In order to protect Israeli civilians from attacks by the Hamas terrorist organization, the IDF lawfully enforces a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. Given previous attempts by the Hamas terrorist organization in smuggling weapons via land and sea and
Yesterday, the Israeli Navy conducted an integrated exercise simulating all possible scenarios in the event that a flotilla attempts to breach the naval blockade surrounding the Gaza Strip. The naval blockade, along with active efforts by the Israeli Navy, has
The IDF received the report of the committee tasked with investigating the flotilla incident on May 31st 2010, and its findings are now being reviewed. The conclusions and findings of the report will be taken into consideration in line with all
IDF naval forces boarded the yacht “Irene,” and it is currently being led to the Ashdod seaport along with its passengers. The boarding occured without incident and no violence of any kind was used by either the passengers onboard or
Below are videos of the Gaza flotilla incident as presented by the Eiland team of experts with English subtitles. The events leading up to and throughout the flotilla incident are recounted in the video, as presented by the team of
Below are videos of the Gaza flotilla incident as presented by the Eiland team of experts in Hebrew, accompanied by a description of the video’s content in English. The English version of the videos will be up shortly. The events
The IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, announced today the adoption by the IDF of the Eiland Report examining the flotilla incident, “Winds of the Sky 7″ and the conclusions reached by its expert team following their
July 12, 2010 Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eiland Presents the Chief of the General Staff with the Conclusions of his Examination Team The IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, received the conclusions reached by a team of experts,
Findings to be Presented by July 4th, 2010 7 June 2010 The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi has appointed Maj. Gen. (Res.) Giora Eiland to head a team of experts in order to examine the flotilla
Earlier this morning, an Israel Navy force in the area of Nuseirath identified a squad of terrorists wearing diving suits on their way to execute a terror attack. The force fired and hit the terrorists. No casualties were reported amongst