IDF spokesperson

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in several location in the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham November 30, 2023

Basel Basbous in hospital. (Basil Adra)

“He asked me how many children I have. Then he said: ‘Now you have one less.'”

After shooting three Palestinians, two fatally, the Israeli army misled their mothers about which of their sons was dead, and refuses to return the bodies.

By Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham November 8, 2022

Mourners at the funeral of of Ali Abu Aliya, 15, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Dec. 4, al-Mughayyer, occupied West Bank, Dec. 5, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

The IDF defends killing a Palestinian teen. Witnesses rebuff its story

The IDF defended its shooting of Ali Abu Aliya, 15, by claiming that a protest was endangering nearby drivers. But witnesses say the teen was nowhere near the road in question when he was shot.

By Oren Ziv December 14, 2020

Latest

Palestinians attend the funeral of Badr Nafla, who was shot dead by Israeli troops on February 7, Kafr Qaffin, February 8, 2020. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Israeli soldier who killed Palestinian teen was not in danger, video suggests

An IDF soldier shot dead 19-year-old Badr Nafla in the West Bank last Friday. The army claims the soldier's life was in danger, but a video of the incident suggests a different story.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv February 11, 2020

Munir Suleiman, fro the Palestinian village of Urif, points the a bullet hole in his home, which was targeted by settlers. 'Sometimes they come down with the army, sometimes the army joins later, after the entire village comes out to defend itself.' (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘The entire world knows the settlers have declared war on us’

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians living near extremist settlements have been seeing a drastic increase in violence. Israeli authorities refuse to take responsibility, while the villagers are left to fend for themselves. By Rami Younis and Oren Ziv This past year was, by all accounts, a difficult one for Palestinians living near settlements in the West…

By Rami Younis March 17, 2019

IDF Spokesman to the Arabic media, Avichai Adraee. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In the war against Iran, the IDF Spokesperson sides with jihadists

The IDF Spokesperson to the Arabic media publishes a video quoting a medieval Muslim scholar who has inspired jihadists from Bin Laden to ISIS. By Yossef Rapoport The latest video published by Avichai Adraee, the IDF Spokesperson for the Arabic media, shows the major quoting the writings of medieval Sunni Muslim scholar Ibn Taimiyyah, in an attempt to expose the “danger” that…

By +972 Magazine June 11, 2018

The photo of Razan that circulated on social media.

How the IDF is tarnishing the name of the medic it killed in Gaza

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit published a video it claims shows Razan al-Najjar throwing a tear gas canister into an open field and professing to be a ‘human shield’ — as if that justifies her killing. “Razan al-Najjar is no angel of mercy,” tweeted IDF Arabic Spokesman Avichay Adraee on Thursday. Attached to Adraee’s defamatory tweet was an edited…

By Yali (Yael) Marom June 8, 2018

Palestinians takes part in a protest against the killing of journalist Yasser Murtaja in Rafah, near the Israel-Gaza border, Gaza Strip, April 8, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

IDF refuses to say what it’s doing to avoid killing more journalists

Israeli snipers have killed two Palestinian journalists and shot at least 20 others in Gaza in recent months. What happened to the soldiers responsible? What is the IDF doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again? The army refuses to say. Nearly two months after Israeli army snipers shot and killed two Palestinian journalists while they…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 4, 2018

A still frame from the IDF Spokesperson's video.

When does propaganda go too far?

The Israeli army publishes a heavily edited video of a detained Palestinian man from Gaza being interrogated about Hamas tactics. The army won’t answer any questions about it. By Oren Ziv The Israeli army often claims that video clips published by B’Tselem and other human rights organizations in the occupied territories are mendaciously edited, and…

By Oren Ziv May 28, 2018

Mourners carry the body of 15-year old Palestinian Jamal Afana, during his funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2018. Jamal who was shot in the head by Israeli forces near Rafah in southern Gaza on May 11, succumbed to his wounds the next day. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

What does the IDF have to hide about the Gaza killings?

The Israeli army is claiming that at least 12 of the 60 Palestinians it killed in Gaza on Monday were attacking soldiers when they were shot, but it refuses to answer why it killed the other 48. (Updated below.) Israeli soldiers killed 60 Palestinian protesters on Monday in Gaza’s bloodiest day since the 2014 war.…

By Haggai Matar May 16, 2018

Israeli soldiers working on a computer. (IDF Spokesperson)

The Israeli army’s war on consciousness

The IDF Spokesperson describes its work as part of the army’s operations arm, speaks of ‘media operations,’ and defines ‘tarnishing the name of Israel’s enemies’ as one of its main goals. “In the past few months we at the IDF Spokesperson’s Office have come to the understanding that we are actually conducting media operations,” IDF…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 12, 2018

Palestinian protesters in Gaza demonstrate near the border with Israel, during the eighth day of the 'Gaza Return March,' April 6, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli snipers open fire on Gaza protests second week in a row

Israeli snipers kill at least seven Palestinians, wound over 300 others during the eighth day of the ‘Gaza Return March.’ Protesters attempt to block soldiers’ line of sight by burning tires. By +972 Magazine Staff Israeli snipers shot dead at least six Palestinian protesters, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded at least 300 others near the Gaza border…

By +972 Magazine April 6, 2018

IDF to Palestinian women: Don’t go to protests, your place is at home

The same army that boasts of its progressive attitude toward women changes its tone completely when addressing an Arabic-speaking crowd. “A woman’s femininity lays in her grace, her weapon is her wit. Where are these in the personality of this terrorist?” The above text was written in Arabic by Maj. Avichay Adraee, the IDF spokesperson for the Arabic…

By Haggai Matar April 6, 2018