Golani Brigade

IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, center-right, meets with senior officers from the Northern Command amid concerns of potential Iranian missile strike against northern Israel on May 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

September 16, 2019, 2:53 pm

Officer who lost an eye in storied 2006 war battle to lead Golani Brigade

Col. Barak Hiram, who received commendation for bravery for role in Second Lebanon War, to head infantry unit; military also names new air base commanders, other senior positions

By Judah Ari Gross

This photo released by the IDF shows a collection on weapons, including rifles, RPG launchers, grenades, bold cutters and knives carried by four Gazans who tried to cross the border into Israel, August 10, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

August 10, 2019, 12:59 pm

IDF says large-scale terror attack thwarted as troops prevent Gaza infiltration

4 Gazans with AK-47s, RPGs, hand grenades and hunting knives killed when one throws grenade at soldiers during attempt to scale barrier; Hamas says they ‘acted independently’

By TOI staff

Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, center, awards a certificate of appreciation to Yisrael and Orit Klausner, whose son, Ohad, was killed on July 26, 2006, in the Second Lebanon War, during a ceremony in May 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

May 8, 2019, 3:07 pm

13 years on, soldier earns posthumous honor for saving comrades in 2006 battle

Northern command presents award to parents of Staff Sgt. Ohad Klausner, who was killed in Second Lebanon War’s Battle of Bint Jbeil

By Judah Ari Gross

March 28, 2019, 2:37 am

Social media campaign urges public to attend funeral of American lone soldier

Alex Sasaki from California to be buried Thursday at 11 a.m. on Mount Herzl; comrades from Golani Brigade unable to attend due to tense security situation

By TOI staff

Israeli soldiers visit the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day, in Tel Aviv, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

March 5, 2019, 5:14 pm

Crowdfunding campaign launched for former lone soldier to be buried in Israel

Aaron Joseph Hill, 30, who served in the Golani Brigade for 2.5 years, was killed Sunday in a Colorado snowboarding accident

By Marcy Oster

Israeli troops in newly created Gates of Fire Battalion simulate war with Hezbollah terrorist group in northern Israel in December 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 1, 2019, 8:49 pm

New IDF battalion to act as first line of defense against Hezbollah invasion

Military forms new reservist unit to counter Iran-backed group’s plans to conquer Galilee region in future war

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: IDF soldiers conduct a raid in the West Bank village of Yatta, near Hebron, on September 17, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 23, 2018, 11:36 pm

Clashes break out as IDF forces raid Palestinian wedding in Hebron

Troops find rifle and ammunition that Israel says were intended to be used in a West Bank attack

By TOI staff

Israeli troops take part in an exercise on the Golan Heights in August 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

August 13, 2018, 6:45 am

Preparing for fight against Hezbollah, army tries out combat reshuffle

Recognizing unique threats posed by terror groups, IDF drills for reorganization that would dissolve established units into unified fighting force; anti-drone laser also tested

By Judah Ari Gross

Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi in 2014 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 27, 2018, 9:34 pm

Ex-IDF chief, Golani vets back Druze ‘brothers’ amid fury over nation-state law

Letter from alumni of top infantry brigade comes after similar missive from former members of Paratroopers Brigade supporting ‘struggle for full equality’

By Alexander Fulbright

Alex Singer, Michael Levin, Max Steinberg, three fallen IDF lone soldiers, who were commemorated at a ceremony in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018. (courtesy)

April 18, 2018, 6:34 pm

Fallen lone soldiers mourned as tiny Goliaths, true Zionists, talented artists

The mothers of two American-born IDF soldiers remember their sons, along with comrade of a third, at an English-language Memorial Day ceremony

By Judah Ari Gross

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

August 17, 2017, 1:33 pm

Rally around controversy

Trump’s statements about who is to blame for the violence in Charlottesville rile up the Hebrew-language media, and the condemnations spill over to Netanyahu

By Adiv Sterman

Family and friends attend the funeral of Lt. David Golovensitz at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 5, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 5, 2017, 7:14 pm

IDF officer killed in Hebron accident remembered as ‘hero, beautiful boy’

Lt. David Golovensitz was shot in accidental discharge during drill; IDF freezes all training and launches probe into incident

By TOI staff

2nd Lt. David Golovenchik (Courtesy IDF)

July 5, 2017, 1:13 am

IDF officer killed in Hebron by soldier’s accidental gun discharge

2nd Lt. David Golovenchik was drilling his platoon on a potential attack; soldiers apparently did not properly discharge weapons prior to exercise

By TOI staff

Zehava Shaul, mother of Oron Shaul, speaks during a press conefrence at her home in Poria Illit, December 13, 2015. Givati Brigade soldier Staff Sergeant Oron Shaul died in battle in the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. The IDF defined him as "a soldier killed in action whose burial site is unknown." (Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90)

May 1, 2017, 3:43 pm

Mother of missing soldier: State you died for isn’t helping to bring you back

Remains of Zehava Shaul’s son Oron still held by Hamas in Gaza; PM, justice minister vow to return Shaul and fellow MIA Hadar Goldin

By Alexander Fulbright

Avi Yacoby, left, poses for a photograph with his son Gilad, who later fell in the 2014 Gaza war. (Courtesy)

May 1, 2017, 1:57 pm

Israel’s bereaved are holy, but they don’t all want to be sacred cows

Politicians crossed a line when they yelled at the parents of fallen soldiers in the Knesset, but as those who lost loved ones demand answers, they know their beyond-reproach status is changing

By Judah Ari Gross