It was the first infantry unit formed exclusively by women. It was the first infantry unit to utilize paratroopers. It was the first infantry unit to fight in the Six-Day War. 2. What is the name in Modern Hebrew for the Israel Defense Forces? Tzahal Madei alef Turai S...
Israel has been urging civilians in the Strip to evacuate to safe areas in southern Gaza, as its military operation began in the northern part of the Strip. As a result, more than one million people, or more than half of Gaza's total population, poured into Rafah to seek shelter, most...
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Palestinian officials said adeadly explosion at a hospitalin Gaza City killed hundreds and they blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast. But a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said Israel "did not strike that hospital" and that their analysis indicates it was a ...
One month into the conflict, Israel is expanding its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on top of airstrike campaigns. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks entered the "second stage" when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out more ground operations on Oct. 27. Since...
Criticism of Israel's new far-right, ultra-religious coalition government continues to mount amid a backlash to its judiciary reform plans and spiraling violence between Israeli security forces and Palestinians. Below is the latest on what's happening, and why. ...
Flickr/Israel Defense Forces The Biblical Laws of War The most concentrated legal treatment of war is found in Deuteronomy 20:1–21:14.[1] These laws prescribe what to do with the people against whom Israel wages war: Canaanites living in the land must be annihilated, while people living ...
As of Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have launched "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" in the south of the country in pursuit of this goal. Two divisions -- the 98th Paratroopers Division and the 36th Division -- are currently involved in the opera...
The Israel Defense Forces thwarted an attack by Hezbollah on a number of strategic targets in Israel's north and center on Sunday. Had the attack succeeded, we would have already been in the midst of a major conflict, one th...
Posters of children held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are displayed with toys across from the Kirya, headquarters of Israel’s Defense Forces ahead of an anticipated hostage release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) 3 of 3 | Smoke ris...
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that Israeli forces carried out the strike and said officials "will do everything for this not to happen again". The team from the charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were travelling in a "deconflicted zone" with three vehicles, accor...