Israeli military forces have conducted an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, sparking clashes with Palestinian residents. Israeli troops entered the industrial zone in the city and surrounded a bakery and number of shops on Thursday morning, Ma’an news agency reported. During the raid, around 500 Palestinians hurled rocks, firebombs, and burned tires. Israeli forces responded... 

Dozens of Israeli tanks have been deployed near Gaza border since Thursday. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the summons of 30,000 reserve soldiers. The troops can be called into action by the military at any point, an IDF spokesman told Israel’s Channel 2 TV, as quoted by AFP. Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai said the army was in the process of expanding the Gaza operation. “The... 

Israel has fired warning shots into Syria after mortars launched from Syrian territory hit an Israeli base in the Golan Heights. It is the first time Israel has fired into Syrian territory since the 1973 war. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said the missile was fired as a warning shot after an errant mortar fired from Syria hit the military post. “In the midst of Syrian infighting, a mortar... 

Iranian Shahed-129 drone The IDF shot down a Hezbollah-piloted drone over the northern Negev desert earlier this month after it possibly captured images of secret Israeli military sites. Earlier, Tel Aviv praised the IDF for its rapid response to the security breach. ­The drone was launched from Lebanon and crossed into Israeli airspace on October 6, and stayed airborne for three hours before being... 

Israeli soldiers fire their weapons during a training session near Beqa’ot in the West Bank Israel’s Defense Ministry has ordered eight Palestinian villages in the West Bank to be razed, claiming the land is needed for military training. Hundreds of Palestinians are to be displaced despite evidence that the villages have existed since 1830. ­The residents of the villages, located in the southern... 

Iran test firing some of its missiles. The news media in Israel this evening reports foreign embassies are organizing contingency plans for the evacuation of their nationals and diplomats and are requesting gas masks from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Diplomats and their families are worried about a missile strike that may prompt a mass evacuation of Israeli citizens with passports. The European Union... 

Egyptian demonstrators burn an Israeli flag as others try to demolish a wall recently built outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protect the building. The Israeli military is gearing up to counter future threats from Egypt as an almost certain Muslim Brotherhood election victory could potentially set the two countries on a collision course. ­While the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) remains hopeful... 

Greek coastguards stand in front of Canadian boat "Tahrir" after forcing the Gaza-bound ship to return to the port of Agios Nikolaos, July 4, 2011. Two small boats approaching the Gaza coast have been boarded by the Israeli Defense Force. The IDF Chief of Staff ordered the navy to board the vessels should they refuse radio requests. Nobody was injured during the takeover, according to the... 

An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies above Israel's Dimona nuclear plant, pictured here in 2004. The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said. The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said. The... 

Souvenir photos Nahal soldiers photograph themselves pointing rifles, making offensive gestures at blindfolded Palestinian detainee. Defense counsel: Many soldiers, officers have done the same. Controversial photos taken by Nahal unit soldiers on their cell phones were released Sunday evening. The four soldiers were pictured while directing their rifles at a bound Palestinian detainee in January this... 

CH-53 helicopter The IAF has begun to understand it must pay a certain price for two very important dividends: experience in challenging situations and building possible future alliances. The veteran NCO at Tel Nof air base in Israel displays parentlike pride when showing off the Israel Air Force’s Yasur helicopters with their upgraded capabilities, and sometimes even slips in a sly hint or two... 

Erdogan. Israel's acts piracy, state terror Turkish warships are also reported on the move towards Israel. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the international community not to accept an independent Israeli investigation into the lethal operation against the “Freedom Flotilla” to Gaza. He called the IDF action a “massacre” and warned Israel not to test... 

Two Palestinian children have been killed in a collision between an Israeli army jeep and a tractor. In the incident, an Israeli army jeep hit the trailer of a tractor in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank. The children, aged four and five, were on the tractor with two other Palestinians who were seriously injured, AFP reported on Wednesday. Two Israeli soldiers in the jeep were slightly... 

Salam Fayyad The Palestinian leadership on Monday protested against Israeli military orders that could see tens of thousands of Palestinians deported from the West Bank. On Sunday Haaretz revealed that a new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges... 

Could this be preparation of war with Iran? Israel will begin distributing its entire population with gas masks in two months, though no reason has officially been given by the Israeli government. No indication or threat has been made against Israel from any country that an attack is planned. No country in the Middle East is believed to be likely to engage in chemical or biological warfare with Israel,...