Netanyahu tells troops the nation is relying on them after major IDF drill simulates mass infiltration and drone attacks from the east.
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The six-week Marva course combines simulated basic training, field exercises and education.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed the broadcast of the music to JNS.
The front line and the home front are inextricably linked.
Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar in Samaria, was killed on Friday by a Hezbollah drone in Southern Lebanon — one month before his planned wedding.
A combat soldier returning from Lebanon after fighting for his country is now serving 30 days in military detention because he wore a patch with the word “Messiah” on his uniform. Parents, rabbis and Knesset members are stunned.
Arms race with Iran: Israel buys new fighter squadrons worth billions. Israel draws the conclusions from its latest confrontation with Iran and massively expands its military capabilities.
“There isn’t a moment that I don’t think of what could have been,” her mother told JNS.
As the military grapples with need to boost numbers, former senior officers say personnel increases, while vital, are no substitute for operational readiness.
“The chief military prosecutor has found it appropriate to order today the cancellation of the indictment against the five defendants in the file.”
