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Palestinians wave the national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the southern Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)
November 23, 2025, 2:36 pm
Hamas spent years mining IDF troops’ social media for intel on bases, tanks – report
Terror group said to have spied on 100,000 soldiers’ online accounts, gathering data to map bases, build VR training models, and even learn how to disable tanks
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Inside of new 'dual use' Merkava 4 Barak tank. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 20, 2018, 9:38 am
Israeli military unveils new ‘dual-use’ tank
Merkava 4 Barak, designed for guerrilla warfare conditions, will utilize sensors to give commanders full view of surroundings
By AFP
The first Namer armored personnel carrier to be outfitted with the 'Windbreaker' missile defense system. (Defense Ministry)
January 28, 2016, 3:45 pm
First Israeli APC gets advanced missile defense
Following criticism during 2014 Gaza war, Windbreaker system to be installed on IDF’s armored personnel carriers
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli Perah anti-missile launcher disguised as a Merkava tank rolls at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 12, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
July 23, 2015, 6:11 pm
Israel disguised missile launcher as a tank
IDF confirms the existence of ‘Pereh,’ a mobile anti-tank guided missile launcher camouflaged as an M60 Patton
By Tamar Pileggi
Golani soldiers in a Namer APC during an exercise in the Golan Heights, August 2012 (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Abir Sultan/IDF)
November 4, 2014, 6:47 am
IDF steps up production of next gen troop carriers
After summer war and soldier deaths, Israel better understands need for more durable APCs in combat zones
By ToI Staff
JCT students in class (Photo credit: Courtesy)
April 6, 2014, 1:53 pm
Israel’s ‘West Point’ of defense technology
Jerusalem College of Technology grads have played big part in developing many advanced defense systems
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of a motorcycle after an accident (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
October 11, 2013, 12:28 am
Soldier, 20, dies in motorcycle crash
In separate incident, two soldiers lightly injured when tank overturns during training exercise in the Negev
By ToI Staff
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