The social media network has played a sometimes controversial role in Operation Protective Edge. It has helped keep friends and family in touch following rocket attacks, but it has also been the source of false and hurtful rumors about the status of IDF soldiers. Now, groups of concerned citizens are...
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Some 30,000 people from across Israel came to the funeral of IDF soldier Sgt. Max Steinberg, even though most of them never met him. Steinberg, 24, was killed in action in Shejaiya, Gaza. The Golani brigades’ sharpshooter grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Beersheva after he fell in love...
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White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken told NPR on Wednesday that any ceasefire ending the current round of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip should include “some form of demilitarization so that [the conflict] doesn’t continue, doesn’t repeat itself,” one of a growing list of...
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Wednesday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that North Korea and Iran were liable for damages caused by Hebollah rocket fire into Israel. According to The Sacramento Bee: The two countries are liable because they “provided material support and assistance to the Hezbollah terrorists who fired the rockets at Israel,” U.S. District...
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday that he believes there is only one solution for the “problem” that is Israel: “Israel’s annihilation is the only real cure, but that doesn’t mean destroying Jews in this region,” he said in his speech, which was posted on his website [Persian...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reversed its controversial ban on American airlines flying to Israel late last night. The agency released a statement explaining: The FAA has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a Notice to Airmen it renewed earlier...
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The 16th day of Operation Protective Edge is over. It also marks the end of the fifth day of ground operations. Rckets seen fired from Gaza into Israel earlier today. Photo by Nati Shohat pic.twitter.com/N2BkBvsSHR — Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) July 23, 2014 Three more soldiers were killed today, bringing...
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The Times of Israel reported Wednesday that of the more than 60,000 reservists called up by the IDF in recent week,s a higher percentage of them are women than in any previous IDF operation. The article profiles a number of women and the challenges they overcome to serve in the reserves....
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To give people abroad an idea of what it means to live under a constant barrage of rockets, two Israelis have set up a real time online clock timer that automatically resets when Hamas fires toward Israel. Aaron Friedman, marketing manager at Curiyo, told local media that he thought up...
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In an analysis Wednesday, David Horovitz, editor in chief of The Times of Israel, wrote that the focus of the IDF has changed from destroying Hamas’ rockets to destroying Hamas’ tunnels. Horovitz described how the IDF seeks out and destroys the tunnels, and risks inherent in those strategies. But those are defensive...
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