Eye on the Enemy: ’’Israeli’’ army, phase of austerity is on

The "Israeli" army announced on Monday that his forces foiled an infiltration attempt at the "Israeli"-Egyptian border. It was the second infiltration attempt along the Sinai-"Israel" border since last week.
According to the army, soldiers patrolling the border overnight, last Wednesday, spotted a group of people who had breached the frontier where the construction of the electronic barrier isn't completed yet.

The army added that the "Israeli" troops prepared themselves to the manhunt, but at this stage the suspects noticed the troops' move, threw a bag and returned to Egypt.

"Israeli" forces conducted searching patrols on the morning of Thursday, and discovered the bag with a large explosive device inside. The bomb was neutralized by army sappers

The "Israeli" army said that this incident is the second of its kind, indicating that the cell had tried to infiltrate into the "Israeli" territory during Monday night of last week, but an "Israeli" patrol triggered them to escape and leave a bag containing an explosive device, too.
The "Israeli" Army estimates that these are attempts to smuggle explosive devices to "terrorist" parties in order to implement military operations inside "Israel".
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Barak on his way to Washington to meet U.S. military and security Officials

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"Defense" Minister's plane, took off on Monday en route to Washington in a two-day business visit during which he will discuss with officials of the U.S. administration the situation in the region.
"Israeli" sources said that Barak will hold meetings with U.S. Vice President Biden, U.S. Secretary of "Defense", Leon Panetta, National Security Adviser,Tom Donilon, and with heads of intelligence agencies and members of Congress.

The visit of Barack comes after a series of official visits by senior U.S. officials to Tel Aviv this month. In addition to those whom he will meet in Washington is the Chief of Joint Staff which means that the visit is of great urgency and importance; especially in light of the report of the International Energy Agency, which was released recently and pointed to the possibility of the militarization of Iran's nuclear program and accused Iran in doubling its capacity to enrich uranium by three times. "
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"Israeli" army, phase of austerity is on

"Israel" Hayom - Lilach Shuval

In the context of increasing the financial viability of the army and in line with the costs' cuts, the General Staff is looking at the present time in the new decree that meets the slogan "A Modest Army" that specifies the current activities executed in the various units in the areas of education, entertainment and culture. Part of the steps that will be included in the decree will be carried out soon, and even some of them were published in "Israel today".

In the context of the reduction, it was decided inter alia, to reduce the excursions of the various units. It was also decided to reduce the farewell parties of the demobilized leaders and prevent almost completely all the celebrations in hotels. In all, the cuts are expected to save 30% of the celebrations' budget.


Source: Al Intiqad Online Newspaper, Translated by moqawama.org