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  • IDF (Israel Defence Force) short of crucial combat equipment

    07/05/2004 11:41:43 AM PDT · by anotherview · 23 replies · 528+ views
    Ma'ariv ^ | 5 July 2004 | Itay Asher
    IDF short of crucial combat equipmentWealthy soldiers purchase equipment privately, while less fortunate colleagues make do without. Itay Asher The IDF is suffering major shortages of combat equipment, due to budgetary restraints. Many units are not provided with sufficient or adequate supplies of expensive equipment such as laser sights and electronic gear for night fighting and combat in built up areas. As a result stores specializing in military equipment are doing a roaring business. Every Friday soldiers on leave flock to them with their parents, buying sophisticated laser-sights ($350), that can make the difference between killing or being killed when...
  • Israeli man lightly wounded as Palestinians fire rockets into southern town (UPDATE)

    02/19/2003 2:08:56 PM PST · by anotherview · 6 replies · 235+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | 19 February 2003 | THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
    Feb. 19, 2003 Israeli man lightly wounded as Palestinians fire rockets into southern town (UPDATE) By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF An Israeli man was very lightly wounded Wednesday afternoon when four Kassam-type rockets were fired into the southern Israeli town of Sderot from nearby Gaza. One of the rockets landed near a factory, wounding the man. He was treated by Magen David Adom workers on the site. Since only lightly wounded, he was not evacuated to hospital. The rockets were fired from the Gaza City neighborhood of Beit Hanoun, following the IDF incursion into the area earlier Wednesday, in...
  • Security forces arrest two Jihad activists (would-be suicide bombers)

    02/06/2003 2:32:45 PM PST · by anotherview · 6 replies · 285+ views
    Ha'aretz ^ | 7 February 2003 | Roni Singer and Jalal Bana
    Security forces arrest two Jihad activists By Roni Singer and Jalal Bana, Ha'aretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service Two Islamic Jihad activists on the way to carrying out a suicide bombing were caught Thursday evening near the West Bank city of Nablus. The two were apprehended after IDF soldiers stopped a Palestinian cab with five passengers. The soldiers found an explosive belt in the possession of the men. The region was placed on high alert earlier in the day following intelligence warnings of a possible terrorist infiltration. However, following the capture of the terrorists, the alert was lowered. Earlier in the...