Happy Israeli soldiers on Merkava tank hold a shell near Gaza Strip
Israeli Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Israeli soldiers grief for the lost their comrade in arms
International Red Cross personal driving a vehicle visit Sderot Israel.
Israel's navy vessel the INS Hanit returns to the port of Ashdod Israel
IDF Mobile Cannon unit is retaliating by firing rockets into North Gaza Strip
Shayetet 13 Special operations unit of the Israeli Navy
sraeli air force F-16 using Illumination flares a defensive mechanisms
Search and Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command search through a fallen building rubble for survivors
New Givati soldiers are being recruited and selected for the new Elite Givati Unit "The Desert Patrol"
Israeli soldier combatant charge out of a smoke screen
Israeli military helicopter CH-53 Sikorsky picks up a soldier after rescuing an injured soldier from the field
Israeli infantry soldiers preparing to enter Gaza Strip
Aerial bombing explosion over Gaza Strip
Sayeret Matkal Special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Troops Partially Withdraw from Gaza after Cease-Fire Announced
Aerial bombing explosion over Gaza Strip
Israeli special forces soldier aressting Palestinian terrorist
Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defense system for first time
Boeing 747 plane is fueling F-15 E Srike Eagle airplanes
Israeli Army Withdrawals Some Troops from Gaza
Israeli artillery soldier in action
Israeli Troops Pullout from Gaza
The Best Israeli IAF Pilots
Search and Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command search through a fallen building rubble for survivors
Silhouette of an army soldier preparing his tank and weapons at sunset
Sayeret Matkal Special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces
Israeli special forces put military camouflage face paint
Israeli army attack dog of Oketz unit canine special forces of the Israel Defense Forces
Israeli soldiers are patrolling the Israeli-Gaza border
Merkava Tank
Army Helicopter Rescue
Israeli people lying beside Qassam rocket on mass casualty scenario held by the IDF
Israeli tank commander drive on top of an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Merkava tank in Nachal Oz Israel
Israeli Troops Wait for Truce Outcome
sraeli soldiers on Merkava tank near Gaza Strip
Israeli Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle takeoff
Search and Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command search through a fallen building rubble for survivors
Pilots of Israeli Air Force in GraduatIon Ceremony
British Special Air Service Regiment of the British Army dress as Militia during military show in London UK
Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship Assault
Israeli Troops Pullout from Gaza
British Army soldier stands with a gun near an army vehicle
Israeli Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter landing special forces
Qassam rocket strike damaged house in Sderot Israel
Israeli artillery M109 howitzer fire into Gaza Strip
Special forces elite unit 669
Palestinians terrorists war prisoners
IDF Mobile Cannon unit is retaliating by firing rockets into North Gaza Strip
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
IDF patrol along Gaza strip border fence
War photography photo gallery of Rafael Ben Ari war correspondent photographer who documented the ongoing military conflict in the middle east between the state of Israel and the Muslim Arab nations surrounding it since the early 2000’s for a decade. Rafael have been a photojournalist and war photographer for over a decade in Israel and the middle east.My work often was involves documenting the human cost of war in Israel, including the suffering of Israeli civilians and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers. I have documented the armed conflict between I Israel and the Muslim Arab world surrounding it. He was an eye witness in to the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip in 2005 when the Israeli government dismantle all 21 Israeli settlements there and created refugees camps for the evacuated settlers. Rafael has photographed hundreds of Palestinians rocket attacks with casualties and property damages in Israel state.He has documented terror attacks on Israeli civilians and many military operations of retaliation. Rafael documented the first day that the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants in 2006 in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border till the day he was return back home in 2011 from captivity as part of a prisoner exchange deal. In 2006 he documented the Lebanon War between Hezbollah and Israel.

