IDF
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were founded in 1948 and rely on compulsory service and a large reserve system. This hub gathers reporting on the IDF from across Israel's newsrooms: operations in Gaza, Lebanon and beyond, military spokesperson statements, names of fallen soldiers, senior appointments and debates over conscription and reserve duty.
Earlier coverage
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- IDF targets two suspects in Gaza who posed ‘immediate threat’
- MASSIVE FRAUD: 21 Arrested In Suspected Multimillion-Shekel IDF Scam During Gaza War
- SOUTHERN LEBANON: IDF Dismantles Over 540 Hezbollah Terror Sites, Seizes 150 Weapons
- IDF gives detained Chabad students a choice: enlist or face prison
- 21 arrested in multimillion-shekel fraud probe involving IDF operations in Gaza
- IDF to establish space division as Katz touts 'blue-and-white Star Wars'
- Over 540 terrorist infrastructure sites destroyed in southern Lebanon security zone
- WATCH: IDF hits Hezbollah truck hauling weapons from cleared depot
- Katz: IDF to launch ‘blue-and-white Star Wars’ space division
- IDF: Lebanese Army failed to dismantle Hezbollah weapons site
- Netanyahu: Arrests are sabotaging Haredi IDF enlistment
- IDF appoints first commander of new Space Division as Israel eyes galactic warfare
- IDF appoints first commander of new Space Division as Israel eyes galactic warfare
- WATCH: IDF soldiers recall the Rafah firefight that ended Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
- 64,000 haredi draft dodgers could face tougher penalties
- 64,000 haredi draft dodgers could face tougher penalties
- WATCH: IDF destroys three Hamas weapons depots across Gaza
- IDF exposes Lebanes Army failures against Hezbollah
- IDF exposes Lebanese Army failures against Hezbollah
- Gaza: IDF strikes three Hamas weapons sites
- Some 50 Hassidim detained at Ben-Gurion Airport upon arrival from New York for draft evasion
- Netanyahu: Arrests of haredi draft evaders 'unacceptable,' undermine IDF enlistment efforts
- Millions taken from IDF? Major wartime fraud investigation exposed
- Millions taken from IDF? Major wartime fraud investigation exposed
- Israel unveils new IDF ‘Space Force’ to prepare for warfare beyond Earth
- Weapons, millions of shekels in drugs seized by police in major blow to Abu Latif syndicate
- Weapons, millions of shekels in drugs seized by police in major blow to Abu Latif syndicate
- 21 civilians, IDF personnel arrested in suspected multimillion-shekel Gaza war contract fraud
- Family of fallen soldier alleges IDF failures in Lebanon
- Family of fallen soldier alleges IDF failures in Lebanon