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Illustrative: President Reuven Rivlin meets the IDF soldiers awarded for their service on Independence Day, May 12, 2016. (President Spokesman's Office)
April 19, 2018, 9:45 am
Presidential citations awarded to 120 outstanding IDF soldiers
Annual Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem attended by president, prime minister, defense minister, IDF chief of staff
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 18, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 4:27 pm
At terror victims memorial, Netanyahu vows to fight ‘barbaric’ extremist Islam
PM says there are signs of change in the region, stemming from recognition that Israel is determined to protect its people
By Stuart Winer
Israeli soldiers march during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2018, as Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 17, 2018, 7:59 pm
Israelis bow heads in silence as siren signals start of Memorial Day
At main ceremony in Jerusalem's Western Wall, president and IDF chief hail army as a unifying force; Rivlin: 'We did not leap into the tunnels as right-wing or left-wing'
By Michael Bachner
IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot looks through a printed list of all identified victims of the Holocaust at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland on April 12, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 12, 2018, 9:05 pm
In Poland, IDF chief says military puts meaning behind ‘Never again’
Eisenkot marches alongside President Rivlin, senior security officials in March of the Living at Auschwitz
By Judah Ari Gross
A group of Panama youth visit the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz ahead of the yearly March of the Living, a Holocaust remembrance march, in Oswiecim, Poland on April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 12, 2018, 4:18 pm
Led by Israel’s President Rivlin, thousands attend March of Living in Poland
More than 12,000 people from 40 countries make two-mile march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, accompanied by heads of IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and police
By TOI staff
People stand still on Jaffa road, central Jerusalem, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 12, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 12, 2018, 9:39 am
Israel solemnly remembers 6 million victims on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Nationwide sirens sound at 10 a.m., kicking off ceremonies throughout the country; President Rivlin leads 'March of the Living' at Auschwitz
By Michael Bachner, TOI staff and Agencies
IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot leads a military delegation to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on April 23, 2017, ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 11, 2018, 6:32 pm
Amid Syria tensions, IDF chief to visit Poland for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Eisenkot to march alongside President Rivlin, senior security officials for memorial ceremony Thursday at Birkenau death camp
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is briefed on the escalation on the northern border along with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, left and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, right, on February 10, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
April 11, 2018, 2:57 pm
As tensions with Syria, Iran climb, Netanyahu calls in top defense officials
Prime minister instructs cabinet members from his Likud party to keep quiet about the 'sensitive' security situation
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, is seen in a committee meeting at the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2018, 10:50 pm
Mossad chief ‘100 percent certain’ Iran still seeks nuclear bomb
In closed security meeting, Yossi Cohen says nuke deal a 'terrible mistake,' must be 'completely changed or scrapped'
By Josef Federman
Palestinians march past a tent city erected along the border with Israel east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
March 30, 2018, 2:53 pm
Border battles: 7 things to know for March 30
Israel repeatedly warned Palestinians not to approach the fence during the Hamas-backed 'March of Return' campaign. Evidently to no avail
By Adiv Sterman
A picture taken on March 30, 2018 from the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz across the border from the Gaza Strip shows tear gas grenades falling during a Palestinian protest, with Israeli soldiers seen below in the foreground. (AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ)
March 30, 2018, 12:42 pm
15 Gazans said killed, 1,100 hurt in clashes at massive border protest
Army says fatalities include Hamas gunmen trying to breach fence; warns of further escalation, rocket fire; uses live fire, rubber bullets to repel mobs throwing rocks, firebombs
By Judah Ari Gross and Khaled Abu Toameh
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 29, 2018, 4:39 pm
Liberman urges Israelis to calm down over Gaza infiltration
Defense minister also says Israel prepared for Friday's mass protest, warns that any Gazan seen aiding Hamas efforts will be forever banned from entering country
By Michael Bachner
IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot awards an official commendation to the Sayeret Matkal and Military Intelligence special missions units on March 27, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 28, 2018, 7:31 pm
Intel soldier earns medal of honor, but the IDF can’t say for what
Elite Sayeret Matkal, Military Intelligence units also earn group commendation from chief of staff for bravery, resourcefulness and dedication
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot addresses the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on July 5, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
March 28, 2018, 10:29 am
IDF chief: 100 snipers authorized to use live fire during Gaza march
Gadi Eisenkot warns army could use 'a lot of force' to keep protesters from the border; says 'high chance' of military conflict with the Palestinians this year
By Michael Bachner
A pilot and navigator from the Israeli Air Force's 253rd Squadron prepare for an operation to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor on September 5, 2007. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 21, 2018, 5:00 am
Ending a decade of silence, Israel confirms it blew up Assad’s nuclear reactor
Announcement about 2007’s ‘Operation Orchard' sure to remind Iran what happened to last country with atomic ambitions, though real reason for divulging now may be more humdrum
By Judah Ari Gross
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