http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Israeli_Defense_ForcesFind stories, videos, and photos about Israeli Defense Forces from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:46 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/09/13/israel.pilot.killed/tztop.ramon.crash.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Israeli_Defense_Forces14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Israeli Defense Forces from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/13/israel.pilot.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/13/israel.pilot.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israel air force pilot, the son of an astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003, was killed Sunday in an F-16 fighter jet crash, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/23/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/23/israel.sweden.organ.harvesting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Sunday withheld the press credentials of a Swedish newspaper in retaliation for a controversial piece that suggested the Israeli army kidnapped and killed young Palestinians to harvest their organs.Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/israel.soldier.kidnap.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/israel.soldier.kidnap.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators have ruled out a report that an Israeli soldier was kidnapped earlier Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/15/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/15/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextA report from an Israeli advocacy group based on what it says is the testimony of several unnamed Israeli soldiers accuses the Israeli military of intentionally putting Palestinian civilians at risk during its recent operation in Gaza.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/mckinney.israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/mckinney.israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney -- who was aboard a ship the Israeli navy intercepted this week -- is in a detention center and will be returned to the United States, the U.S. Embassy said.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/30/israel.gaza.mckinney/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/30/israel.gaza.mckinney/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli navy took control of a boat that violated an Israeli blockade and crossed into Gazan waters Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said, while a Gaza group said the ship was carrying humanitarian aid, a former U.S. congresswoman and a Nobel laureate.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/01/jerusalem.housing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/01/jerusalem.housing/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of Palestinians are facing a housing crisis because of inadequate urban planning by Israeli officials who run the east Jerusalem region, a U.N. report shows.Fri, 01 May 2009 14:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/26/israel.gaza.death.toll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/26/israel.gaza.death.toll/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli Military said Thursday that the "vast majority" of Palestinians killed in the recent Gaza conflict were "terror operatives" and the number of people killed was less than Palestinian sources reported.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/israel.white.phosphorus.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/israel.white.phosphorus.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military's firing of white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas during the Gaza offensive "was indiscriminate and is evidence of war crimes," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/israel.gaza.un.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/israel.gaza.un.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli soldiers routinely and intentionally put children in harm's way during their 22-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza, according to a United Nations report made public Monday.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/israel.gaza.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/israel.gaza.rockets/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo rockets were fired Saturday morning from Gaza and landed in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, one of them hitting an educational institution and the other landing in an open area, the Israeli military said.Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/05/gaza.ship.seizure/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/05/gaza.ship.seizure/index.html#cnnSTCTextCiting security concerns, Israeli naval forces early Thursday commandeered a ship trying to bring humanitarian supplies into Gaza and redirected it to an Israeli port.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/04/gaza.idf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/04/gaza.idf/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military took the blame Wednesday for the deaths in Gaza of three daughters of a prominent Palestinian doctor during fighting in mid-January between Israeli troops and Hamas militants, the Israel Defense Forces said.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextClashes between Hamas militants and Israeli soldiers raged to the north and east of densely populated Gaza City early Sunday, the 16th day of an Israeli offensive, witnesses and medical sources said.Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/zeitoun.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/zeitoun.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces shelled a house where they had ordered about 100 Palestinian civilians to take shelter, killing about 30 people and wounding many more, witnesses told the U.N.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/08/israel.palestinian.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/08/israel.palestinian.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli army said Saturday it is investigating a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers taunting a blindfolded Palestinian man.Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael launched an airstrike against Islamic militants in northern Gaza Wednesday night after rockets were fired into Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said.Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/israel.palestinians.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/israel.palestinians.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rocket was fired into the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, Israeli police said Wednesday, but no damage or injuries were reported.Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/04/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/04/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael launched an airstrike Tuesday night on southern Gaza after clashing with Hamas militants in central Gaza, Palestinian sources and Israel Defense Forces said.Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:37:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855914,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855914,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWest Bank settlers, long coddled by the Israeli government, turn on the security forces, hoping to block moves toward a two-state peace with the PalestiniansMon, 03 Nov 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/07/israel.rubber.bullet.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/07/israel.rubber.bullet.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military Thursday charged a commander and a soldier in an incident in which a rubber bullet was fired at a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee at close range.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/29/israel.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/29/israel.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military said Tuesday that it has suspended a lieutenant colonel for "moral failure of command" after one of his soldiers fired a rubber bullet at close range at a blindfolded Palestinian in military custody.