Home at last, Lt. Hadar Goldin laid to rest
‘Look closely at this people and this family standing here today. The family of Israel is not to be messed with. We bring everyone home.’
‘Look closely at this people and this family standing here today. The family of Israel is not to be messed with. We bring everyone home.’
Hundreds of lives have been saved by the new technologies.
The IDF is widely recognized as having one of the most extensive and sophisticated drone arsenals in the world.
Despite being outnumbered and under-equipped they engaged in fierce combat to defend the border and nearby civilian communities.
This incident comes amid a series of similar attempts in recent days along Israel’s borders.
The report suggested that Israel is likely to strike Iran again, though it does not specify what form a new attack might take.
Since the start of the month, twelve Hezbollah terrorists have been eliminated in IDF operations.
The IDF will continue to use lethal force against terrorists operating within areas under Israeli control.
The IDF struck Hezbollah positions from the air in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, hitting rocket launchers and weapons storage and production facilities.
Traditional surveillance tools fail to penetrate walls, leaving forces blind in critical scenarios.
Kidnapped during Israel’s 2014 Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza, Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed and his body taken into a tunnel, where it remained hidden until the current ceasefire.
Over the past 50 years urban warfare has grown dramatically —from less than 10% of global combat in the 1970s to over 60% today.
IDF Central Command has embarked on a three-day exercise in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley, simulating live attacks and responding to a variety of scenarios.
The backbone of the operation is the IDF’s newly formed autonomous logistics unit, Taltan, established in mid-2025.
The IDF eliminated dozens of terrorists and dismantled hundreds of terrorist infrastructure sites, both above and below ground.
‘You returned whole and peaceful, just as a hero of Israel should,’ his mother said. ‘How I wished the ending could have been different.’
‘I knew we would bring him home,” Netanyahu said. “We never gave up for a moment.’
The IDF demolished four underground tunnels and multiple Hamas strongholds in Khan Yunis, seizing significant stockpiles of weapons, as it presses on with efforts to eradicate lingering threats in the Yellow Line zone.
The trebuchet’s use was symbolic of adaptive warfare, where ancient tools find relevance in modern conflicts.
After 30 weeks of grueling boot camp, IDF paratroopers begin ‘War Week,’ the final stage of training that tests everything they’ve learned in realistic combat conditions.
