Defense & Security

Military's annual statistics report says that most of the strikes targeted Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah or Iranian-backed military units in the war-ravaged country.

According to Arab media's report, which is based on anonymous US sources, Riyadh and Jerusalem want to sabotage Biden’s plan to re-enter negotiations with the ayatollah regime.

Military data shows that 2020 saw 60 terror incidents, as the IDF also destroyed 300 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip. The IDF recruited 3,000 reservists and conducted 235,000 epidemiological investigations to assist the government in its efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. 

As part of a hackathon competition hosted last week by the Jerusalem College of Technology, the team members built a system capable of distinguishing between friend and foe and telling the soldier in real-time, whether he is aiming at an enemy or not.

The IDF Operational Driving School is training soldiers to evacuate the wounded and supply the fighting forces on the ground, under fire, over harsh terrain and often in complete darkness.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Israel destroyed warehouses and the headquarters of a scientific research center in Maysaf, which houses Iranian militias, overnight Thursday. It also reports ambulances arriving at the scene and multiple casualties.

The officers at the Nachshol Field Intelligence Unit, tasked with monitoring the Israel-Egypt border, firmly believe that there is no reason why female soldiers shouldn't be capable of performing missions as well as any other soldier.

Awad Suleiman raised to the rank of colonel in the Aerial Maintenance Unit, and IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin also names him head of the IAF's Drone Warfare Unit.

In a stern warning to Iran and its proxies, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi says Israel's military is "well prepared to strike, be it near or far."

Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley to discuss various regional challenges, particularly Iran.