Voices from Combat

It's hard to believe that it's been close to six months since this past summer's conflict between Israel and Hamas. While the dust continues to settle, more and more new details are still coming to light. The IDF's controversial 'Hannibal Protocol' in particular. Ynet has recently released exclusive audio footage from the morning of August 1st 2014.

Taking fashion to new levels.

פתאום דווקא אין לכם בעיה לעשות פק"לים

צילום׃  מיכאל טופיול

לקבלת המפקד היכון להקשב!

צילום׃  מיכאל טופיול

פלוגות הלילה

Two members of the Special Night Squad under the command of the legendary Orde Wingate pose for a photo with their female companions. 

פיקיוויקי

Shomron

More terror in Samaria as a father and daughter were firebombed while traveling in their car on a rural road. Ayala Shapira, 11, is now fighting for her life after the attack.

Post by Ynetnews.

Joseph Sudek, Prague, 1924

British World War II poster aimed at reminding British military officers the importance of discretion.

Daesh in the Holy Land

He goes by the nom de guerre Abu Kassam, and he claims to be the one of the leaders of the Islamic State's branch in Israel. A branch with active members in 'The Triangle' and in Arab-Israeli towns in the northern part of the country. Yesterday he gave a televised interview to Israel's Channel 10. Among his threats: "In eight years we're in Jerusalem. The IDF will not be able to do anything to us".

Post by ‎הצינור‎.

!חג אורים שמח

Happy Hanukkah from the IDF!

  חנוכה עם החיילי צה"ל מפיקוד העורף

חיילת עם החנוכייה

החיילים

Tel Aviv winter, 1930s.
Rehov Nahalat Binyamin

חורף בתל אביב.
רחוב נחלת בנימין, בשנות השלושים.

VTLV

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and IDF General Ariel Sharon celebrate the crossing of the Suez Canal into Egypt during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

פיקיוויקי

Real Heroes

The Forgotten Jews of the Red Army (Eretz Yisrael)

About 500,000 Jews served in the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Most of those still alive today — about 7,000 — are said to live in Israel.

1) Boris Ginsburg joined partisans for two years and in 1944 he joined the Red Army as a combat soldier and fought till the and of the war.

2) Nahum Matovich, 87, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Matovich was an air force bomber pilot on Ilyushin Il-4 bomber in the Soviet 18th Air Army and fought in Japan and Korea. He immigrated to Israel from Kishinev, today’s Moldova, in 1994.

3) Yaakov Vilkovich, 90, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Vilkovich joined the Red Army in 1941, served in the 31st Army’s infantry battalion and fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. He immigrated to Israel in 1998.

Today's Latest

As Israel heads towards new elections, today's cover of Yediot Ahronot captures the chilling scene from the Har Nof synagogue attack in Jerusalem just two weeks ago. Two Israeli police officers can be seen exchanging fire at close quarters with the emerging Palestinian terrorists. One police officer heroically fell in the line of duty. The two terrorists were subsequently eliminated.