Posts Tagged: Pillar of Defense
The BBC’s Ongoing, Pervasive Distortion of Gaza Casualty Figures
On September 1, the BBC News website published a feature titled "Gaza crisis: Toll of operations in Gaza," which has since become a frequent appendage...
Netanyahu Wedding Congratulations Video to IDF Officer Wounded Near Gaza Aired at Ceremony (VIDEO)
In a unique gesture, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally blessed the marriage of an Israeli officer, who was wounded by a Hamas-set bomb...
Jewish College Students Wage Social Media Battle to Defend Israel
JNS.org - Australia's Sydney Harbor is up in flames. Large letters superimposed on the scene ask, "How would they react?" That image and many others...
IDF Official Says More Hamas Infrastructure Destroyed in First Days of ‘Protective Edge’ Than Entire ‘Pillar of Defense’
JNS.org - An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) official said that the military's current air force campaign against Gaza in just more than a day...
Fmr. Israeli Security Chief: More Gaza Rocket Fire May Prompt IDF Op ‘Bigger’ Than Pillar of Defense
A top former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general told a local radio station on Monday, that, if rocket fire out of Gaza does not subside,...
Pillar of Defense: A Year Later IDF Soldier Reveals How Flow of Humanitarian Aid Was Maintained
A year after the Israel Defense Forces' Operation "Pillar of Defense," a recently-immigrated soldier assigned to the Gaza border has revealed how humanitarian aid to...
Netanyahu: Gaza Rocket Fire Drops 98 Percent Since Pillar of Defense
JNS.org - Speaking at an event marking the one-year anniversary of Operation Pillar of Defense, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that there...
Israeli Air Force Re-Organization Aims for Expanded Capacity to Hit 10x as Many Targets
A strategic re-organization of the Israel Air Force portends to increase its capacity to wage war by "an order of magnitude," translating into a...
Following Rocket Attacks on Israel, IAF Strikes Gaza Arms Depots
Jerusalem Post - The air force struck what it said were two arms depots at the center of the Gaza Strip and a rocket launching...
Six Rockets, Fired from Gaza, Strike Southern Israel
JNS.org - Six rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza on Sunday night, including two headed for Ashkelon which were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile...
Arab Stone-Throwing Attacks on Jews are Daily Occurrence in East Jerusalem
JNS.org - Palestinian stone-throwing attacks on Jews in eastern Jerusalem have become a daily occurrence and have recently escalated to include Molotov cocktails, Israel Hayom...
Pro-Terror Egyptian Nominated for Human Rights Watch Honor
Mona Seif, an Egyptian political activist who has advocated in favor of Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, has been named as a final nominee...
IAF Strikes Gaza Targets After Mortar Attack on Israel
A tumultuous post-Passover period continued in Israel on Wednesday morning when Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets at the southern Israeli city of Sderot, following the...
Israel’s Codename for Obama Visit: “Unbreakable Alliance”
Israeli officials have chosen the codename for U.S. President Barack Obama's March visit to the country: "Unbreakable Alliance." The Hebrew name is "Brit Amim," which...
