Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "conveyed that additional assistance for the Israeli Defense Forces is now on its way to Israel with more to follow over the coming days," the White House said.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/us-deploying-ships-closer-israel-sends-munitions

Drew Silberman, a 21-year-old Buffalo Grove resident and Stevenson High School grad, flew to Israel on Sunday to join the Israeli Defense Forces as it responds to the Oct. 7 attacks that killed more than 1,000 civilians.

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231011/buffalo-grove-resident-returns-to-israel-to-join-fight-against-hamas

Gadot served in the Israeli Defense Forces before she became an actress.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/violence-breaks-out-after-gal-gadot-holds-screening-film-based-hamas-attack-1721485

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari revealed on Sunday that the IDF had killed “dozens” of Hamas operatives, including Muhamad Qatmash, the deputy head of Hamas’ artillery array in Gaza.

Source: https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/israeli-military-intensifies-gaza-strikes-as-17-day-conflicts-death-toll-reaches-7600/

Israel’s supporters who are pointing to the importance of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operation to counter terror groups are overlooking the elephant in the room.

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/israel/358704/breaking-the-cycle-why-humanity-is-the-only-path-forward-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

Lt Colonel Jonathan Conricus of the Israeli Defense Forces told CNN on Saturday that Hamas is believed to have dozens of hostages in Gaza, but that the chaos of the war made finding an exact figure challenging.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hamas-kidnapping-israeli-soldiers-mothers-b2426054.html

Masafer Yatta, a remarkably barren district with semi-nomadic Bedouin camps, was requested by the Israeli Defense Forces through eminent domain as training grounds.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/03/24/maine-voices-a-liberal-case-for-israel/

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear that the Israeli Defense Forces will eventually restart military operations after the conclusion of the current temporary cease-fire.

Source: https://wtop.com/australia/2023/11/live-updates-israel-and-pakistan-extend-truce-agree-to-free-more-hostages-and-prisoners/

The family of Itay Glisko, 20, told The Daily Beast that the Paramus native who was serving with the Israeli Defense Forces was killed in a border sneak attack by Hamas.

Source: https://nj1015.com/teen-young-men-from-new-jersey-missing-dead-in-israel-after-terror-ambush/

The Israeli Defense Forces have denied any involvement in her killing.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12127731/Pink-Floyds-Roger-Waters-investigated-German-police-dressing-Nazi-Berlin-concert.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Israeli Defense Forces moved into Gaza from the north west along the coast, the north east near Beit Hanoun and across the middle, south of Gaza City.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20415675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

They also provided images showing that the parking lot where the blast occurred did not have a crater in the ground, and no structural damage was dealt to nearby buildings — both of which typically would have been left by an Israeli Defense Forces strike.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/new-york-times-says-it-relied-too-heavily-on-hamas-reporting/