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
Monday, 26 October 2026
- 'A step away from disaster': Yitzhar residents demand IDF action after rock attack
- 5 Palestinians said killed in Gaza strikes; IDF targets nine terror operatives
- 5 Palestinians said killed in Gaza strikes; IDF targets two Hamas commanders
- Netanyahu Overruled IDF Chief on Ending Hebron Operation
- IDF breaks silence on reported Netanyahu-Zamir clash: ‘Only professional considerations’
- IDF Responds to Reports of Fierce Clash between Zamir and Netanyahu: Misleading and Irrelevant
- IDF stops short of denying report Zamir, Netanyahu clashed over Iran strike before elections
- IDF stops short of denying report Zamir, Netanyahu clashed over Iran strike before elections
- IDF slays Hamas intel, engineering commanders
- Hundreds of Hebron families displaced by IDF operations, uncertain when they can return - interview
- Hundreds of Hebron families displaced by IDF operations, uncertain when they can return - interview
- IDF finds underground shaft near West Bank home of Hamas terrorist who killed two soldiers
- IDF finds underground shaft near West Bank home of Hamas terrorist who killed two soldiers
- TERRORISTS ELIMINATED: IDF, Shin Bet Kill Mohammed Halawa And Ahmed Abu Odeh In Gaza Strikes
- IDF uncovers mysterious tunnel shaft near Hebron terrorist's home
- IDF uncovers mysterious tunnel shaft near Hebron terrorist's home
- CHEVRON DISCOVERY: IDF Finds 15-Meter-Deep Shaft Near Home of Terrorist Involved in Deadly Attack on Soldiers
- IRAN TENSIONS: Katz Denies Pre-Election Strike Plans and Rift Between Netanyahu and IDF Leadership
- IDF Uncovers 15-Meter Underground Shaft Near Home of Judea Junction Terrorist | WATCH
- Netanyahu, desperate, now tells us we’ll die if we don’t re-elect him
- IDF and ISA Eliminate Hamas Intelligence Commander and Engineering Commander in Gaza City Strikes
- CHEVRON OPERATION: IDF Says Goals Achieved As Netanyahu, Katz Demand It Continue
- Charedi IDF Recruitment Rises as 781 Enlist Since August, Combat Numbers Hit New High
- IDF eliminates two senior Hamas commanders in Gaza strikes
- Not just Iran: Netanyahu defies IDF chief over continuing Hebron operation
- ‘They took a diamond from us, my strength, my soul,’ says heartbroken father of IDF soldier killed at checkpoint
- Turkish Admiral Threatens Israel: We'll Crush the IDF like an Insect
- Yishai Zimmerman Legendary IDF Fighter, Dies at 93
- Senior IDF officers to Winter: 'You could bring down the entire right'
- Senior IDF officers to Winter: 'You could bring down the entire right'