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Suspects from inside Israel arrived to pick up a bag containing five MP5 submachine guns and M-16 ammunition.
The “Edge of Tomorrow” innovation program will see high-tech systems improve situational awareness and lethality in urban-warfare settings.
Senior security expert Ely Karmon says Israel needs to go on the offensive in the cyber, information and military spheres • New details emerge on the capture of two Elad terrorists.
“Chariots of Fire” will include both regular and reserve IDF personnel from all commands, branches and directorates.
Among those apprehended are four suspected accomplices of the terrorists behind the deadly terror attacks in Ariel and Elad, according to the IDF.
The military also notified the families of the two terrorists responsible for the Ariel shooting of its intention to destroy their homes.
As’ad Yousef As’ad al-Rifa’i, 19, and Subhi Emad Subhi Abu Shqeir, 20, were captured in a forest near the central Israeli city following a 60-hour manhunt.
At the same time, the Israeli Navy held a special sail-by along the Eilat coast featuring a range of naval and police vessels.
In a Memorial Day speech at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israeli President Isaac Herzog noted that “even today, our enemies rise up against us to destroy us with hateful terror.”
“Just as memorial ceremonies can be held in Haifa or any other Israeli city, they will be in Miami and New York, too. These families gave their children, and we have to hug them wherever they live,” said Efrat Shefa Dor, manager of the Tiberias District for Bereaved Families.
Some cities will hold silent laser displays in the sky instead.
Security guard Vyacheslav Golev, 23, was gunned down as he shielded his fiancée with his body • The terrorists appear to have been working alone, though one has links to Hamas, Israeli media reports.
