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Hamas fired approximately 200 rockets and mortar shells at Israel from the Gaza Strip this weekend
Read more here: bit.ly/2upX6e0
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In response to the rocket that was fired from Gaza into Israel earlier tonight, our aircraft struck underground Hamas infrastructure in Gaza.
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The IDF wishes all our Christian soldiers and followers around the world a happy and healthy #Easter!
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There’s no one meaner than the mean girls of the Middle East...
#DontSitWithThem #MeanGirlsDay
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Wishing Jews around the world a happy Sukkot from the IDF!
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We found 3 locations where our security fence along the Blue Line with #Lebanon was damaged tonight. We can confirm that no infiltration from Lebanon into Israel occurred.
This is a severe event. We hold the Lebanese government responsible for actions from its territory.
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10 years ago today, Syria descended into a bloody civil war under the repressive Assad regime.
We opened our borders for 5 years to provide medical equipment, food, clothing, diapers, civilian aid and more to 7,000+ Syrian civilians in Operation Good Neighbor:
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2014 #OTD: We launched Operation Protective Edge to defend Israel from Hamas rockets, terror tunnels & kidnappings.
2021: Hamas still controls Gaza, uses human shields & spends more of its ppl’s money on weapons than ever.
Hamas won’t change.
We remain ready to defend Israel.
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Caught in the act!
Hezbollah terrorists dug tunnels from Lebanon to infiltrate into Israel and attack civilians. On this day in 2018, the IDF launched Operation Northern Shield to expose and neutralize those tunnels. Take a look at what happened inside one of them:
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🚨Non-stop air-raid sirens sounding across southern Israel and parts of central Israel for over ten minutes straight🚨
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Staff Sgt. Natan Fitoussi, 20, was tragically killed last night by IDF fire near the Judea and Samaria security barrier.
We express our deepest condolences to his family and will continue to support them.
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They fought for us. We will remember them forever.
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It's ok to dance.
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Brig. Gen. Erez Gerstein was the commander of the Golani Brigade. He fell in the line of duty in southern Lebanon in 1999. Today his son, Lt. Omer, is an officer in the Golani Brigade.
IDF Chief of Staff, LTG Aviv Kohavi, recently met Omer & shared his memories of Omer’s father.
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🚨 Air-raid sirens are sounding in southern Israel 🚨
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Israel and the United States—an unbeatable alliance. 🇮🇱🇺🇸
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INTRODUCING.... our newest intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance aircraft, the ‘Oron’!
Equipped with cutting edge sensors, including an advanced radar system, & AI, the ‘Oron’ will enable the IDF to maintain our intelligence superiority in the face of emerging challenges.
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“Unusual activity”?
Hezbollah digging attack tunnels from Lebanon into Israel, storing rockets in homes & mosques, acting on behalf of their Iranian overlords to destabilize the entire region... Unusual anywhere else.
Lebanon: Same as usual.
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In a joint operation with the ISA, @israelpolice and the IDF, the remaining 2 terrorists who escaped from “Gilbo’a Prison” were captured.
Both terrorists surrendered after being surrounded by security forces that acted precisely based on accurate intelligence.
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These 3 women, identified terrorists in Gaza attempting to shoot rockets at Israeli civilans and stopped them! 💪 twitter.com/IsraeliPM/stat…
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The IDF struck 60 sites in 3 Hamas battalion compounds. The targets included weapon manufacturing sites, a shaft to a tunnel network, a factory used for underground infrastructure manufacturing, a UAV warehouse, military operations room, training facilities, and observation posts
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