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Coalition pushes to extend delivery exemptions for life-saving equipment to IDF soldiers

With Adi Vaxman and Operation Israel among key advocates, a Knesset hearing highlights efforts to speed critical defensive gear to the frontlines

Smadar Lublin-Katz, Managing Director in Israel of Operation Israel.
Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin; illustrative.

'If Lebanon won't disarm Hezbollah, IDF will': Effie Defrin warns against Hezbollah’s rearmament

An Israeli Air Force plane utilized in the October 2024 strike against Iranian military infrastructure.

'Invade Iran or accept talks,' ex-Israeli Air Force chief warns


New Druze reservist association to tackle challenges faced by group - interview

‘We embrace the Jewish State with all our might, and would love to receive this embrace back,’ says founder Adib Abu Aasi.

Druze fighter with a Druze flag in Gaza

IDF announces the names of 12 fallen soldiers: Here are their stories

Eight killed following APC explosion • Two killed in northern Gaza Strip • Separate incidents led to death of additional two soldiers.

The IDF announced the names of twelve fallen soldiers.

'Your bias is outrageous': WSJ editorial condemns ICJ ruling against Israel

"The inversion of international law is something to behold: Hamas slaughters Israeli civilians and hides behind its own so that Israel stands accused.”

 WHILE MANY view the ICJ as an independent judicial body, it is inherently political. Its judges are elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, bodies notorious for anti-Israel bias, the writer says.

Grills of Hope: Barbecuing for Israel’s soldiers

Nonprofit organization based in Ra’anana, Grills of Hope, hosts 200th BBQ for soldiers serving in the Gaza war.

 Rafi Sandler, Jonathan Bloom, and their team.

Israel-Hamas war day 211: What's going on in Gaza?

US tells Qatar to boot Hamas if deal rejected • US hands Gaza dock to Israel • Bibi reveals vision for future Gaza • IDF is operating north of Tulkarm, Gaza

 People walk by pphotographs of  Israelis still held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv. March 10, 2024.

IDF forms committee to honor hostages and civilians in combat

The group will begin discussions immediately, with a deadline for its recommendations set to June 30, 2024. 

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023.

Hezbollah launches deepest attack into Israel since start of Gaza war

Lebanon's Hezbollah, backed by Iran, claimed launching a drone attack on Israeli military bases near Acre, marking its deepest incursion since the Gaza conflict began.

 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon, last month.

The US is mulling over sanctions against Ultra-Orthodox army unit, says expert

Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion for potential human rights abuses in the West Bank, setting a precedent that other countries may follow.

  Prof. Yuval Shany, the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair of Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Iconic Israeli singer and actress Naomi Polani passes away at 96

In 2018, president Reuven Rivlin honored Polani with the President’s Award, which coincided with her 90th birthday and the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state. 

 NAOMI POLANI.

If there is a Rafah attack date, maybe PM should tell IDF - analysis

If Netanyahu and the IDF want to intimidate Hamas into a better hostage deal, and that deal does not come from US pressure, it will require more action, and fewer words.

 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 27, 2024.