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NEWS ABOUT: IDF

IDF stories: 11 news summaries
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Israeli Troops: We Were Ordered to Kill Gaza Civilians

Defense chief vows 'serious' investigation

Mar 20, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli soldiers' accounts about their actions in Gaza seem to back up critics' assertions that the army violated rules of war and have set off a "soul-searching" in Israel, writes Richard Boudreaux in the Los Angeles Times. The troops tell of orders to shoot civilians without warning and destroy... More »

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Israel • Gaza • war crimes • war • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • IDF • Israeli Army

 Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels 

Escalating violence threatens ceasefire as US envoy heads to region

Jan 28, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel bombed smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border today in response to yesterday's killing of an Israeli soldier, CNN reports. The escalating violence is threatening the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. The strikes occurred just as George Mitchell, President Obama's envoy to the Middle East, was scheduled to... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • IDF • tunnel • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border • Israeli offensive

Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza Border Attack

Militants breaching ceasefire believed
to have set blast

Jan 27, 09 3:51 AM CST
(Newser) - An Israeli soldier has been killed and three wounded by an explosion along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, reports the BBC. The attack appeared to have been carried out by militants in a breach of last week's ceasefire declaration, although no group has claimed responsibility, according to Palestinian authorities.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • IDF • ceasefire • Gaza Strip border • Israeli Army

Gaza Conflict Triggers Talk
of War Crimes

With battles on pause, new fight begins over legality of assault

Jan 23, 09 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that its 22-day offensive in Gaza has ended, Israel is facing a new battle—over the legality and morality of its military action. Several human rights groups, in Israel and elsewhere, have accused the army of committing war crimes in Gaza's cities and denying medical care and refuge to... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • war crimes • IDF • Israeli Army

 Gaza Neighborhoods Fall to 
 Machine Gun Battles 


Israeli troops shoot it out with militants in suburbs as Egypt tries to broker ceasefire

Jan 14, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli troops are battling Hamas militants in the suburbs of Gaza City, filling residential streets with the chilling rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire, reports the BBC. Israeli forces have advanced deep into several neighborhoods, and air strikes hit 60 targets in Gaza overnight, including tunnels under the Egyptian border and... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • IDF • offensive • airstrike

Red Cross Slams IDF After Grisly Gaza Find

Corpses, starving children in zone where army banned rescuers

Jan 8, 09 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Red Cross has condemned the Israeli military in unusually harsh terms after finding 15 corpses in shattered houses the organization was prevented from visiting, the Washington Post reports. Officials said they received reports of casualties in the Gaza neighborhood Saturday but weren’t allowed to enter until yesterday. Four... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Gaza City • Red Cross • humanitarian crisis • IDF

Israel Seizes East Gaza;
Siege Toll Tops 480

Assault kills 24 Gazans as Hamas continues rocket attacks

Jan 4, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli forces captured the eastern part of northern Gaza today, securing control less than 24 hours after its troops and tanks rolled into the Palestinian territory, CNN reports. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Gaza today, pushing the death toll for the 8-day siege over 480, as EU reps... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • IDF

 Israel Readies Gaza Strike 

Attack planned on Hamas stronghold

Dec 26, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel is preparing a short, intense air and ground assault on militant positions in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Haaretz reports. The Israeli cabinet has given the green light for an operation in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on civilian targets within Israel. Officials will meet again Sunday before any incursion, according... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Jerusalem • Palestinians • IDF • Gabi Ashkenazi • Ashkelon

 
 Gay-Porn Titan 
 Embraces 
 Politics 

Neocon blogger tackles international affairs

Mar 21, 08 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Lucas is a successful entrepreneur with a burning interest in politics—not unusual, except that he made his fortune in gay porn. The actor-director-producer, a New York nightlife stalwart, is also a self-proclaimed pundit. The New Republic checks in with the outspoken blogger, who bashes liberal gays who “... More »

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Islam • Tel Aviv • IDF • Arab Israeli conflict • Michael Lucas • gay pornography

'Holocaust' Strikes Will Intensify,
Warns Israel

PM invokes phrase
to threaten Hamas

Feb 29, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israeli air strikes continued to hit Gaza targets overnight, a top Israel official warned that If Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel, they "will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves." The rare use of the word... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Kadima • Likud • Palestinians • IDF • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • Matan Vilnai

Rocket Attack Wounds Scores of Israeli Troops

Predawn strike hits tent in Gaza boot camp

Sep 11, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 66 Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Qassam rocket fired into Israeli territory from inside the Gaza strip early today. The missile struck a tent in an Israeli basic training camp in the northern Negev desert near the community of Kibbutz Zikkim, reports Ha'aretz. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility... More »

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Israel • Gaza • missile • IDF • Qassam • Islamic Jihad • Beit Hanun • Sderot • rocket • Kibbutz Zikkim

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