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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

minefield

Illustrative: IDF troops carry out a drill on the Lebanon border, March 26, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 12, 2025, 4:24 pm
IDF reservist seriously hurt after unit mistakenly enters minefield on Lebanon border
Age and make of landmine that detonated not clear; explosion marks second military accident in as many days after Golani soldier in Gaza apparently wounded by misfire
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers gather near a tank in the Golan Heights on September 19, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
October 16, 2024, 4:29 am
Israel said demining along Golan frontier, signaling op against Hezbollah could widen
Sources tell Reuters that Israeli forces are moving fence in demilitarized zone with Syria, suggesting they could move to strike Lebanese terror group from further east
By Reuters and ToI Staff
In this handout photo, security forces and rescue personnel are seen near a closed military zone by the Dead Sea where a foreign national was declared dead after being found unconscious, August 27, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 27, 2023, 1:35 pm
Foreign national found dead in minefield near Dead Sea, 5 other people rescued
Man dies from apparent heatstroke while traversing closed military zone in seeming effort to enter Israel illegally from Jordan
By ToI Staff
Israeli combat engineering troops extract a teenager from a minefield near Kibbutz Meitzar, January 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 25, 2023, 12:18 am
Teenage boy rescued by IDF after entering minefield in north
Unclear why 17-year-old wandered into area near Kibbutz Meitzar; combat engineering soldiers guide him out in lengthy operation
By Emanuel Fabian
A minefield in southern Israel where two young girls -- one in red at left, and the other in blue at right -- accidentally entered on April 13, 2022. (Arava Rescue Services)
April 13, 2022, 7:35 pm
Sisters aged 6 and 13 rescued after walking into minefield near Dead Sea
Girls reportedly wandered into area by mistake because sign warning of mines had fallen down
By ToI Staff
A line of landmines are detonated in a field in the southern Golan Heights as part of a mine clearing effort on July 24, 2018. (Defense Ministry)
July 24, 2018, 12:48 pm
Israel detonates 350 landmines to clear Golan field
Controlled explosions takes place at boobytrapped site near Daughters of Jacob Bridge in southern Golan Heights
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photograph of an Israeli minefield. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 14, 2018, 4:42 pm
Seven soldiers lightly wounded by landmine in Jordan Valley
Two servicemen flown to hospital by helicopter, five more driven there after mine explodes under their car; army launches investigation
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 19, 2017, 8:07 pm
Girl, 12, rescued from minefield in southern Israel
No injuries in incident near border with Jordan
By ToI Staff
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein oversees a plenum session in March, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 5, 2014, 8:27 pm
Knesset investigation: 50 laws not implemented
Speaker decries ministries’ failure to apply legislation, including urgent laws helping special needs children, disabled employees
By Marissa Newman
Druze children pass Israeli army signs warning of a minefield on their way home from school in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. (Lior Mizrahi / FLASH90)
June 5, 2013, 2:27 pm
At current rate, it will take 50 years to clear Israel’s minefields
Knesset panel hears of slow progress, insufficient funds to tackle 37,000 acres of terrain with landmines
By David Horovitz
An Israeli tank overlooks the demilitarized zone from the Golan Heights (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 6, 2012, 11:19 pm
UN condemns Syrian military incursion into demilitarized zone
Spokesman Martin Nesirky says Saturday’s incident when 3 Syrian tanks entered buffer zone endangers regional stability
By Michal Shmulovich and AP
Unit 669 simulates a rescue operation, January, 2010 (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
May 30, 2012, 7:44 pm
State to compensate family of man who died during rescue from minefield
Aleh Agbaria fell from helicopter during attempt to save his life after he detonated a landmine
By George Potter
Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 19, 2012, 8:08 pm
Fire breaks out in Galilee minefield
Several explosions heard near Kibbutz Snir; firefighters able to douse flames
By ToI Staff
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