January 8, 2009: Diplomatic Confusion
Major Ro’i Rozner, of the Kfir Brigade, has been killed by mortar fire in a fierce battle in the region of the former Jewish community...
January 7, 2009: Tough Task
In a different battle from the ones that claimed the soldiers I named yesterday, we lost one other soldier: St.-Sgt. Alexander Mashevizky, of the Engineering...
January 6, 2009: Pain and Progress
Our boys are in the toughest of fights now, since the beginning of this war. Overnight, we suffered three losses in the Golani Brigade.This happened...
January 5, 2009: Heads High
Golani Staff-Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof (22), who died of his wounds from a mortar attack in Gaza, was laid to rest in the Mount Herzl Military...
January 4, 2009: Inside Gaza
Barry Rubin, in his latest piece, “On the Ground in Gaza,” observes how upside down and incomprehensible this world has become. His observations are a...
January 3, 2009: We’re In!
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Late this afternoon — in line with a Security Cabinet decision yesterday to expand our actions against Hamas — IDF ground...
January 2, 2009: Day Seven
The time has not yet come for the ground incursion, if indeed it will come as is predicted. I will not report on all of...
January 1, 2009: The Guessing Game
On this, the first day of 2009, I want to begin by thanking all of those who have written offering wishes and prayers of support...
December 31, 2008: Still Holding
I note in passing that tonight is New Year’s eve in much of the Western world. Here, where we observe Rosh Hashana as the start...
December 30, 2008: Standing Strong
So far we are doing just that. But of course we see the inevitable, as Arab and Muslim nations work overtime at the UN to...