While addressing a briefing on Sunday, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the priorities were to end the fighting in Israeli communities and control breaches in the fence dividing Gaza and Israel, CNN reported.
The ship completed its journey from the US, which lasted over a month, during which dozens of men and women sailors managed to cover over 6500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.
The IDF reported that it carried out two different arrest operations and activities overnight in which forces from the IDF, Shin Bet and the Border Police fighters operated to arrest 24 wanted terrorists throughout Judea and Samaria and in the Jordan Valley area.
A terrorist approached a group of soldiers at the bus stop at the Mitspe Eshtamoa Junction south of Hebron in Judea, Israel and attempted to stab the soldiers.
The Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi on Monday held a discussion with senior IDF officers – mainly generals – on the controversy surrounding the growing number of IDF reservists who are threatening to refuse to report for duty when called up in protest ove
Forces from the Israel Defence Force (IDF), the Shin Bet and the Border Police operated overnight to arrest nine wanted terrorists throughout Judea and Samaria.
Finkelman is set to take over as the new commander of the IDF's Southern Command. Harel will be the new head of the IDF's Planning Division and the building of the incoming multi-armed force.
The IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi Sunday evening released a statement strongly condemning the "inciting" speech against the commander of the IDF's Binyamin Brigade in Samaria, Colonel Eliav Elbaz, and against other commanders in the IDF.
The general participated in a situation assessment that took place at the Kriya, The IDF command center as part of the "Fist Punch" exercise, which examines the IDF's readiness for combat in several arenas at the same time.