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Israel army studies 'abuse video'

The Israeli army is investigating a video in which a Palestinian man appears to be humiliated by a group of soldiers.
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Army Israel

American Jews joining Israeli army:

American Jews going to serve in the Israeli army often reads like a promotion of the idea of dual loyalty. Ref. Source 8

Israel Army History & Civil Business Politics

Massive drill tests Israeli army's ability to send tanks across water:

Exercise at Jordan River highlights need to go deep into enemy territory to neutralize missiles, commander says Ref. Source 5

Army Israel

Israel calls up thousands of reserve soldiers in massive drill:

The IDF has launched a surprise call-up of an entire division of 2,000 reserve soldiers for a week-long exercise in the north in the first such maneuver in many years as instability grows on the entire northern border, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Golan Heights. Ref. Source 4

Army Israel

Budget-strapped Israeli military banks on future US aid: -

Budget-strapped Israel is pressing the United States to conclude a deal extending defense aid beyond 2017, when Washington's current $3 billion annual payouts to its Middle East ally expire, officials said on Friday. Ref. Source 6

Israel Army

Israel okays draft of 18,000 more reservists:

A spokeswoman told AFP the decision raised the overall number of soldiers called in since the start of Operation Protective Edge to 65,000, without saying how many of them had actually been mobilised. Ref. Source 3

Israel Army

IDF Soldier Deliberately Killed by His Own:

There seems a Spartan sense of sacrifice among Israelis that part of the cost of serving in the army is that your own brothers may be forced to kill you for the greater good of the nation. Ref. Source 1

Israel Army Politics Business Civil & History

Donations to Israeli occupation force troops overflowing :

The wave of donations to Israeli soldiers has led the army to clarify procedures: Soldiers are not allowed to request or accept donations to themselves or a military unit. Ref. Source 4