1951
7 Chiefs of Staff and 22 military delegations from around the world are in Israel this week for the first-ever International Operational Innovation Conference.
Now, they appear together in a joint official photo 📸
1952
WATCH: The skies of southern Israel tonight. Dozens of rockets are being fired by #Hamas at Israeli civilians.
1953
After over 37 years of flying in the Israeli Air Force, outgoing IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin conducted his final flight with the 133rd Squadron today.
F-15 fighter jets and @USAFCENT aircraft joined the formation to honor Maj. Gen. Norkin for this special flight.
1954
On Friday, November 26, 2021, the IDF Home Front Command began to assist with the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant.
We will do everything we can to prevent the spread of the virus and keep Israel safe.
1955
The time that it takes you to read this tweet is all the time they have: At this very moment, thousands of families were woken up in the middle of the night by the noise of red alert sirens signaling that rockets were fired at Israel. They only had seconds to run to bomb shelters
1956
1957
For the second time in the past week, we apprehended a Syrian who intentionally crossed the Alpha Line from Syria into Israel.
The suspect has been transferred to security forces for further questioning.
1958
Today, the Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, visited platoon commander, Lt. Bar, in the hospital after he was shot on Wednesday on the border fence with Israel by a sniper in Gaza
1959
The Head of the IDF Operations Directorate, MG Oded Basiuk, is now presenting the IDF’s operational outlook for the upcoming year.
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1960
To share the truth about Israel and the Israel Defense Forces, publicly and proudly #WhyIJoinedTwitter
1961
Last night, we exposed their operation and detained three t̶̶r̶̶a̶̶v̶̶e̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶g̶̶e̶̶n̶̶t̶̶s̶ Hamas operatives.
We won’t let terror be Hamas’ destination.
1962
We thank the U.S. Defense Attaché to Israel, Brig. Gen. Corey J. Martin, for his 2 years of service. He has played a key role in ensuring that the U.S.-Israel defense partnership remains strong & steadfast.
We look forward to working with incoming Brig. Gen. Charles E. Brown 🇮🇱🇺🇸
1963
The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Aviv Kohavi, will leave Sunday for an official visit to the US as a guest of the Chairman of @thejointstaff, #GenMilley
He will attend several ceremonies & meetings w/ @CENTCOM, @NSAGov advisor @JakeSullivan46 & more in Washington, DC.
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1964
IDF Chief of General Staff LTG Aviv Kohavi virtually met with United Kingdom Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Sir Nick Carter yesterday and signed a joint agreement to formalize and enhance our defense relationship, and support the growing Israel-UK partnership.
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1966
Earlier today, IDF and Israeli security forces prevented these weapons from being smuggled illegally into Israeli territory, after IDF observation soldiers spotted the suspects.
The weapons and suspects have been transferred for processing.
1967
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, landed in Israel last night and met this morning with LTG Herzi Halevi. General Milley will also meet with Israel’s Defense Minister and officials from Israel’s security institutions. 1/3
1968
Meet the new IDF International Spokesperson, @LtColRichard:
1969
We wish the United States Marine Corps @USMC a happy 246th birthday as we host U.S. service members here in Israel!
Here's to training together to defend the people of our great nations. twitter.com/11thmeu/status…
1970
What happens when the entire IDF comes together to simulate combat scenarios on all fronts?
See for yourself:
1971
Mothers in Israel were just jolted awake from the sound of air-raid sirens. This is a glimpse into their reality under Hamas rocket fire:
1972
1973
A terrorist arrived at the entrance gate of the Ariel Industrial Zone and stabbed civilians in the area.
Other civilians were stabbed at a nearby gas station.
The terrorist fled the scene and was neutralized afterwards. IDF soldiers are currently searching the area.
1974
Overnight, our troops spotted and thwarted a drug smuggling attempt from Egypt into Israel.
90 kg of drugs worth approx. 2 million NIS and a vehicle were transferred to @israelpolice.
1975
"The IDF is the people's army, an army that accepts people from all parts of the nation and respects every person regardless of their religion or ethnicity, background, gender or sexual orientation."
–LTG Aviv Kohavi to new IDF combat officers at their graduation ceremony today
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