How one Israeli tanker held off the entire Syrian army in 1973
The “Zvika Force” isn’t an official Israel Defense Forces unit, but you’ll likely find it in every Israeli military history book. If it’s not, it probably should be. Zvika Greengold…
The kibbutznik spymaster that came in from the cold
He never turned quickly to face the camera and fire a Walther PPK. He didn’t banter with Goldfinger. Heck, he didn’t even run around with giggling girls like Derek Flint….
When ‘Dirty Harry’ rescued real-life hostages
In a hundred years of film anti-heroes, San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan perhaps stands alone as a character clothed in coolness and moxie. So enamored are fans of the…
Watch the F-35 score its first air-to-air kills
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has been plagued with controversy and growing pains throughout its development and operational fielding. However, the controversial stealth fighter has seen widespread adoption…
Israeli wrestlers were the heroes of the 1972 Munich Massacre
There’s not much good that came from the hostage crisis that struck the 1972 Munich Olympics. By the end of the standoff, 11 Israeli hostages were dead, along with 5…
This US Marine stopped 3 Israeli tanks with just a sidearm and anger
In June 1982, Israeli tanks rolled across their border into neighboring Lebanon. Their mission was to stop the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization from repeating further attacks on Israeli officials and civilians.
All this was in…
This is how the Israelis planned to kill Saddam Hussein
During the thick of the 1991 Gulf War, anti-Iraqi coalition forces were mounting some 2,000 air sorties against Iraqi targets in the Middle East. In retaliation, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired scud missiles at Israel.
Who wasn’t par…
How Israeli armor embarrassed the Arab allies in the Yom Kippur War
In 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 6, 1973 with the goals of recovering the Sinai Peninsula for Egypt and the Golan Heights for…
The Israeli Air Force just won the Tetris Challenge
Since Sept. 1, 2019, when Zurich police published a photo on social media of two officers lying on the ground, surrounded by the contents of their car, laid out in a geometric pattern and pictured from above, police departments, firefighters, first …