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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
Head of the IDF Armored Corps Brig. Gen. Guy Hasson, center, poses on a tank with the army's first female tank commanders, who are graduating their course on June 28, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
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
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.)
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
IDF soldier Eliyahu Drori, who was killed in a tank accident (IDF spokesperson's office)
April 15, 2018, 1:49 am
Soldier killed in tank accident named as Eliyahu Drori, 20
Two soldiers still in intensive care; armored vehicle said to have been responding to smuggling attempt when it fell into riverbed, catching fire
By TOI staff
Illustrative: An Israeli tank patrols the Israel-Egypt border (Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90)
April 14, 2018, 7:56 am
Israeli soldier killed in tank accident on Egypt border
Three other soldiers injured in incident that came during an operational deployment; IDF opens investigation
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a female IDF tank instructor during an exercise on January 1, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 28, 2018, 12:42 pm
Religious soldiers refuse to attend commanders’ course with women
The three women, members of the first female cohort in the Armored Corps, were to train separately, in parallel with the men, army says
By TOI staff
People walk past a display of Cold War-era tanks at the Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, February 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
February 6, 2018, 5:15 pm
A century of Middle East wars on display at new Jordanian tank museum
Collection of 110 tanks that saw battle includes armored vehicles from conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Golan Heights, Jerusalem
By Sam McNeil
Israel's 13 first female tank operators, who completed their training on December 5, 2017, pose for a photograph at the Armored Corps' monument in Latrun, outside Jerusalem. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 5, 2017, 9:28 pm
Israel’s first female tank crews finish training, ready for deployment
Head of Armored Corps’ training praises 13 recruits for completing grueling training as part of contentious pilot program
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. IDF soldiers train next to a tank at the Tzeelim army base in southern Israel on August 19, 2015. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
December 3, 2017, 11:13 pm
Tank fires live shell during what should have been ‘dry’ exercise
No injuries in accident on same Tzeelim base where 5 soldiers were killed by artillery fire in a 1990 exercise
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A female tank instructor peeks out of her vehicle during an exercise on May 4, 2012. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
November 27, 2017, 6:53 pm
Israel’s first female tank crews set for deployment as critics fire fresh volley
Pilot program, and women combat soldiers in general, meet stiff criticism, with dozens of reservist officers calling for an end to co-ed army service
By Judah Ari Gross
Iran's home-developed Karrar tank. (YouTube screenshot)
March 12, 2017, 1:58 pm
Iran unveils new homemade tank, launches production line
Karrar can ‘fire missiles and precisely guide them,’ defense minister boasts
By AP
Illustrative. A female tank instructor peeks out of her vehicle during an exercise on May 4, 2012. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
March 9, 2017, 5:01 pm
Putting women in tanks, IDF treads new ground
15 recruits set to begin training for all-female tank crews; will learn on Merkava Mark 3, eventually deploy on Jordan and Egypt borders
By Judah Ari Gross
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