tanks

A female soldier operates a tank in the Negev desert in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

April 14, 2019, 4:46 pm

Denying reports, IDF says no new decision in shelving of female tank operators

Army says there’s been no change since last summer, when the integration of women was frozen due to the financial cost, despite a successful pilot program

By Judah Ari Gross

Head of the IDF Armored Corps Brig. Gen. Guy Hasson, center, poses on a tank with the army's first female tank commanders, who graduated their course on June 28, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

From the WebApril 14, 2019, 10:29 am

IDF said to nix female tank soldiers, despite successful trial

Army Radio says decision, opposed by feminist groups, made due to ‘manpower considerations;’ women trained to operate tanks will instead finish service in mixed infantry units

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli troops respond to an infiltration by two Palestinian men from the northern Gaza Strip on March 8, 2019. (Yediot Mehashetah)

March 8, 2019, 4:06 pm

2 Gazans nabbed after infiltrating into Israel, sparking panic

Army finds men were carrying grenade and knife; 1 Palestinian said killed, 42 wounded as thousands riot along border in weekly protest, throwing explosives and rocks

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the border with Egypt at the southern village of Nitzana in the Negev desert on March 7, 2019. (Jim Hollander/Pool/AFP)

March 7, 2019, 9:26 pm

Netanyahu warns Hamas over uptick in Gaza border violence

PM, who is also defense minister, says Palestinian terror group should be aware that ‘any display of aggression will be met with twice as great a response’

By TOI staff

An Israeli army tank patrols along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

March 7, 2019, 6:40 pm

IDF shells Hamas post following gunfire from Gaza

Netanyahu warns Palestinian terror group that Israel will respond harshly to ‘any display of aggression’

By TOI staff

An Israeli army Merkava tank takes part in a military drill in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on February 12, 2019. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)

February 12, 2019, 11:18 pm

Israel confirms strike in Syrian Golan, further cracking ambiguity policy

Before heading to anti-Iran conference in Poland, Netanyahu says IDF is fighting Iranian entrenchment in Syria ‘every day, including yesterday’

By Judah Ari Gross

A picture taken on July 26, 2018, near Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the Israeli Golan Heights, shows smoke rising above buildings across the border in Syria during air strikes backing a government-led offensive in the southern province of Quneitra. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

February 11, 2019, 8:50 pm

Syria reports Israeli artillery attack on Quneitra

Syrian state media claims IDF targeting hospital and observation post with tank shells; Israeli military does not comment

By TOI staff

Israeli soldiers ride in the turret of a Merkava battle tank near the Kibbutz of Nahal Oz, along the border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

January 15, 2019, 1:31 pm

Tank said to have rolled across highway as crew dozed inside

IDF investigating ‘serious event’ as servicemen apparently fell asleep allowing tank to trundle hundreds of meters across Route 40 in the south

By TOI staff

An American Abrams tank equipped with the Israeli-developed TROPHY active defense system, which protects the armored vehicle from rocket and missile attacks, in an undated photograph. (Leonardo DRS and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.)

January 9, 2019, 5:47 pm

US buys more Israeli defense systems to protect tanks, APCs

Initial contract worth $80 million approved, with another $120 million pending, for Israel’s Trophy system

By Judah Ari Gross

Former defense minister Avigdor Liberman right) addressing a conference in Netanya, November 22, 2018. (Screenshot)

November 22, 2018, 4:05 pm

Liberman: Army chief largely agrees with ombudsman that IDF not combat-ready

Former defense minister tells conference that Hamas ‘stronger than before 2014 Israel-Gaza war’ and that government policy will allow it to be ‘as powerful as Hezbollah’ in a year

By TOI staff

The IDF General Staff visits the F-35 stealth fighter jet squadron on the Nevatim air base in southern Israel on July 10, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

July 31, 2018, 9:22 am

Photo revealing Israeli F-35 secrets reportedly posted online by IDF soldiers

Hadashot says other images of a secret tank and a naval commando operations center have also found their way onto the internet

By Stuart Winer

Environmental activists drop off an old battle tank provided by the Lebanese Armed Forces into the Mediterranean Sea, about three kilometres off the coast of the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, on July 28, 2018, to create new habitat for marine life. ( AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT)

July 28, 2018, 7:33 pm

Lebanon sinks old armored vehicles to create underwater dive park

Marine attraction created off the coast of Sidon; turrets face Israel ‘out of solidarity for the Palestinian people’

By AFP

June 28, 2018, 12:03 pm

IDF declares all-female tank crews trial a success

Army to appoint its first female tank commanders as gender integration pilot program comes to an end, following months of training and combat deployment

By Judah Ari Gross

June 26, 2018, 7:38 pm

US Army inks $193 million deal to buy Israeli tank defense system

The TROPHY system, in use since 2011, will be supplied by an American company that partnered with Israel’s Rafael arms manufacturer

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF soldier Eliyahu Drori, who was killed in a tank accident (IDF spokesperson's office)

June 25, 2018, 12:05 pm

IDF: Fatal accident in April caused by tank veering off course, catching fire

Army investigation finds an object got stuck in the armored vehicle’s turret, sparking a blaze that killed a soldier, injured 3 near Egyptian border

By Judah Ari Gross