HaBayit Shel Benji is named for Benji Hillman, a British-born IDF soldier who fell in the 2006 Second Lebanon War. It now hosts 50 lone soldiers. Benji Hillman and the rest of his family immigrated to Israel from London in
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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
The IDF is the army of all of the people of Israel – including young people with special needs. We sat down with Lt. Col. Ariel Almog, founder of the “Magshimim Halom” project for special needs soldiers, to hear his
The IDF is a great place for soldiers to meet new people, friends and potential life partners. The IDF has had a central role in the stories of hundreds of couples in Israel. Even the IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.
Up-close and personal look at three IDF soldiers who were injured in battle and chose to rejoin the army.
Before drafting into the IDF, Cpl. A was on the fast track in the criminal underworld. Today he graduates the IDF commander’s course.
This July marks six years since the start of the Second Lebanon War — and four years since Israel recovered the bodies of Sergeants First Class Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were abducted at the start of the war.
Six years ago on the 25th of June 2006, Hamas kidnapped Gilad Shalit in Israeli territory. Immediately following his abduction, the IDF attempted to retrieve Gilad from behind enemy lines in operation Summer Rains. The operation though unsuccessful in its attempt to
We’ve launched a new campaign aimed at preventing abductions of soldiers, by warning them of the dangers of hitchhiking. Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the IDF Spokesperson, explains: “The goal of the campaign is to inspire changes to the travel habits