Yared Ben-Caro

Are the lives of Palestinian children worth bad publicity for the Israeli army? Only Hamas can answer that question...

But the strangest thing of all was that after I exited the small house and checked the roof I could see the smokestacks from a factory in nearby Ashkelon.

We also found an official Hamas "end-of-training" t-shirt, very similar to the t-shirts we receive in the IDF at the end of our advanced training...

In "Police Mode," however, we function much more like an American SWAT team and do our best to capture and interrogate, and assume that human contact is civilian until proven to be a threat.

Everywhere in Gaza there are greenhouses. The Palestinians are genuinely starving to death, and they have greenhouses full of weeds growing in their backyards....

A blinding, hot, white and pink flash seared the alley and shattered all of the windows. It was obvious that if the mine had not been discovered ahead of time it would have easily taken out the entire platoon.

The sun rose, for which I was quite thankful. In my mind sunlight logically equaled warmth, which was a very welcome idea at the moment. I then began to survey my surroundings in the daylight. To the east and south was the beginnings of a town. To my memo...

The entire battalion sat in an auditorium listening attentively to the final speech delivered by the colonel. Suddenly his speech was interrupted. The entire building rocked and the windows shook violently from a massive explosion. There was a moment of s...

I can't tell y'all how shocked I was when I checked the blog and saw SO MANY comments! It is impossible to express how it feels to know that so many people are supporting me and my friends and praying for us...

We're going into Gaza. Paratroopers 890 go in first. And I, with Heavy Weapons and Recon, start the show...