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Alex Singer, Michael Levin, Max Steinberg, three fallen IDF lone soldiers, who were commemorated at a ceremony in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018. (courtesy)
Fallen lone soldiers mourned as tiny Goliaths, true Zionists, talented artists
By Judah Ari Gross
The mothers of two American-born IDF soldiers remember their sons, along with comrade of a third, at an English-language Memorial Day ceremony
Paratroopers drop into the Mediterranean Sea during Independence Day celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the state in 1948, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 19, 2018, 10:11 pm
WATCH: IDF paratroopers, vets take Independence Day leap
Fathers of fighters in the iconic brigade also participate in aerial demonstrations off coasts of Tel Aviv, Haifa and Tiberias
By TOI staff
IDF's Samaria Brigade chief Gilad Amit depicted on a flier handed out by far-right activists on April 19, 2018. (Courtesy)
April 19, 2018, 2:28 pm
4 far-right activists held over fliers claiming IDF official ‘shoots at Jews’
Leaflets target Samaria Brigade chief Gilad Amit after he took part in evacuation of illegal outpost where soldiers shot in air to disperse non-compliant hilltop youth
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: An Israeli reservist packs his gear after ending a deployment near Gaza during Operation Defensive Shield. (Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash90)
April 19, 2018, 9:30 am
In ‘glitch,’ IDF accidentally calls up reservists on Independence Day
Citing technical error, army quickly cancels emergency summons, after automated messages tell soldiers to show up for duty
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
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
Graves of fallen soldiers, at Mount Herzl, on Israel's Memorial Day. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 11:34 am
When the siren sounds on Mount Herzl
At Israel's military cemetery, the crowd shares a common history, fate, purpose, and deadline: to be at a grave by 11 am
By Shira Pasternak Be'eri
IDF soldiers stand at attention and bow their heads as a one-minute siren sounds during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 9:46 am
No soldier wants to be the next dead Israeli hero
We know what happens when we don't have our own army, so I'm choosing combat, and will give it my all
By Daniel Zacks
Soldiers holding a position in a mountainous area near the eastern town of Ras Baalbek during an operation against jihadist fighters, on August 17, 2017, in a photograph taken during a tour guided by the Lebanese army. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 16, 2018, 9:34 pm
Liberman adds Lebanese army to list of threats on northern border
At pre-Independence Day event, defense minister tells IDF top brass to prepare for Iran-led coalition; Netanyahu skips confab
By Judah Ari Gross
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tours a terror tunnel built by Hamas on the border of Israel with the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)
April 15, 2018, 7:05 pm
Israel reveals how it’s winning the battle against Hamas’s Gaza attack tunnels
After it destroys longest, deepest tunnel dug by terror group under border into Israel, army showcases its new tech 'laboratory' systematically neutralizing the subterranean threat
By TOI staff
Interior of Hamas tunnel dug under the border with Israel, that the IDF revealed it destroyed, April 15, 2018. (IDF spokesperson)
April 15, 2018, 10:18 am
IDF destroys ‘longest and deepest’ Hamas cross-border attack tunnel
Army spokesman says underground passage was built since 2014 war; says recent violent Palestinian disturbances 'are a cover for terror attempts above and below ground'
By Stuart Winer
IDF soldier Eliyahu Drori, who was killed in a tank accident (IDF spokesperson's office)
April 15, 2018, 1:49 am
Soldier killed in tank accident named as Eliyahu Drori, 20
Two soldiers still in intensive care; armored vehicle said to have been responding to smuggling attempt when it fell into riverbed, catching fire
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves part of an Iranian drone downed in Israeli airspace on February 10, 2018, during a speech on the third day of the 54th Munich Security Conference (MSC) held at the Bayerischer Hof hotel, in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2018. (Screen capture)
April 14, 2018, 3:36 am
Attack drone revelation shows grave, immediate, adjacent threat to Israel: Iran
Netanyahu has vowed to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria. But Tehran is getting bolder, and Russia may make Israel's challenge even more complex
By David Horovitz
The remains of an Iranian drone that was shot down by the Israeli Air Force after it penetrated Israeli airspace on February 10, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 13, 2018, 8:40 pm
Iranian drone shot down in northern Israel in February was armed with explosives
Thwarted attack was first direct Iranian targeting of Israel; drone was sent from T-4 base in Syria, where 7 Iranians were killed in alleged devastating Israeli airstrike this week
By Alexander Fulbright
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is seen during a visit to border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 5, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry/Flash90)
April 13, 2018, 7:03 pm
Liberman: Gaza riots shrinking thanks to Israel’s ‘determination’
Defense minister praises troops for their 'professional and moral work' guarding border, as 10,000-15,000 Palestinians take part in violent protests
By TOI staff
Palestinian protesters burn Israeli flags near the border fence with Israel, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza city, on April 13, 2018. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
April 13, 2018, 2:52 pm
IDF: Gazans hurl explosives, firebombs, burn Israeli flags, try to damage fence
Palestinian said killed, more than 100 hurt as 10,000 demonstrate at 5 points along border in third Friday of mass protest; Hamas official says 'it's time for return'
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Palestinians burn tires at the border fence with Israel, east of Jabalia in the central Gaza city, during a protest on April 13, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
April 13, 2018, 12:30 pm
Fresh clashes break out at Gaza border; IDF uses live fire
Eight demonstrators injured as thousands of Palestinians gather along fence for third week of protests, burn Israeli flags
By TOI staff and Agencies
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