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The IDF says a manhunt is underway for a terrorist who stabbed a 30-year-old reserve soldier in the face and chest at a bus stop near the Huwara Junction in Samaria.
Pilot Giora Epstein, 1973: ‘Then I was told, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces are on the way ... ’
Brig.-Gen (ret.) Giora Epstein, the Israeli Air Force combat pilot who shot down more enemy aircraft than any other pilot since World War II, tells JNS about his battles with the Egyptian air force in the Yom Kippur War.
Family of Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky asks to have judges trying his accused killer replaced by judges with power to approve capital punishment • Long-standing policy avoids death penalty.
Under the leadership of the current Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, the Israel Defense Forces has been working diligently and strategically to create a level of preparedness that has probably never existed to date among the ranks, despite ongoing issues and imperfections.
Seven women currently serve at the rank of brigadier general, up from three in 2013 • Number of female colonels up from 24 in 2013 to 36 in 2018 • Female candidates for promotion say new model of career service makes it difficult to balance work and family.
The news comes amid the Israel Defense Forces releasing images on Thursday of Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon’s capital, noting that they demonstrated the Shi’ite terrorist group is trying to build weapon-production sites near the Beirut airport.
“In Lebanon, Iran is directing Hezbollah to build secret sites to convert inaccurate projectiles into precision-guided missiles—missiles that can target deep inside Israel within an accuracy of 10 meters [30 feet],” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Russian defense ministry rejected evidence presented by IDF officers, who flew to Moscow to show proof that a Syrian missile bombardment was responsible for the deaths of 15 servicemen.
Israel has signaled that it would not tolerate this new Iranian front in Iraq, as it has done with hundreds of airstrikes on Iranian military assets in Syria during its seven-year civil war.
Many tools and all kinds of tactics are available these days, leaving vigilance and awareness the most important lines of defense.
The National Women’s Studies Association is no stranger to engaging in anti-Israel activism.
Noting the 11-year anniversary of the destruction of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour, the Israeli Air Force conducted a ceremony emblazoning warplanes that took part in the strike with special markings.
