January 5, 2015
8:03 pm

Golani Brigade soldiers, on the Golan Heights (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90/File)

7 Golani soldiers desert base, citing mistreatment

Relatives of missing troops say commander barred them from receiving mental-health treatment; army says they refused orders

By Times of Israel staff

December 11, 2014
1:04 pm

Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit/ Flickr)

IDF said to withhold payment from troops wounded in Gaza

Army reportedly won’t give discharge grants to two soldiers it holds accountable for loss of equipment during fighting; army says it is investigating

By Adiv Sterman

November 15, 2014
4:54 pm

Pvt. Hagai Bar-Orian (photo credit: courtesy: Eyal Shragai)

Saving Pvt. Bar-Orian from obscurity

A family fights for recognition of an Iranian-born Israeli who gave up his life in an act of heroism 50 years ago

By Mitch Ginsburg

September 1, 2014
9:19 pm

Al-Nusra Front fighters standing near the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria. (screen capture: YouTube)

A different sort of dangerous: The new jihadi threat from Syria

A very wary Israel watches as an al-Qaeda offshoot wrests control of the Quneitra crossing area from Assad’s forces

By Mitch Ginsburg

August 14, 2014
3:07 pm

Israel Consul General In LA David Siegel addresses the memorial for fallen lone soldier Max Steinberg. (Credit; Orly Halevy)

1,000 gather in LA at memorial for Max Steinberg

Friends and family tell of the prankster with a huge heart who laid down his life for Israel and the Jewish people

By Kelly Hartog

August 5, 2014
7:51 pm

The other American Max in Golani

An American-born soldier, resting after a week of eerie combat in Gaza, discusses the battle in Shejaiya and how some thought he was the late Staff Sgt. Max Steinberg

By Mitch Ginsburg

July 24, 2014
1:41 am

Friends and fellow soldiers at Yuval Heiman's gravesite after his funeral on Tuesday. (Courtesy)

Conflict with Hamas hits fatally home for American tourist

NY Jewish educator Rina Cohen Schwarz learns about ‘real Israel’ after soldier cousin falls in Operation Protective Edge

By Renee Ghert-Zand

July 23, 2014
5:41 pm

Parents, siblings and friends of IDF lone soldier Max Steinberg, killed in Gaza, follow his coffin to the burial on Mount Herzl on Wednesday morning, July 23 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

30,000 attend Jerusalem funeral of lone, US-born soldier

A small, wiry, decisive Californian, Max Steinberg inspired his family, loved Bob Marley — and fought to join an elite unit

By Jessica Steinberg

July 22, 2014
11:47 am

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Maj. Tzafrir Bar-Or, 32, one of 13 soldiers who were killed in several separate incidents in Shejaiya on Sunday, at the military cemetery in Holon, Monday, July 21, 2014. . (Photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Golani soldier Oron Shaul caught in Gaza ambush is MIA

In carefully worded statement, IDF says the remains of only 6 of the 7 soldiers ambushed in Shejaiya Sunday have been identified

By Mitch Ginsburg

July 21, 2014
1:51 pm

Illustrative photo of a tunnel opening discovered by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza, July 20, 2014. (photo credit: IDF)

After battle, papers show tunnel vision

Faced with death and destruction and wondering where Israel goes from here, the print press retreats into tried and true ideological bastions

By Joshua Davidovich

July 21, 2014
11:45 am

Moshe Malko, 20, one of 13 Golani Brigade soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, July 20, 2014 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson)

IDF names Moshe Malko, 20, as seventh slain soldier

Jerusalem resident, one of 13 killed early Sunday, to be laid to rest at 4 p.m. at Mount Herzl military cemetery

By Lazar Berman

July 21, 2014
11:39 am

Sgt. Gilad Yacoby, 21, of Kiryat Ono, a Golani soldier killed in the Gaza Strip on July 20 2014 (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Families hear sons killed via WhatsApp

Rumors circulating on social media are taking a toll on families, who have to deal with fear and uncertainty

By Lazar Berman

July 21, 2014
9:58 am

This 2012 photo provided by Rabbi Asher Hecht, shows Nissim Sean Carmeli, left, with Hecht in Jerusalem. (photo credit: AP Photo/Rabbi Asher Hecht via Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley)

2 American Jews among IDF dead in Gaza combat

Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, and Max Steinberg, 24, from Los Angeles, were killed early Sunday

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP

November 20, 2013
12:52 am

Soldiers heading to prison for abusing Palestinian

Two members of the Golani Brigade were taped slapping and kicking a bound man, who was caught crossing the border from Gaza

By Stuart Winer

October 24, 2013
10:41 pm

Colonel Ghassan Alian seen during a patrol near the West Bank city of Jenin on July 30, 2013. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

In first, Druze officer to lead Golani Brigade

Col. Ghassan Alian of Shfaram, the brigade’s deputy commander, tapped to steer one of the IDF’s most iconic units

By Gavriel Fiske

Topic: Golani Brigade

7 Golani soldiers desert base, citing mistreatment

Relatives of missing troops say commander barred them from receiving mental-health treatment; army says they refused orders

IDF said to withhold payment from troops wounded in Gaza

Army reportedly won’t give discharge grants to two soldiers it holds accountable for loss of equipment during fighting; army says it is investigating

Saving Pvt. Bar-Orian from obscurity

A family fights for recognition of an Iranian-born Israeli who gave up his life in an act of heroism 50 years ago

A different sort of dangerous: The new jihadi threat from Syria

A very wary Israel watches as an al-Qaeda offshoot wrests control of the Quneitra crossing area from Assad’s forces

1,000 gather in LA at memorial for Max Steinberg

Friends and family tell of the prankster with a huge heart who laid down his life for Israel and the Jewish people

The other American Max in Golani

An American-born soldier, resting after a week of eerie combat in Gaza, discusses the battle in Shejaiya and how some thought he was the late Staff Sgt. Max Steinberg

Conflict with Hamas hits fatally home for American tourist

NY Jewish educator Rina Cohen Schwarz learns about ‘real Israel’ after soldier cousin falls in Operation Protective Edge

30,000 attend Jerusalem funeral of lone, US-born soldier

A small, wiry, decisive Californian, Max Steinberg inspired his family, loved Bob Marley — and fought to join an elite unit

Golani soldier Oron Shaul caught in Gaza ambush is MIA

In carefully worded statement, IDF says the remains of only 6 of the 7 soldiers ambushed in Shejaiya Sunday have been identified

After battle, papers show tunnel vision

Faced with death and destruction and wondering where Israel goes from here, the print press retreats into tried and true ideological bastions

IDF names Moshe Malko, 20, as seventh slain soldier

Jerusalem resident, one of 13 killed early Sunday, to be laid to rest at 4 p.m. at Mount Herzl military cemetery

Families hear sons killed via WhatsApp

Rumors circulating on social media are taking a toll on families, who have to deal with fear and uncertainty

2 American Jews among IDF dead in Gaza combat

Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, from South Padre Island, Texas, and Max Steinberg, 24, from Los Angeles, were killed early Sunday

Soldiers heading to prison for abusing Palestinian

Two members of the Golani Brigade were taped slapping and kicking a bound man, who was caught crossing the border from Gaza

In first, Druze officer to lead Golani Brigade

Col. Ghassan Alian of Shfaram, the brigade’s deputy commander, tapped to steer one of the IDF’s most iconic units

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