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/israel.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/israel.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextVideo shows an Israeli soldier firing a rubber bullet at a handcuffed, blindfolded Palestinian man this month in the West Bank, an Israeli human rights group said Sunday.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/10/israel.manshot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/10/israel.manshot/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli troops shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian man Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/02/gaza.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/02/gaza.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israeli military investigation has cleared its air force in Monday's deaths of a Palestinian mother and her four children, the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces said Friday.Fri, 02 May 2008 17:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/28/mideast.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/28/mideast.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour Palestinian siblings ages 1 to 6 and their mother were killed Monday when Israeli tank shells hit their house, Palestinian medical and security sources said.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/gaza.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe daughter of a senior member of Hamas was killed and her two siblings and mother were wounded in an exchange of fire with Israel Defense Forces, who surrounded the house Saturday morning, Palestinian security forces said.Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/14/gaza.militant/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/14/gaza.militant/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israeli airstrike killed a wanted Palestinian militant in Beit Hanoun, Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources said Monday.Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/israel.hamas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/israel.hamas/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces have arrested a wanted Hamas leader accused of planning one of the worst suicide attacks on Israel, the Israeli military announced Wednesday.Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/01/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/01/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli aircraft hit the Gaza City building housing the office of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh early Sunday, heavily damaging it. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/17/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/17/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israeli airstrike killed at least three Palestinians and wounded 16 others Sunday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/03/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/03/israel.lebanon/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli cross-border gunfire killed one Lebanese civilian and critically wounded another Sunday in a village that straddles the country's southern border with Israel, a spokesman for the Lebanese army told CNN.Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/18/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/18/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael Defense Forces carried out two airstrikes on an old Hamas Interior Ministry building in Gaza City on Friday, killing one Palestinian woman and injuring 14 people, Palestinian security sources said.Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/28/bethlehem.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/28/bethlehem.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces arrested the local head of a Palestinian militant group in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Monday night, Israel Defense Forces said.Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/gaza.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israel Defense Forces carried out two airstrikes against targets in northern Gaza early Saturday, killing two Palestinian militants, according to an IDF spokeswoman and Palestinian security sources.Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/17/mideast.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/17/mideast.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military carried out two airstrikes Thursday on vehicles in northern Gaza, killing six Palestinians -- including two civilians, Palestinian security sources said.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:42:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/16/israel.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/16/israel.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S.-led push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by year's end has hit turbulence as U.S. President George W. Bush winds down his eight-day Mideast trip.Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly a week after vowing a harsher response to rocket attacks, the Israeli military overnight Monday pummeled Gaza with airstrikes that killed at least 11 Islamic Jihad militants, according to Israeli military and militant sources.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/11/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/11/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces made forays into northern and southern Gaza Tuesday morning in operations targeting Palestinian militants, killing up to six, according to Palestinian sources and the Israel Defense Forces.Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/israel.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/israel.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTextIslamic Jihad said it fired a longer-distance, shrapnel-packed missile into an Israeli military base early Tuesday -- wounding dozens of soldiers -- as part of its mission to hit targets deeper into Israel, a spokesman for the militant group told CNN. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/gaza.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/gaza.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israeli air strike east of Gaza City early Wednesday killed a militant, Palestinian security and medical sources and the Israel Defense Forces said.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650560,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650560,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe refusal of a few soldiers to evict two settler families in Hebron raises fears of a possible wider rebellionTue, 07 Aug 2007 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/gaza.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/gaza.violence/index.htmlAn Israeli airstrike on Monday hit a car carrying Islamic Jihad militants in northern Gaza, killing four, Palestinian security sources said.Mon, 21 May 2007 12:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.lebanon/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.lebanon/index.htmlLebanese army troops fired Wednesday on Israeli troops hunting for explosives along the Israel-Lebanon border, Lebanese army and Israeli military sources said.Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast/index.htmlFour Palestinians were killed and 25 wounded, including two journalists, Thursday during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah.Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/04/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/04/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli sniper fire accidentally killed a 12-year-old Palestinian girl in Beit Hanoun on Saturday, Israel Defense Forces said.Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/03/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/03/mideast.violence/index.htmlPalestinian militants who had been in a firefight with Israeli soldiers escaped Friday, many of them slipping away in a crowd of women who had come to join what had begun as a standoff.Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/mideast.violence/index.htmlIsrael said on Wednesday it will continue military operations it launched in Palestinian-controlled Gaza after a night of ground and aerial assaults.Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/27/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/27/mideast/index.htmlA Hamas militant was targeted and killed in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City Sunday morning while Israeli ground forces patrolled the area for tunnels and planted bombs, Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources said.Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/26/west.bank/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/26/west.bank/index.htmlIsrael Defense Forces killed a Palestinian in a confrontation in Nablus in the West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian sources said.Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/09/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/09/mideast.main/index.htmlIsrael lobbed artillery rounds into southern Lebanon late Wednesday as troops backed by tanks and armored vehicles moved across the border.Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/07/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/07/mideast.main/index.htmlIsraeli strikes shook Beirut at daybreak and nightfall on Monday, while Lebanon proposed changes to a draft U.N. resolution aimed at halting the Israel-Hezbollah conflict that left some 800 people dead.Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/04/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/04/mideast.main/index.htmlAfter bombing the last land routes into Beirut, and effectively cutting off the Lebanese capital from relief supplies, Israel issued a statement saying the attacks were designed to thwart Syrian attempts to arm Hezbollah.Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/mideast.main/index.htmlPowerful explosions shattered the early morning peace in Beirut on Thursday -- airstrikes which announced a resumption of attacks on Hezbollah strongholds in the city's southern suburbs.Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/mideast.main/index.htmlIsraeli troops landed Tuesday near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbeck, Lebanese security sources said, and the Israeli military also engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/mideast.main/index.htmlThe Israeli military and Hezbollah fighters exchanged heavy fire around three border towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday as rockets rained on northern Israel, much of which appears to be nearly deserted.Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/mideast.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/mideast.main/index.htmlThe Israeli military on Wednesday suffered its largest loss of life in its 15-day offensive against Hezbollah guerillas as nine Israeli soldiers were killed while fighting in southern Lebanese towns.Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast/index.htmlHezbollah rockets destroyed homes and lives in northern Israel on Tuesday, and Israeli forces bombarded Lebanese villages as violence between the two groups entered a third week.Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/24/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/24/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli forces and Hezbollah militants battled Monday in southern Lebanon around what the Israeli military has dubbed Hezbollah's "terror capital."Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/22/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/22/mideast/index.htmlDenying that it plans a full-scale ground invasion, the Israeli military entered the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras on Saturday to establish its "first foothold" in a security buffer along the border, the Israel Defense Forces said.Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/20/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/20/mideast/index.htmlTwo Israeli soldiers were killed battling Hezbollah guerrillas Thursday in a second day of fierce ground fighting in war-ravaged southern Lebanon, the military said.Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/mideast/index.htmlNew explosions shook Beirut early Thursday, hours after Israeli warplanes dropped 23 tons of bombs on a bunker where Hezbollah leaders were holed up, according to the Israel Defense Forces.Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.htmlIsraeli aircraft blasted the Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry offices in Gaza early Monday for the second time in less than a week, Palestinian sources and the Israeli military said.Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast.0241/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast.0241/index.htmlIsraeli fighter jets bombed Beirut International Airport Thursday, expanding Israel's military campaign against Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas holding two Israeli soldiers captive.Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/21/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/21/mideast/index.htmlAn Israeli missile missed its target Wednesday and hit a house in southern Gaza, killing a brother and sister and wounding 10 others, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/20/gaza.strike/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/20/gaza.strike/index.htmlThree children were killed Tuesday in an Israeli missile strike on a car in northern Gaza, Palestinian hospital sources said.Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/16/gaza.strike/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/16/gaza.strike/index.htmlAn Israeli airstrike Friday targeted a car carrying two members of an alleged Palestinian Islamic Jihad "terror cell" in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said.Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/olmert.gaza/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/olmert.gaza/index.htmlIsrael's prime minister on Sunday expressed regret over the deaths of seven members of a family at a Gaza beach on Friday that Palestinians say was caused by Israeli shelling.Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/30/gaza.airstrike/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/30/gaza.airstrike/index.htmlFour Palestinians were killed and nine others were injured Tuesday morning when Israel launched a raid into northern Gaza, Palestinian security forces said. At least two others were killed in the West Bank.Tue, 30 May 2006 07:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/07/gaza.strike/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/07/gaza.strike/index.htmlAn Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in southern Gaza killed six Palestinians, including a senior militant and some of his family members, Palestinian security and medical sources said Saturday.Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/gaza.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/gaza.violence/index.htmlHamas told its followers to take to the streets of Gaza City on Thursday after the Israeli military reportedly killed six people during military strikes in the West Bank. Thousands of Palestinians peacefully heeded the call.Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/28/israel.gaza/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/28/israel.gaza/index.htmlThe Israeli military pounded northern Gaza with artillery fire Wednesday evening after warning Palestinian civilians to stay out of a zone used by militants to fire rockets at Israel.Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/01/gaza.explosion/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/01/gaza.explosion/index.htmlAn Israeli missile hit a car Tuesday in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing two Palestinians, Palestinian security sources said.Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/01/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/01/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli security forces rounded up nearly two dozen suspected Palestinian militants in West Bank raids overnight, a military source said Tuesday.Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/29/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/29/mideast/index.htmlFor a sixth straight day, Israeli forces rounded up suspected Palestinian militants across the West Bank, killing three of them and arresting another dozen, an Israel Defense Forces representative said Thursday.Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/01/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/01/mideast/index.htmlA day after declaring all settlements in Gaza a controlled military zone, the Israeli army Friday lifted the order, saying the threat to Israel's disengagement plan had been eliminated, a statement from Israel Defense Forces said.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/02/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/02/mideast.violence/index.htmlA Palestinian man and an Israeli soldier were killed early Monday in a shootout during an Israeli military operation near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces said.Mon, 02 May 2005 07:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/gaza.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/gaza.violence/index.htmlIsrael Defense Forces said three Palestinian teenagers who were shot and killed by Israeli military were not playing soccer, but were actually involved in smuggling weapons from Egypt into Gaza.Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/21/israel.handover/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/21/israel.handover/index.htmlIsrael turned over security control of the West Bank city of Tulkarem to the Palestinian Authority on Monday after negotiators reached an agreement earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces said.Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/09/israel.lebanon/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/09/israel.lebanon/index.htmlAn Israeli army officer and a United Nations peacekeeper were killed Sunday when a gunfight erupted between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants in the disputed Shebaa Farms region along the Israel-Lebanon border, Israel Defense Forces said.Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/17/gaza.incursion/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/17/gaza.incursion/index.htmlIsrael Defense Forces troops raided the Khan Yunis refugee camp in southern Gaza overnight, killing six Palestinians, an IDF spokesman said Friday.Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/18/israel.egypt/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/18/israel.egypt/index.htmlIsraeli forces shot and killed three Egyptian policemen Wednesday night after mistaking them for a terrorist cell operating near the Egypt-Israel border, according to the Israeli military.Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/27/israeli.arrested/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/27/israeli.arrested/index.htmlIsraeli military police have arrested a previously-cleared army commander after additional investigation indicated he may have lied about repeatedly shooting a 13-year-old Palestinian girl.Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/21/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/21/mideast/index.htmlAn Israeli airstrike killed a senior commander of Hamas who was known as a master bombmaker Thursday night as he rode in a vehicle in Gaza City with his bodyguard, Hamas and the Israeli military said. The bodyguard also died in the attack.Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/israel.shooting/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/15/israel.shooting/index.htmlAn Israeli army commander has been cleared in the killing of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, the Israel Defense Forces said.Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/13/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/13/mideast.violence/index.htmlAfter launching a criminal investigation into the shooting death of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, the Israel Defense Forces have suspended an army commander for his involvement in the incident.Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/27/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/27/mideast/index.htmlAn Israeli aircraft attacked a car near Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Monday, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding four others, Palestinian security sources said.Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/19/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/19/mideast/index.htmlThe Israel Defense Forces said Sunday its air force attacked a car in Gaza City, killing a Hamas field commander.Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli helicopters fired four rockets at a camp in Gaza City where they believed Palestinian militants were training, killing at least 15 people, Palestinian medical sources told CNN.Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/breaking.silence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/breaking.silence/index.htmlA photographic exhibit called "Breaking the Silence" has struck a nerve in Israel where critics say the images cast Israel in a poor light.Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/19/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/19/mideast/index.htmlPalestinians blame an Israeli helicopter strike for the deaths of 18 people among 200 marching in a protest of Israel's crackdown in Gaza, but the Israeli military denied its helicopter fired on the crowd.Wed, 19 May 2004 11:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/mideast.violence/index.htmlIsraeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian gunmen trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in central Gaza early Monday, an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said.Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/25/boy.bomb/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/25/boy.bomb/index.htmlA day after Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus stopped and disarmed a Palestinian boy who was wearing a vest packed with explosives, Israeli officials Thursday sought to determine who was responsible for sending him on what was to have been a suicide terrorist attack.Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/24/young.detainees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/24/young.detainees/index.htmlIsraeli soldiers on Wednesday stopped a 14-year-old boy wearing a vest of explosives at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/21/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/21/mideast/index.htmlAt least four Palestinians -- including Hamas militants -- were killed early Sunday after Israeli forces entered southern Gaza near the Khan Yunis refugee camp, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/29/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/29/mideast.violence/index.htmlIsraeli military forces killed two Palestinian members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in separate incidents Sunday in Balata, a refugee camp in Nablus, Palestinian officials said.Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/02/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/02/mideast/index.htmlThe Israel Defense Forces killed three Palestinians on Monday in clashes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Israeli military sources said.Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/28/mideast.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/28/mideast.violence/index.htmlIsraeli forces early Wednesday shot and killed eight Palestinians, including at least three members of the Islamic Jihad, and wounded six others during a raid near Gaza City, Palestinian security and medical sources said.Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:57:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/mideast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli soldiers shot and killed four Palestinians in two skirmishes Saturday in the West Bank town of Nablus, according to Palestinian medics.Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:45:00 EST