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The film's director, himself an IDF veteran who was stationed in Lebanon during the first Lebanon war, [1] uses the stone walls of Beaufort castle as a symbol of the futility and endlessness of war. The film was shot during the spring of 2006 at Nimrod Fortress , a similar mountaintop fort in the Golan Heights .
The Gatekeepers (Hebrew: שומרי הסף, romanized: Shomrei HaSaf) is a 2012 internationally co-produced documentary film by director Dror Moreh that tells the story of the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet (known in Hebrew as 'Shabak'), from the perspective of six of its former heads.
During Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) invaded a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin. The Israeli military refused to allow journalists and human rights organizations into the camp for "safety reasons" during the fighting, leading to a rapid cycle of rumors that a massacre had occurred.
Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre [2] (also unofficially called סרט הזוועות, lit. ' the atrocity film ' or ' the film of horrors ' in Hebrew) is a compilation by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit of raw footage from the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the military equipment in the IDF was very diverse and inconsistent. This was due to the severe limitation in obtaining war materiel (the British Mandate and the Arab embargo). During the 1950s, the IDF began the process of standardization, relying primarily on French military equipment.
Aluf Amos Yadlin (Israeli Air Force); note his insignia with crossed sword and palm and leaf. Aluf (Hebrew: אלוף, lit. 'champion' or "first/leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral.
According to the IDF, the young women were the first ever female tank crews in the West to engage in active combat, which lasted 17 hours. [1] As noted by the director of the Australian Defense Association, Neil James, this was most likely the first time in history that a female armored unit participated in a war.
Guy Leon Sheetrit, Sergeant. Guy is a sergeant in the 101st Paratrooper brigade basic training base. Guy grew up in Jerusalem He is an Eight-generation Israeli, He is responsible for the basic military training, education and welfare of 12 soldiers Guy was one of other 4 Sargeants in the 101st Paratrooper Brigade basic training base.