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Fast Forward Israeli Military Opens Surprise Exercise In The Golan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces opened a surprise exercise in the Golan Heights. The military called up thousands of reservists on Sunday morning for the exercise, which reportedly will take place for several days. The IDF Spokesman told Israeli media that the large-scale drill, though a surprise to the participants, was planned in…
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Fast Forward IDF Strikes Southern Gaza Military Targets With Tanks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces struck a Hamas target in the southern Gaza Strip with tank fire. The attack early on Sunday morning was in response to a bomb placed near the border fence between Israel and Gaza, the IDF said in a statement. Three Gazans were killed in the attack, according to…
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Fast Forward Israel Becomes First Country To Carry Out Airstrikes With F-35
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is the first country to carry out airstrikes with the F-35 stealth fighter jet, the commander of the Israel Air Force told his counterparts from 20 counties from around the world. “We are flying the F-35 over the entire Middle East and that it has become part of our operational capability,”…
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Fast Forward Gaza Palestinians Enter Israel, Set Fire To IDF Outpost
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of Gazan Palestinians cut through the border fence with Israel and set fire to an empty Israel Defense Forces outpost. The Palestinians, 10 in all, fled back through the fence into Gaza after the Tuesday morning attack on the outpost used by snipers during the March of Return border protests….
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Israel News Why American ‘Lone Soldiers’ Are Still Eager To Join Israel’s Army
In July 2014, following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers, the Israel Defense Forces began a major ground invasion of Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge. American Jews an app that notifies users of every rocket fired into Israeli territory. On day 13 of the war, Max Steinberg, an American-born IDF soldier, was killed…
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Fast Forward Airstrike On Iranian Weapons Depot In Damascus Blamed On Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least 15 people were killed in an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Damascus. Eight members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were reported to be among the dead in the late Tuesday night attack, according to reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, which has attributed the attacks…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Kill 3 Palestinians Attempting To Breach Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians attempting to breach Israel’s border fence with Gaza and infiltrate the country. The men killed on Sunday afternoon were part of a group of four men planning to enter Israel from Gaza and carry out a terror attack, the IDF said. The soldiers had been…
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Fast Forward IDF Bombs Hamas Position In Gaza Over Kite Firebombs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces bombed a Hamas position in Gaza after it was used to launch kites carrying explosives. The Israeli military attack on Saturday night was in response to the incendiary kites, which have sparked fires in the current hot and dry weather which have burned more than 200 acres of…
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