Israeli army confronts homemade weapons
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It&#39;s a hugely lopsided fight, pitting Israeli troops with high-tech arms and precise intelligence against untrained Palestinian gunmen relying on homemade weapons.
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The U.S. military showed on Monday what it said was further evidence of Iranian-made weapons being used by Iraqi militants fighting American troops, including components to build sophisticated roadside bombs.
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JENIN, West Bank : A force of more than 70 Israeli military vehicles rumbled into the northern West Bank town of Jenin at dawn, sparking firefights with Palestinian militants in what Israeli army sources described as a &quot;routine operation.
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JERUSALEM -- Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, Israel has faced an increasingly complex set of military options to stop attacks from the territory, and a debate over its humanitarian responsibilities for the strip's 1.4 million people.
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The Israeli military has acknowledged it has killed about 30 innocent Palestinians during operations in the West Bank this year. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has defended the Army, describing it as &quot;more moral than any other army I know&quot;.
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Keeping the peace during one of the Arab world's first truly contested elections is a complicated task in this country with an estimated three weapons per person.
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Israel's PM appears to come close to admitting it has nuclear arms, but officials deny a change of policy.
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The Israeli army dropped leaflets on towns and villages in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, warning residents that anyone with an arsenal of weapons in their homes would be attacked.
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A laser designed for military use is close to hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon.
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BAGHDAD -- A mysterious group of religious zealots who fought a fierce battle with American and Iraqi troops on Sunday were armed with AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and five antiaircraft machine guns rigged on tractors -- raising questions about how a group with no known ties to Iraq's current cast of political organizations came to be so well equipped ...
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JERUSALEM: Israel&#39;s once-unshakable faith in the morality of the army has been put to the test by a series of recent scandals, one of which saw a soldier empty his weapon into
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TEL AVIV -- With diplomatic sanctions against Iran appearing unlikely and military options promising to be risky, Israel has begun debating the unthinkable: how it might live in a world in which its archenemy has a nuclear arsenal of its own.
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza StriP -- Israeli aircraft struck more targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday as the army massed an armoured force in apparent preparation for a major military operation against militants in Jebaliya, the Palestinians&#39; biggest
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Israel is facing a deluge of revelations about the conduct of its armed forces in the occupied territories, provoking concern about the price of fighting the Palestinians for
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A year after suffering surprise setbacks against Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel's armed forces are poised once more for a major conventional war.
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Israel has stepped up preparations for a possible military incursion into Gaza over concerns that fighting between Palestinian factions may lead to renewed attacks on Israel, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Â· 69 soldiers injured, Israeli military says Â· Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack