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Four soldiers were killed in battle in northern Gaza, the IDF announced Saturday night. The soldiers were Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Fedorenko, St.-Sgt. Danila Diakov, Sgt. Yahav Maayan, and Sgt. Eliav Astuker. The four soldiers were killed after terrorists ambushed an Read More …
Israeli Defense Forces on Wednesday evening announced that three soldiers operating a tank were killed in a large explosion in Beit Hanoun, which also injured three others, including an officer, who was described as being in serious condition. All the Read More …
IDF soldiers from the Yahalom Unit uncovered and dismantled an underground tunnel system that housed Hamas weapons manufacturing infrastructure in central Gaza, the military reported Saturday evening. According to the military’s statement, the underground structure contained multiple tunnels that were Read More …
The IDF announced Monday evening that three soldiers from the Kfir Brigade’s 92nd Battalion (Samson) were killed overnight in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. The incident occurred in the town’s western area, where the Read More …
Some 300 booby-trapped structures have been detected and demolished by IDF engineering troops in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Friday. The military added that terrorists had positioned explosives in the structures to form an ambush Read More …
The HALO Trust, the international landmine clearance organisation, has called for global recommitment to the Landmine Ban Treaty following a 10 per cent drop in the number of anti-personnel mines cleared in 2023. The steep fall in landmines cleared is Read More …
Capt. Barak Israel Sagan was killed in action on Friday, October 25, 2024, while fighting in northern Gaza. Sagan, 22, from Petah Tikva, served as a platoon commander in the Tank Commanders Course in Battalion 196, “Bnei Or” Brigade (460). Read More …
As the horrific scenes of the terrorist Hamas attack on Israel played out on social media, with videos of mutilated corpses, gang rapes and abductions, Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh—safe and likely in his penthouse hideaway in Doha—celebrated and prayed over Read More …
The commander of the IDF’s 401st “Iron Tracks” Brigade, Col. Ehsan Daxa, was killed in combat in northern Gaza, the military announced on Sunday evening. Col. Daxa was 41 years old and came from Daliyat al-Karmel, the largest Druze community Read More …
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in Tel Sultan in Rafah on Wednesday in an unplanned operation, sources close to the matter confirmed to The Jerusalem Post Thursday evening, several hours after rumors arose that he had Read More …
Three Israeli reserve soldiers were killed in Gaza on Thursday when their Humvee drove over a roadside bomb and exploded, the IDF stated. Their death came amid a renewed push by Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip. All three Read More …
Vowing self-sufficiency, Hamas turned a maze of tunnels in Gaza into weapons factories and well-stocked fortifications. A year after the war began, parts of the group remain deeply entrenched. Many analysts had believed that Hamas was heavily dependent on Iran Read More …
The IDF announced the deaths of three combat soldiers and a paramedic who were killed during the fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. During operations in the southern Gaza Strip, Givati Brigade troops entered the area of the Read More …
The bodies of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were found in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Sunday morning. The IDF retrieved the bodies of the hostages from a tunnel Read More …
Canines have been useful to military organizations since their domestication. Few, if any, instruments of war have the successful track record and longevity of MWDs. They remain effective in a variety of environments, including dense vegetation, subterranean complexes, and trench Read More …
The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday early afternoon rescued Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held by Hamas since October 7 from Mivtachim in the South, from a tunnel in Rafah. The circumstances of his rescue are Read More …
Since Oct 7, IDF’s Technological Lab has been crucial in locating and guiding the destruction of Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza, marking a shift to direct field operations during Operation Iron Swords. The ‘brain’ responsible for locating Hamas tunnels in Gaza Read More …
The terrorist groups attacking Israel, particularly Hamas, are turning to the use of explosive devices and booby traps increasingly. This is true in Gaza and also in the West Bank. On Sunday, the IDF said St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut Read More …
The IDF dismantled a one-kilometer-long Hamas terror tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip, the IDF reported on Friday midday. Soldiers from the Southern Gaza Brigade, together with Combat Engineering Unit and Yahalom Unit soldiers located and destroyed Read More …
Two Israel Defense Forces reserve officers were killed by a roadside bomb in central Gaza on Saturday, the military announced. The death of Maj. (res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled, 34, a logistics officer with the Jerusalem Brigade’s 8119th Battalion, brought Israel’s Read More …