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Breaking: Possible Unreported ambush suffered by IDF – the Lebanon Lessons

By Erik Zimerman On July 20, 2014 · Add Comment · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

Operation Protective Edge has thus far gone relatively well for the IDF. Dozens of terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been reported killed and arrested. As of the latest count reported by the IDF, 14 tunnels and over 30 tunnel shafts have been found. These tunnels serve both defensive purposes in order to allow Hamas fighters to appear behind IDF lines to conduct ambushes, and more importantly, for terrorist operations against civilian towns, villages and kibbutzim in the area. Of course, of even greater importance are the smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphia corridor, between Gaza and Egypt, which are the very large tunnels that keep Hamas supplied and armed. The IDF has yet to get to these, and they are of vital importance. There has been at least two attempts in recent days where large forces of Hamas fighters crossed the border through these tunnels (the former type, into Israel) and attempted to infiltrate Jewish settlements in the Eshkol area. Anyone who remembers the recent attacks in Mumbai, the Nairobi shopping mall and elsewhere knows the slaughter a couple of well armed and determined terrorists can inflict on a civilian population. Likewise, even in the US, one can see [...]

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Two brave soldiers fell today

By Erik Zimerman On March 26, 2010 · Add Comment · In Joab's Men

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