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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Pillar of Defense

Shalom Rotban (third from right) with his family at the Israeli-Jordanian border on May 25, 2023. (Israel Dog Unit Spokesperson; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israeli missing for two years reunited with family after being found in Jordan
Shalom Rotban, who has had PTSD since 2012 Gaza war that was retriggered during 2021 conflict, was identified at a psychiatric hospital in Amman by an Arab Israeli medical student
By ToI Staff
IDF Military Intelligence Director Major General Aviv Kochavi, August 08, 2013. (photo credit: FLASH90)
January 29, 2014, 4:44 pm
170,000 rockets are aimed at Israel’s cities, says IDF intel head
Aviv Kochavi lists missile threat ahead of Iran nuke program; says in time, though, cyberwarfare will prove most dramatic change on battlefield
By Mitch Ginsburg
December 31, 2013, 9:40 pm
Palestinians in Gaza said to test long-range rocket
Hamas’s M-75 missile has a range of about 80 kilometers and can reach much of the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem
By Adiv Sterman
Members of Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades in Rafah, December 2011 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 5, 2013, 8:41 pm
Hamas orders hanging of alleged Israel collaborator
Unidentified Gaza man accused of providing Israeli authorities with secret information
By ToI Staff
A damaged residential building in Rishon Lezion is seen after it was hit by a rocket fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (photo credit: Oded Balilty/AP)
November 1, 2013, 4:56 pm
The shorter, more intensive conflicts of the future
As Hezbollah and Hamas change tactics, lengthy confrontations such as the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead may be a thing of the past
By Avi Issacharoff
A view of a tunnel dug by Palestinians beneath the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel and recently uncovered by Israeli troops, on October 13, 2013. (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90)
October 14, 2013, 2:21 am
It keeps tunneling, but Hamas doesn’t want escalation… yet
Egypt has made it clear that there is to be no confrontation with Israel, but Hamas might initiate one if Gazans revolt
By Avi Issacharoff
September 22, 2013, 11:05 pm
Mortar fired from Gaza lands in Israel
Shell hits Eshkol region; no injuries or damage reported
By Asher Zeiger
Israeli soldiers walk by an Iron Dome missile defense system deployed near Jerusalem, September 2013. (photo credit Flash90)
September 9, 2013, 10:00 am
Israel to get advance warning on Syria strike, official says
Source tells Reuters that Jerusalem will get a heads-up from Washington hours ahead of planned attack on Damascus
By Aaron Kalman and Adiv Sterman
Israeli soldiers walk by an Iron Dome missile defense system deployed near Jerusalem, September 2013. (photo credit Flash90)
September 8, 2013, 8:59 pm
Army deploys Iron Dome near Jerusalem
Anti-rocket battery stationed outside capital for first time as preparation for fallout from possible US strike against Assad
By Aaron Kalman
A close-up of the Tammuz missile system, which is equipped with day and night cameras. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
August 22, 2013, 1:19 pm
The ground-based squadron guarding the Syrian border
With Wednesday’s alleged use by Assad’s forces of chemical weapons plunging the Syrian conflict to a new nadir, the Tammuz missile provides a vital line of defense on the northern frontier
By Mitch Ginsburg
A volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
July 21, 2013, 8:17 pm
Hamas nearly struck Ashkelon by mistake in June
Military intelligence source describes Gaza rulers’ efforts to increase the range and accuracy of their locally made rockets
By Mitch Ginsburg
A volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
July 15, 2013, 4:02 pm
Hamas manufacturing rockets that threaten Tel Aviv
Terror organization no longer relying on smuggled weapons, developing its own technology to strike at Israel’s center
By Stuart Winer
Knesset members using a computer in 2009. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 14, 2013, 11:51 pm
Knesset stymies major cyber attack
Website suffers no interruptions, staff still countering hacking attempts
By Lazar Berman
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon (photo credit: IDF Spokesman/Flash90)
July 11, 2013, 11:24 am
Hundreds of Palestinians arrested in pre-Ramadan raids
Wave of detentions contributes to sharp fall in terror attacks, security sources say; improved cooperation with PA also said helping. Israel may issue tens of thousands of entry permits
By Avi Issacharoff and Ron Friedman
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon (photo credit: IDF Spokesman/Flash90)
July 11, 2013, 6:31 am
Army reports sharp drop in West Bank terror attacks
Major arrest spree, better intelligence and improved cooperation with the PA security forces all contributed to the decline in recent months, says regional commander
By Ron Friedman
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