It's a helmet cover that helps to break up their sillhouette. If a Hezzie sees a nice round shape moving around in the dark, he knows exactly where a soldier's head is, and can take a well-aimed shot at him.
The cover will create an irregular-shaped target that will blend in better with the surroundings. And if they're designed correctly, the soldier should also be able to attach pieces of the surrounding foliage to it for better camouflage.
14:50 Medics treat total of 128 casualties in rocket attacks Wednesday (Itim)
14:44 Two IDF soldiers wounded by Katyusha fire in southern Lebanon (Haaretz)
14:21 Lebanon: IDF caused $2B worth of damage to country`s infrastructure (Reuters)
14:14 Egypt FM asks UN Security Council to call for Lebanon cease-fire within 48 hours (AFP)
14:09 Justice Minister: Operation in Lebanon to continue until end of next week (AFP)
14:07 UN: Israel allows two oil tankers to deliver fuel to Lebanon (Reuters)
13:57 Report: Spain willing to participate in UN international force for Lebanon (DPA)
13:41 Initial report: Man killed by Katyusha fire on kibbutz north of Nahariya (Haaretz)
13:36 Four Hezbollah fighters killed by IDF reservists in south Lebanon (Haaretz)
13:23 Settler reservists: Won`t go to Lebanon if aim is to advance W. Bank pullout (Haaretz)
13:09 HEZBOLLAH MISSILE LANDS IN WEST BANK, 70KM FROM BORDER (Haaretz)
13:01 Acre woman, 67, lightly to moderately wounded in rocket strike (Haaretz)
12:50 Hezbollah says it fired 300 Katyusha rockets since dawn Wednesday (AP)
12:44 Court sentences for 17 years Ofer Maximov convicted of giant bank fraud (Itim)
12:30 Sirens sound in Tiberias, Afula (Haaretz)
12:27 Halutz: IDF considering resumption of air strikes on Lebanon, including Beirut (AP)
12:26 Halutz: Baalbek commando raid yielded important intelligence (Israel Radio)
12:25 IDF chief: We had no intention to capture particular Hezbollah members (Israel Radio)
12:25 Alert siren sounded in Nazareth, Afula, Migdal Ha`emek (Israel Radio)
11:56 One person lightly hurt by shrapnel from rocket in Tiberias (Haaretz)
11:55 Sirens sound in Nahariya (Haaretz)
11:24 PM Olmert: Hezbollah`s infrastructure is entirely destroyed (Reuters)
11:11 PM: Israel will fight Hezbollah until strong int`l force deploys in S. Lebanon (Reuters)
11:07 Rocket falls in Dir al-Assad, in north; mother, 2 children suffer shock (Haaretz)