Force base with 20 recruits amid mass draft protests

 An Israeli anti missile system intercept rockets fired from Lebanon, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, September 4, 2024.

Hezbollah sends over half of country into shelters, IDF keeps up pressure

 A pro-Palestinian protester holds up a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar outside of a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in New York City, U.S., August 14, 2024.

Israel offers Sinwar safe passage out of Gaza in exchange for hostages 


Israeli teen jailed for refusing IDF service, cites war with Hamas in Gaza

Mitnick also wrote that the lack of negotiation ability with Hamas was "simply untrue."

 18-year-old Tal Mitnick refused compulsory IDF service and was sentenced to 30 days in military jail.

IDF finds elevator in Gaza tunnel, weapon stockpiles in school

AK-47 rifles, grenades, and ammunition were found inside the classrooms of a school in Shejaia.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 9, 2023

Driving out darkness with the 36th Division in Shejaia

REPORTERS’ NOTEBOOK: The advance in Gaza is a process described as one of methodical pace, careful targeting, and then the application of concentrated, massive force.

 A soldier fighting deep in battle in Gaza.

Israel's enemies may see the war in Gaza as a road to Jerusalem - analysis

The Gaza Strip was first occupied by Egypt after the partition of British Mandate Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state.

 Palestinians at the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, on November 5, 2023

IDF arrests Ahed Tamimi who called for Jews to be slaughtered

Last week, Tamimi called for the murder of settlers in the West Bank in an Instagram post.

Ahed Tamimi next to a large Palestinian monument

IDF plans to establish co-working spaces like WeWork for reservist use

"No one here counts the days," says a senior reserve officer, who also holds a senior position in a food company. "We are here as long as they need us"

 Soldiers inside of the IDF's WeWork facility

Israel's Givati Brigade uncovers Hamas intel in northern Gaza stronghold

Operational maps, command and control tables and personal details of commanders who operate within the terrorist organization, were discovered.

 Intelligence found in a Hamas stronghold after IDF soldiers took control.

Gantz’s speech reveals the most of Israel’s grand strategy for Gaza to date - analysis

Gallant called saving hostages a "supreme goal."

 Soldiers of the IDF Golani brigade train for possible combat during Operation Swords of Iron, October 2023

Israel says retakes control of Gaza fence, no infiltrations since Monday

The IDF pummeled the heart of the Gaza strip for just under two hours Sunday night.

 Israeli police inspect the damage caused by a rocket after if was fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 9, 2023.

Women headed for IDF’s prestigious Sayeret Matkal?

The program will begin based on whether there are enough female recruits who meet the rigorous criteria.

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite  669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.