IDF Soldiers
IDF expected to make historic change for more inclusive combat soldier profile
While there have been numerous reports over several months suggesting that such a change might be approved, KAN News reported first on Sunday that the decision has finally gone through.
“You are with us for life”: The soldier-run homes rehabilitating Israel's wounded veterans
Is 'Purity of Arms' holding the IDF back? Inside Israel’s battle over military ethics
Former IDF soldier charged for affiliating himself with ISIS, watching terror training videos
Inside the IDF's cutting-edge 'targeting cell' course, shaped by lessons from the Gaza war
MILITARY AFFAIRS: ‘We don’t worry about ICC, foreign arrest warrants, but rather avoid harming civilians due to IDF ethics,’ course commander 'R.' told The Jerusalem Post.
IDF combat engineer who broke marathon records while battling cancer dies at 29
Yoav Shriker had previously broken Israeli records by running a half marathon carrying 35 kg. and a full marathon carrying 32 kg.
The billion–shekel industry celebrating on the backs of pre–army youth
From thousands of shekels on preparation courses for the DAPAR test and interviews to combat fitness training: This is how IDF service became a financial burden on the Israeli family.
Haredi protesters, IDF soldiers clash outside of Military Prison 10 amid draft dodging controversy
The protesters were acting violently, according to the military, and they entered a restricted military area before being forcibly removed.
‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families
“Olim (immigrant) soldiers who come from abroad to Israel do it purely out of a sense of Zionism and because they really want to take part in helping Israel and helping the IDF.”
Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions
Kallner, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told 103FM that he does not think arresting yeshiva students is 'the right way.'
WATCH: Haredi protesters block entrance to IDF's Central Command HQ in Jerusalem
The haredim, who were protesting against mandatory conscription for ultra-Orthodox men, were seen blocking part of the gate, screaming at soldiers, and not letting them through.
West Bank on edge as IDF warns seam line gaps could enable Oct. 7-style terrorist raids
As the IDF fights in Gaza and Lebanon, commanders warn that breached West Bank seam line defenses, drones, and raid plans could turn the area into Israel’s next major front.
IDF soldiers to enter reserve duty immediately following mandatory service - report
"It is illogical and unreasonable in a democratic country to bring in reserve soldiers for another hundred days of reserve duty this year, already in the third year," a senior IDF official told N12.
IDF Paratroopers Brigade conducts heavy equipment drill with transport aircraft into combat zone
Since the beginning of the war two and a half years ago, the Paratroopers Brigade had not practiced landing a paratrooper force with its heavy equipment in a combat zone using transport aircraft.