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The Golani Brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, has been engaged in limited, localized, targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence in southern Lebanon. The troops dismantled weapons and terrorist infrastructure, and eliminated terrorists on the ground and from the air. In a joint operation by the Golani Brigade and the Israeli Air Force, a military structure housing Hezbollah terrorist organization commanders , including the commander of the combat area, the commander of the engineering forces, and the fire coordinator commander, was struck. The terrorists were eliminated. ....

The IDF used tanks to mark the Star of David onto the floor of a training ground for the Hamas terror group's fighters in Gaza City. The tanks can be seen in footage shared today roaming across the soil with Israel flags on a battle-worn strip of land. They are then shown in a line pumping out blue and white smoke as the symbol is displayed. The formation, performed by fighters from the Golani Brigade in the Kativa outpost, was part of a ceremony in memory of comrades who have fallen since the start of the war, according to IDF...

All three were born in China, in the ancient Jewish community in Kaifeng. They immigrated to Israel some five years ago and recently completed their conversion and naturalization processes. In two weeks, they'll report to the Israel Defense Forces' Induction Center in Tel Hashomer and join the army. Despite their relatively advanced age (all three are 25 years old), they are dreaming of enlisting in the Golani Brigade.

Israeli security Cabinet led by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decided the military campaign in south Lebanon would not be expanded, and any modifications to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation, such as deploying more troops, would require Cabinet approval. Israel is essentially broadcasting to the world that its political and military circles are severely divided over the current operation, and it might have no choice but to cave in to diplomatic pressure to put an end to the fighting and draw up a cease-fire. This might not be true to Israeli thinking, but it is certainly a message they are...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/5-6/02 Israel, Attack in Gaza, Meron Junction, Hebron, Ramallah, Umm el-Fahm, Golani Infantry Brigade American murdered, Protests in Maine Today's pictures from Afghanistan =========== GAZA =========== BREAKING In Gaza, the IDF delivers justice at this hour to a metal foundry. More below on the incessant terrorism that led to this minimal response. =========== Meron Junction, Israel =========== In Meron Junction, Israeli children pray at the site of the Meron Junction bus bombing. Hamas murders more innocents. In Maghar, Israel, Israeli Druze mourn their own murderded in the firebomb bus terror from Meron...