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Oshri Lugasi
Oshri Lugasi (born February 17, 1972) is brigadier general who serves as the chief Combat Engineering Corps officer of the Israel Defense Forces. Lugasi performed most of his service in the Combat Engineering Corps, where he served as the second in command of Battalion 605; in 2004 he was named the Battalion's commander. In the Second Lebanon War Lugasi's battalion was called to the frontlines while they were tasked with a mission in Ramallah, his battalion dealt with opening lanes for the IDF and participated in The battle of Wadi as-Sulouqi as Lugasi was situated in the frontline with the IDF Caterpillar D9 units who were the ones to break through into the Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...-occupied territories. Lugasi and his D-9 units managed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahal Oshri Lugasi
Tahal () is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Demographics References External links *Tahal- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía *- Diputación Provincial de Almería Municipalities in the Province of Almería {{Almería-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Command (Israel)
The Northern Command ( he, פִּקּוּד צָפוֹן, ''Pikud Tzafon'', often abbreviated to Patzan) is the Israel Defense Forces regional command responsible for the northern border with Syria and Lebanon. History During the wars in the 1960s and 70s, the Northern Command was in charge of the campaigns directed against Syria on the Golan Heights and the Lebanese border. During the 1970s and 80s, it mainly faced attacks from the PLO, which was driven to southern Lebanon following Black September. Beginning with the 1982 Lebanon War, the Northern Command faced attacks from Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group founded in 1982 to fight the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon. During 2000, the Northern Command completed its withdrawal from the Security Zone in southern Lebanon and was dispatched along the UN-sanctioned border. Although Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon has been met with UN approval, Hezbollah continues its attacks, mainly in the Shebaa farms area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli People Of Moroccan-Jewish Descent
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites, the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Generals
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites, the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Jews
Israeli Jews or Jewish Israelis ( he, יהודים ישראלים, translit=Yehudim Yisraelim) are Israeli citizens and nationals who are Jewish through either their Jewish ethnicity and/or their adherence to Judaism. The term also includes the descendants of Jewish Israelis who have emigrated and settled outside of the State of Israel. Alongside Samaritans and populations from the Jewish diaspora scattered outside of the Land of Israel, Jewish Israelis comprise the modern descendants of the ancient Israelites and Hebrews. They are predominantly found in Israel and the Western world, as well as in other countries worldwide in smaller numbers. The overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews speak Hebrew, a Semitic language, as their native tongue. Israel, the Jewish state, is the only country that has a Jewish-majority population, and is currently home to approximately half of the world's Jews. The Jewish population in Israel comprises all of the communities of the Jewish diaspo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yossi Morali
Yossi is a Hebrew given name, usually a short and nickname for Yosef (equivalent to English Joseph). It may refer to: People * Abba Yossi – mythology figure * Country Yossi – American singer and radio personality *Yossi Abu – Israeli executive officer * Yossi Abukasis – Israeli football player * Yossi Aharon – musician and Greek bouzouki player * Yossi Alpher – Israeli political activist * Yossi Banai – Israeli actor, singer and playwright * Yossi Beilin – Israeli politician (former minister in the Israeli government) * Jose ben Halafta (aka Rabbi Yossi) – Jewish tanna * Yossi Ben Hanan – Israeli general * Yossi Benayoun (born 1980) – Israeli football player * Yossi Cedar – Israeli filmmaker * Yossi Dagan – Israeli activist * Yossi Dahan – Israeli scholar and activist * Yossi Ghinsberg – Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker * Yossi Green – Jewish American composer * Yossi Harel – Israeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GOC Army Headquarters
The GOC Army Headquarters ( he, מפקדת זרוע היבשה, ''Mifkedet Zro'a HaYabasha'', abbreviated Mazi), is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces. The current size of the Israeli Ground Forces is estimated at 126,000 active soldiers and 400,000 soldiers in reserve. Name The GOC Army Headquarters is known unofficially as ''Mazi'', the Hebrew pronunciation for an acronym for "Ground Arm Command" (, (, ''Mifkedet Zro'a ha-Yabasha''), which was the GOC Army Headquarters' previous name before being renamed to the current "Ground Arm" (). After this renaming, the acronym MAZI officially refers nowadays to "Commander of the Ground Arm" (, ''Mefaked Zro'a Ha-Yabasha''). However the old acronym MAZI still remains the popular name for the GOC Army Headquarters. Units and structure The Headquarters of the Ground Forces commands the following five corps: * Maneuvering Corps (Established in 2020) : ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judea And Samaria Division
The Israel Defense Forces 877th Judea and Samaria Division ( he, אוּגְדָּת אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, ; also known as the West Bank Division) is a regional division in the Israeli Central Command. It is responsible for Israeli military activity in the Judea and Samaria Area, presently under Israeli-occupation. The current commander of the division is Brigadier General Yaniv Alaluf, IDF website, 22 September 2019. who was appointed to the position in September 2019. Mission The division was established in 1988 after the outbreak of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the idea of Hezbollah arose among Lebanese clerics who had studied in Najaf, and who adopted the model set out by Ayatollah Khomeini after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. After failing to agree on a name for the new organisation, the party's founders adopted the name chosen by Ayatollah Khomeini, Hezbollah. The organization was established as part of an Iranian effort, through funding and the dispatch of a core group of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (pasdaran) instructors, to aggregate a variety of Lebanese Shia groups into a unified organization to resist the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigadier General
Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (four battalions). Variants Brigadier general Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (four battalions). In some countries, this rank is given the name of ''brigadier'', which is usually equivalent to ''brigadier general'' in the armies of nations that use the rank. The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a "brigadier general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IDF Caterpillar D9
The IDF Caterpillar D9 —nicknamed ''Doobi'' ( he, דובי, for teddy bear) — is a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The Israeli armored CAT D9 was heavily modified by the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Military Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries to increase the survivability of the bulldozer in hostile environments and enable it to withstand heavy attacks, thus making it suitable for military combat engineering use. The IDF Caterpillar D9 is operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Engineering Corps for combat engineering and counter-terrorism operations. Characteristics The D9R, the latest generation of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers in IDF service, has a power of and drawbar pull of 71.6 metric tons (about 702 k N). Older generations, such as D9L and D9N are still in service, mainly in the reserve forces. The D9 has a crew of two: operator and commander. It is operated by the TZAMA (In he, צמ"ה = ציוד מ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Change Of Direction 11
The Operation Change of Direction 11 was the final offensive operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended three days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a tripling of Israeli forces inside Lebanon and aimed at encircling Hizbullah forces in south Lebanon. The plan was to advance westwards along the Litani River from the Galilee Panhandle, combined with helicopter landings behind enemy lines, intended to be the largest in IDF history, and simultaneous advances northwards in the central sector and along the Mediterranean coast. The plan was to follow up the offensive by several weeks of mopping-up operations in the surrounded territories, eliminating Hizbullah infrastructure, especially in the launching areas of Katyusha rockets. The offensive was called off halfway due to heavy casualties and the implementation of the UN ceasefire. Harel and Issacharoff (2008), p. 235 At least 33 Israeli offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
