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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

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Druze religious leaders look on during the funeral of Colonel Ehsan Daqsa in Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, on October 21, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 21, 2024, 9:56 pm
Druze IDF colonel Ehsan Daqsa, slain in Gaza, remembered as a ‘natural leader’
‘What else do you want from us, dear country?’ Druze religious leader asks, bemoaning ongoing discrimination against community, despite price its soldiers are paying in blood
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from video of members of the Phoenix battalion at a farewell ceremony in Kibbutz Nir. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2024, 12:16 pm
Job done? Retired reservists’ Phoenix tank unit disbands, for now
Group of former soldiers hammered together 5 armored combat companies for Gaza war since Oct.7; army sees its task as completed, but leader hints that it may yet rise again
By ToI Staff
Yuval Hizkiya, a paramedic who saved a life under fire, in a Channel 12 report broadcast January 20, 2024. (Screen capture: Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 21, 2024, 12:06 pm
Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
When tank in front of her was hit by a rocket, Yuval Hizkiya gave first aid and fired at terrorists, keeping wounded soldier conscious long enough to get him to a hospital
By ToI Staff
A refurbished tank on the move. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 1, 2024, 2:29 pm
Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new battalion
Says one new-old recruit: ‘If there’s anyone I’d want to go to battle with, it’s these guys’; Phoenix unit initially replaced tanks on border but has since seen action inside Gaza
By Sue Surkes
An IDF tank operating in Gaza, in a photo released by the Israeli military on October 31, 2023. (IDF Spokesperson)
December 9, 2023, 11:44 pm
US State Dept. approves sale of thousands of tank rounds to Israel
Deal for 14,000 shells worth more than $106 million bypasses Congress amid stalled aid package talks
By Matthew Lee
Lt. Col. Salman Habaka, who was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 2, 2023, 7:44 pm
Senior IDF officer who fought Hamas in Be’eri killed in Gaza fighting
Lt. Col. Salman Habaka, 33, from Galilee Druze village of Yanuh-Jat, is highest-ranking officer to perish during IDF ground operation
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Yinon Fleischman, 31, a reserves soldier from Jerusalem, who was killed in a tank accident on the northern border on October 29, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 30, 2023, 9:23 am
IDF reserve soldier killed, three injured in tank accident on northern border
Sgt. First Class Yinon Fleischman from Jerusalem, 31, died when vehicle overturned; cause of incident not immediately released
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A Merkava tank drives past a fence near Kibbutz Be'eri, close to Israel's border with Gaza, on October 20, 2023, in the aftermath of an attack by Palestinian terrorists on October 7. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
October 22, 2023, 11:07 pm
Army tank accidentally fires on Egyptian post near Gaza, causing minor injuries
As IDF expresses regret over incident, Egyptian military does not give further details on wounded; matter not expected to disrupt entry of aid into enclave
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: This image circulating online purports to show flames and smoke rising from a site in Damascus following an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria, early July 19, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2023, 3:58 am
IDF reportedly strikes Iranian weapons shipment near Damascus
State media doesn’t confirm reports from opposition media outlets, which claim shipments were en route to Lebanon; no immediate reports of casualties
By ToI Staff
This picture taken from the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Golan Heights shows IDF military vehicles deployed in the village while smoke billows from a Syrian position along the front after Israeli tanks shelled the area on September 21, 2023. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
September 21, 2023, 6:40 pm
IDF tanks shell two Syrian army structures encroaching on truce line
In rare confirmation of cross-border strike, army says temporary buildings were a violation of the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement
By Emanuel Fabian
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, November 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)
March 21, 2023, 10:35 pm
US to speed up delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Pentagon says it will old send older model of tank rather than building new ones to ship, with aim of getting them to Ukrainian forces by the fall
By Lolita C. Baldor
A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, February 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
February 24, 2023, 2:14 pm
Poland delivers first German Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Warsaw, one of its beleaguered eastern neighbor’s staunchest allies, makes announcement on anniversary of Russian invasion
By AFP
A Bren Carrier APC taken from the Old Gesher museum by veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to protest the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 18, 2023. (Israel Police)
February 18, 2023, 4:55 pm
Yom Kippur War vets detained for taking old APC to protest judicial overhaul
After stealing tank on Thursday, group claims it has permission to use Bren Carrier for demonstration; kibbutz members said to ask it be returned
By ToI Staff
A Sho't tank that was taken from the Tel Saki memorial site in the Golan Heights, by veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to protest the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 16, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 5:00 pm
Yom Kippur War vets steal tank to protest planned judicial changes
Decommissioned Sho’t hauled from Tel Saki in Golan 40 kilometers before being stopped by police; two detained for questioning
By ToI Staff
A Leopard 2A6 tank from the Bundeswehr's Panzer exercise bataillon 93 fires at the Oberlausitz training area in Weisskeissel, Germany, August 12, 2009. (Ralf Hirschberger/dpa via AP, file)
January 26, 2023, 1:04 pm
As Ukraine lauds Western move to send tanks, Russia downplays impact on war
While Kyiv officials see transfer of Leopard and Abram tanks as a major breakthrough, Kremlin says significance is ‘exaggerated,’ vows to make them ‘burn just like any others’
By AP
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