Israel mourns Giora Epstein, Air Force legend with 17 aerial kills
His performance under pressure and pinpoint vision earned him the nickname ‘Eagle Eye.’
His performance under pressure and pinpoint vision earned him the nickname ‘Eagle Eye.’
His first kill came during the Six-Day War in 1967 when he downed an Egyptian Sukhoi.
Trainees practiced complex scenarios, such as extracting wounded soldiers from behind enemy lines and evacuating from armored vehicles or helicopters under simulated combat stress.
A Hamas Telegram channel acknowledged that an attempt to abduct an IDF soldier was foiled, claiming that terrorists stole his weapon instead.
To understand why Netanyahu’s memory travels with Israeli forces today, you have to go back to June 27, 1976.
The troops were not traveling inside an armored vehicle at the time of the blast.
Michalovitch’s death marks the 881st IDF casualty since the war began.
‘We’re doing this so that our children, and all of Israel’s children, can have a safer future.’
Liri, who has stayed out of the public eye, is joined by another former observer considering a return to the IDF, though their privacy is being protected.
The platform has quickly expanded, and today some 1,000 women have registered.
The public even coined a new verb, “lezarbev” (“to Zarbiv”), meaning the systematic demolition of terrorist infrastructure.
Nearly half of the 16,500 injured soldiers processed by the Rehabilitation Department since the war began are being treated for PTSD.
An initial IDF probe found that a terrorist attached an explosive device on their APC, which was either detonated remotely or triggered to explode while the soldiers were driving through Khan Younis.
Social media posts echoed the nation’s grief, with users mourning Halfon’s death as a ‘tragic’ loss, noting he was the fourth soldier killed in Gaza within the past week.
The IDF used dozens of trucks and cement mixers to seal off the tunnel system where Mohammed Sinwar was eliminated, pouring in an estimated 250 cubic meters of concrete.
Shemesh was a squad commander in the Shimshon Battalion 92 in the Kfir Brigade.
May Chen’s memory be a blessing.
One year later, Arnon Zamora’s name remains etched in the hearts of the people he saved—and in the collective memory of a grateful nation.
The surgery was a success, and A. is currently waiting for medical clearance to return to his unit in Gaza.
The gunman who killed Farkas and wounded the additional soldier fled the scene of the attack and was not captured by the IDF.
