As the sun sets, Israel’s normally bustling streets begin to empty. Israelis all over the country start heading to ceremonies for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. At 8 p.m., the siren rings out.
Nitzan is gone, but his memory is very much still alive. Read about his story.
The Granite Battalion of the Nahal Brigade gazed into the mirrors of the platoon bathrooms as they painted their faces with the colors of night and dirt. The 31 mile beret march was just ahead of them. On the outskirts
“I had typhus, and then they threw me onto this mountain of bodies. Your mother, and I have no idea where she got the strength to do this, was the one who pulled me out from all of those bodies
By Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich In 2004, I joined the Witnesses in Uniform delegation of 180 IDF officers to Poland. We had the chance to visit some of the major sites of Holocaust memory, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. We also saw the
Meet Hava: at 16, she began a new adventure that brought the anti-Zionist Orthodox community & the IDF’s Northern Command into contact for the first time.
A grenade explodes by his side, its force growing as it nears, and he almost dies. Today, at 30 years old, he continues to fulfill the lifelong dream that he inherited from his father. Meet Sergeant First Class Yehuda Hasid.
A few days ago, we invited you to send Passover greetings to IDF soldiers via twitter. We were overwhelmed by the response. We’ve forwarded on your messages to as many soldiers as we could. They were surprised and excited to
PASSOVER INTERVIEW: Dina Ovadia has come a long way from her childhood in an Arab country, with no knowledge of her Jewish heritage. Today, she serves in the IDF. There are Cinderella stories and there’s the Passover Haggadah – but
Two years ago today, the Victoria set sail from a port in Syria, loaded with Iranian-made weapons bound for Gaza and the terrorist group Hamas. When IDF soldiers boarded the Victoria, they found: 230 mortar shells, 120 mm 2,270 mortar