Posts Tagged: IDF Gaza Strip
Amid Rising Tensions, IDF Trains for Ground Operations in Gaza City
JNS.org - As tensions on the Israel-Gaza Strip border mount, the Israel Defense Forces said it will hold a wide-scale drill simulating a ground operation in...
IDF Begins Construction on Underground Barrier Around Gaza Strip
Residents of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council will be able to look out their windows and watch the IDF work on the new project meant...
IDF: Israel ‘Not Interested’ in Escalating Conflict After Retaliatory Strikes in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces says it has no intention to escalate conflict in Gaza after air and artillery strikes hit dozens of targets in the...
IDF Closes West Bank, Gaza Strip Ahead of Passover in Fear of Terror Attacks
JNS.org - Israeli authorities on Friday increased security throughout the Jewish state in preparation for Passover. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Israel Police raised the country's security alert...
Gaza Disengagement Reflections Pour In a Decade Later
JNS.org - This August marks the 10-year anniversary of Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip. In the summer of 2005, then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon ordered the...
Leaked Recordings From Gaza Rescue Mission a ‘Serious Breach,’ IDF Says
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces has launched an investigation to determine who was behind the leaking of audio recordings from the ill-fated attempt to rescue...
IDF Soldier Wounded From Hamas Sniper Fire in Gaza, Army Responds
JNS.org - An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier from the Bedouin Reconnaissance Battalion was injured Wednesday as Israeli troops on the border with Gaza came...
62 Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Gaza Still Hospitalized
JNS.org - Sixty-two Israeli soldiers who were wounded during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza as of Thursday remain hospitalized in various medical facilities nationwide,...
Kerry Unsuccessful in Effort to Pressure Netanyahu to End Gaza Campaign Against Hamas
Washington Post - The United States on Wednesday put the most direct pressure yet on its ally Israel to cut short its military campaign against...
150 Palestinian Terrorists Surrender to IDF During Southern Gaza Raid
Times of Israel - Dozens of Palestinian terror operatives, most of whom were said to be members of Hamas, surrendered Wednesday to IDF soldiers during...
500 Hamas, Islamic Jihad Targets Hit by IDF in Gaza Ground Operation
Jerusalem Post - The IDF has struck 2,600 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets since the start of Operation Protective Edge, and some 500 targets since...
Hamas Official Says Group Will Kidnap Israeli Soldiers in Event of Ground Operation
JNS.org - Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said he hopes the Israel Defense Forces enters Gaza on the ground so that the terrorist group...
Israel Sends Troop Reinforcements to Gaza Strip Border
Fox News - Israel has begun sending troop reinforcements to its border with the Gaza Strip amid intensifying rocket barrages, defense officials said Thursday. The movement...
Report: IDF Texted Gaza Residents Asking for Information on Terror Tunnels
The Interior Ministry of Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza, accused Israel on Tuesday of sending text messages to Gaza Strip residents asking for information...
