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Avigdor Lieberman said that in order to sufficiently protect the north, a five-year plan must be formulated: “It will require a minimum investment of a billion shekels per year.”
Many plots have been broken up, but tensions tend to rise this time of year, coupled with the Trump administration’s proposed moving of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May.
Ahed Tamimi agreed to the plea deal, admitting that she assaulted Israeli soldiers. This allowed her to avoid more serious charges that could have landed her in prison for years.
“Marking 10 years since that operation and looking at the Middle East, we fully understand how much [that operation] has affected reality,” said Israeli Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin.
“Hamas invested billions in its tunnel project, and now they’re drowning in the sand,” said Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Multiple explosives were detonated during an IDF patrol on Thursday morning, though no injuries reported. The IDF responded with aerial and tank attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza.
Military drills simulate what the Israel Defense Forces will face in a new kind of ground combat—one that will inevitably involve civilians amid general chaos.
The Juniper Cobra 18 exercise, held since 2001, practices the rapid deployment of American air-defense units and equipment to Israel from Europe in the event of armed conflict.
A new plan would enable career soldiers in cyber and tech units to take a paid absence to work in select, nonmilitary tech companies.
With more than 120,000 projectiles aimed at Israel, the possibly next conflict with Hezbollah will test Israeli civilian preparedness like never before.
Avigdor Lieberman attributes the successful anti-terror operations to “quality intelligence and a combination of smart deployment of forces and advanced technology.”
“Unit 8200 provided exclusive intelligence that led to the thwarting of an airliner bombing by Islamic State [ISIS] at the end of 2017,” an IDF statement said.
