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Israeli soldiers take part in a military drill simulating the evacuation of wounded soldiers on Feb. 7, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Ayal Margolin-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

For thousands of Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza, a long journey to recovery of body and mind

by Eliyahu Freedman February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

RAMAT GAN, Israel (JTA) — In December, Nechemia, a combat engineer, was serving in Gaza alongside his close friend when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to them. Nechemia suffered severe […]

Attendees at the Friends of the IDF fundraiser at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/Limor Edrey-Courtesy FIDF)
Posted inBay Area

Friends of the IDF fundraiser disrupted by raucous protest on Peninsula

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett November 11, 2023November 12, 2023
A woman stands in front of a mural, part of an art exhibit honoring slain Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at the spot where she was killed in Jenin in the West Bank, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel admits its forces likely killed Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in new report

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 6, 2022
Mujahed al-Saadi, a cameraman for Palestine Today TV, escorts the body of veteran Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, May 11, 2022, at the hospital in Jenin. (Photo/JTA-Jaafar Ashtiyeh-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed while reporting on Israeli army operation

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 11, 2022
Granddaughter and grandfather Ronnie and Ariel Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy Friends of Israel Defense Forces)
Posted inNews

Survivor’s granddaughter from Livermore now a sergeant in Israeli army

by Ryan Torok January 26, 2022January 27, 2022
Israeli soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade during a swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem, Nov. 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Arie Leib Abrams-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Less than half of Jewish Israelis support a mandatory army draft, per new poll

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 29, 2021
Yotam Nahum of Sunnyvale gets a breather while on duty in the IDF.
Posted inNews

Meet the Nahums: These three Bay Area siblings proudly serve in the IDF

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 22, 2021
American and Israeli flags during routine joint military exercises in 2009. (Photo/Flickr-Israel Defense Forces CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Helping to turn teens into advocates for Israel

Ben Cohen by Ben Cohen August 13, 2021August 16, 2021
An El Al airplane carrying members of an Israel Defense Forces rescue team is given a "water salute" upon departing Miami on July 11, 2021. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

Israel Defense Forces rescue team leaves Surfside to salutes and serenades

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 12, 2021
Israeli troops training in 2017. (Photo/JTA-Israel Defense Forces)
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Israel’s military says it has reached herd immunity to Covid

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 15, 2021

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