During the conflict, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz stated that the RPG-29 was a major source of IDF casualties in the 2006 Lebanon War although a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry denied that Russia had supplied arms directly to Hezbollah.

but no approval or decline in the Israeli media after the 29 had been made other than the official statement by the IDF spokesman.

The soldier who shot him was identified in the press as Captain Hib al-Heib, a Bedouin Arab in the IDF.

After serving in the IDF as a Captain in the Spokesperson's Unit, Dayan studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and biology at the Open University of Israel.

" al-Aqsa said that it backed out of the deal due to the IDF ’ s arrest of two militants who were supposed to be on the amnesty list.

According to the IDF, they said they caught the two men at a checkpoint and said they were involved in " terrorist activity " which consequently mandated their arrest according to the stipulations of the amnesty deal.

During the ensuing hour, the activists refused and blocked an entrance to a highway, a " scuffle " broke out: In an interview given by one of the members he stated בשלב מסויים החלטנו לאתגר את החיילים ולנסות להמשיך בנסיעה ( at some point we decided to test the soldiers and continue to move ) and after few moments they had been assaulted and in an interview for JPost " After about half-an-hour, he said, the cyclists decided to push past the IDF, and that is when the violence began .".

The IDF officer said that he was attacked by one of the activists in the incident with a stick, breaking two fingers.

The IDF said it was a " grave incident " and was suspending the officer and investigating the incident.

NGO Monitor said that ISM " has a long record of encouraging activists to take ‘ direct action ’ that often places them in danger and in direct confrontations with the IDF.

Roi Klein, a major in the IDF, said the Shema before jumping on a live grenade to save his fellow soldiers, in accordance with the traditional Jewish practice of reciting the Shema when one believes one is going to die.

One IDF report said " 150 – 200 " Arabs, " including a number of civilians " died in the battle for Jish, while after Safsaf had been captured, brigades committed the Safsaf massacre.

In an interview with Haaretz, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz also said that UNRWA's ambulances were used by Palestinian militants in order to smuggle some of the remains of IDF soldiers killed in Zaitoun neighbourhood in Gaza on May 11, 2004.

Hass noted that she had brought forward sourced information from the Palestinian community, and said that it was the responsibility of newspaper editors to cross-reference it with other information from the IDF and the settler community.

Army officials said at the time that the IDF was investigating the claim, although it stated that this was not the first time that an organization claimed to have Hever in captivity.

An IDF source confirmed troops opened fire at Khan Younis, but said they aimed at Hamas mortar crews.

IDF said that two soldiers were lightly injured from an anti-tank missile.

Immediately after the shooting, the IDF said that Miller had been shot in the back during crossfire.

" The findings of the military police show that an Israel Defense Forces lieutenant, the commanding officer of the IDF force at the site, allegedly fired his weapon in breach of IDF Rules of Engagement ," a statement said.

She said that the IDF had given out misleading information from the moment her husband was shot, and that Lt. Haib had given six testimonies, all of which were conflicting.

* A once popular macabre joke in the IDF said that " Magach " stands for " Movil Gviyot Charukhot " — " charred bodies carrier ", probably referring to the Yom Kippur War losses and particularly to the aforementioned flammable hydraulic fluid problem of the M48.

IDF said it targets bomb-planters and Qassam launchers.

IDF chief of staff Moshe Yaalon said she was sent there as a decoy by Palestinian militants.

IDF said it shot back after being attacked by anti-tank weapon, hitting the house from which the rocket was fired.

The IDF said it targeted bomb-planters.

His lawyers, Yoav Meni and Elad Eisenberg, said the practice of " verifying the kill " was used regularly by the IDF to eliminate immediate threats.

Omar Samir Abdul-Hamid al-Mashni, 16, of Beit Our al-Tahta, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration following Friday prayers at Jerusalem ’ s al-Aqsa mosque.

Both sides agreed that civilians should not be targeted, which meant that Hezbollah would be allowed to continue its military activities against IDF forces inside Lebanon.

As IDF forces remained mired in Lebanon and the economy suffered from hyperinflation, the public pressure on Begin mounted.

In the late 1960s, Ze ' evi formed the elite Sayeret Kharuv, an anti-terror battalion, at the time when IDF Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev had begun to focus manpower and budget on armoured tank units, resulting in huge cutbacks in infantry forces.

In 1993 he was made commander of the IDF forces in the West Bank.

The IDF achieved this goal, and Arafat withdrew PLO forces north into Beirut.

* May 25 – Israel withdraws IDF forces from southern Lebanon after 22 years.

* Israeli withdrawal from the Israeli security zone in southern Lebanon – on May 25, 2000 Israel withdrew IDF forces from the Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon after 22 years.

Unit 101 ( Hebrew: יחידה 101 ) was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defense Forces ( IDF ), founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in August 1953.

After a series of unsuccessful retribution infiltrations by existing IDF units, Ben Gurion pressed Chief of Staff Mordechai Maklef to establish such a special forces unit in the summer of 1953.

Israel sent over a mission to jumpstart Singapore's economy and create, from scratch, Singapore's armed forces and its Ministry of Defence ( MINDEF ), the former modeled after the IDF in both doctrine and order of battle.

It was carried out by two Israeli units at night: a paratroop company and Unit 101, a special forces unit of the IDF.

All combat brigades in the IDF have a unit with improved weaponry and training used for reconnaissance and special forces missions, trained to use advanced weapons and reconnaissance technology, as well as hand-to-hand combat.

* Sayeret Haruv-former IDF Central Command special forces unit.

* Sayeret Shaked-former IDF Southern Command special forces unit.

IDF forces reentered Nablus during Operation Determined Path in June 2002, remaining inside the city until the end of September.

It remained in effect until January 17, 1997, when the IDF forces redeployed.

Although Morris dismisses the claim that the Palestinians were systematically expelled due to orders from Israeli officials, he nevertheless cites an IDF Intelligence Report that concludes that 70 % of the exodus was caused by Israeli forces and ' Jewish dissidents

An armored IDF Caterpillar D9 | Caterpillar D9R Bulldozer used by Israel Defense forces

The main forces fighting against the IDF were the Arab Legion and Palestinian irregulars

It covered the establishment of the IDF, conscription duties, the oath of allegiance, and the prohibition of any other armed forces.

Meanwhile, the IDF ground forces quickly overran the Egyptian army in Sinai and were about to reach Alexandria.

After three weeks of fighting, though, and with U. S. air-lifted reinforcements of weapons and equipments ( first shipment arrived on 9 October 1973 ), the IDF pushed the Syrian forces beyond the original lines.

By 10 October, the IDF recaptured the entire Golan Heights and on 11 October Israeli armored forces invaded Syria and destroyed the Iraqi reinforcements.

Phase 1, went according to plan, with IDF forces capturing three important Egyptian positions without major combat or casualties, on the operation's first day ( December 5, 1948 ).

Givati forces, combined with a special combat engineering tunnels unit, and IDF Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozers, managed to suppress most of Rafah's tunnels.