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Israel Defense Forces

Combined military forces of Israel

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Jan 14, 2026
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DHS has employed IDF agents or professionals with previous ties to the IDF to train ICE agents

The available reporting does not provide evidence that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired active Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel to train U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...

Jan 25, 2026
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Is the us recruiting IDF for ice

There is no reporting in the provided sources showing the is specifically “” () soldiers into ; ICE’s documented push is aimed at U.S. veterans, military enthusiasts and conservative-leaning audiences...

Jan 24, 2026
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ICE IDF

and the are linked through a web of trainings, technology transfers, and shared tactics that critics say normalize militarized policing and surveillance in the ; advocacy groups and multiple reports d...

Oct 5, 2025

Did Israeli snipers shoot children?

Multiple investigations and eyewitness accounts from 2024–2025 allege that Israeli snipers shot and killed unarmed Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including children; a September 2025 inquiry names spe...

Jan 24, 2026

Have Israeli Nationals been arrested for starting forest fires in Patagonia?

Yes — there is documented precedent for an national being arrested over a Patagonia-area wildfire in the past, but claims that “” have been arrested en masse or that Israeli soldiers deliberately set ...

Jan 30, 2026

is ICE receiving training from the IDF

Multiple independent investigations, advocacy groups and news outlets report that officers and other U.S. law‑enforcement personnel have participated in longstanding exchanges, conferences and joint t...

Dec 17, 2025

number of hamas combatants killed

Estimates of how many Hamas combatants have been killed in the Gaza war vary widely—from official Israeli claims of up to about 20,000, to evidence-based tallies of fewer than 9,000 named fighters—bec...

Nov 14, 2025

did hamas kill babies

Claims that Hamas "killed and beheaded dozens of babies" after its October 7, 2023 attack were widely reported early on but have been disputed and described as a hoax by multiple fact‑checking outlets...

Nov 21, 2025

What is the reported civilian-to-combatant death ratio in the 2023-2024 Gaza war?

Multiple independent studies and journalistic investigations report widely differing civilian-to-combatant death ratios for the 2023–24 Gaza war because of different methods, incomplete data and polit...

Nov 4, 2025

What are Fran Drescher's views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Fran Drescher is publicly associated with pro-Israel activity through attendance at events such as Friends of the IDF fundraisers and by virtue of leading SAG‑AFTRA when the union issued statements co...

Nov 3, 2025

How many American-Israeli dual citizens serve in the Israeli military?

Two primary numerical claims circulate in the provided material: one set asserts roughly , while older estimates and advocacy figures claim serve or have served; these claims derive from different sou...

Jan 8, 2026

Are ICE agents trained by Israel

Yes — there is documented, longstanding engagement in which some U.S. law‑enforcement personnel, including ICE officials, have attended trainings, exchanges, and seminars that feature Israeli military...

Nov 21, 2025

israel hannibal directive 7th oct

Reporting from multiple outlets — notably Haaretz, ABC, The Times of Israel, JTA and others — says Israel invoked the so-called “Hannibal Directive” on 7 October 2023, authorising the use of maximum f...

Nov 8, 2025

Who are the biggest individual US donors to pro-Israel organizations?

The assembled analyses identify a recurring set of individual names——as among the largest U.S. donors to pro‑Israel organizations, but the claims vary sharply by source, methodology and timing, produc...

Jan 30, 2026

Is there evidence of Israelis setting fires in Patagonia?

There is no verified, publicly available evidence that intentionally set the ; claims that they did are circulating widely on and have been amplified by Argentine opposition figures, but independent r...

Jan 28, 2026

Which U.S. police and federal agencies have official memorandums or contracts documenting training exchanges with Israeli institutions?

Multiple law-enforcement agencies and federal entities — including local police departments (NYPD, LAPD and others), federal agencies ( and ICE are repeatedly named in reporting), and multi‑jurisdicti...

Nov 7, 2025

How many civilians and soldiers were killed on October 7 2023 in Israel?

On October 7, 2023 a coordinated Hamas assault on southern Israel killed roughly in Israel and resulted in about , according to multiple mainstream reports; most analyses describe the victims that day...

Nov 20, 2025

How many Israeli civilians and others did Israel kill on October 7, 2023 under the Hannibal Directive?

Available reporting does not give a single, undisputed tally of how many Israeli civilians and others were killed by Israeli forces under the Hannibal Directive on 7 October 2023; several reputable in...

Nov 24, 2025

Do American citizens with Israeli dual nationality have mandatory conscription in Israel?

American citizens who also hold Israeli citizenship can be subject to Israel’s mandatory military service rules: Israeli law and multiple practical guides treat dual citizens as Israeli citizens for c...

Dec 16, 2025

How many civilians versus combatants have been killed in Gaza since October 2023?

Different tallies and academic studies disagree sharply on how many Gaza fatalities since 7 October 2023 were civilians versus combatants. Gaza health authorities and the UN report tens of thousands o...