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
Thursday, 15 October 2026
- IDF arrests key terrorist weapons trader in Jenin
- IDF Engineers Destroy 1.5-Kilometer Hamas Tunnel That Crossed Into Israeli-Held Gaza
- Baruch Marzel Defends Ofer Winter: Have You Lost Your Minds?
- EISENKOT’S GAZA PLEDGE: Hamas Will No Longer Rule Within 18 Months Of His Taking Office As Prime Minister
- Prime Minister to convene meeting with defense establishment chiefs
- IDF dismantles terror tunnel crossing Gaza's Yellow Line
- 'Sa’ir Brigades': Israel Police bust suspected Palestinian terror cell in Judea and Samaria
- Negev resident who joined IDF on terror group’s orders sentenced to 24.5 years in prison
- Negev resident who joined IDF on terror group’s orders sentenced to 24.5 years in prison
- ELECTION PLEDGE: Eisenkot Vows To End Hamas Rule In Gaza Within 18 Months
- Indonesia’s Muslim council urges cancellation of Andrea Bocelli shows over Israel ties
- Israel Abandons 'Land for Peace' in New Security Doctrine after October 7
- First Knesset election ballots cast as voting opens at Israel’s missions abroad
- Dublin hotel ‘cancelled 70-room booking for antisemitism conference delegates’
- Ben-Gvir, eyeing Defense Ministry, vows to rewrite IDF ethics code
- WATCH: IDF destroys 1.5 kilometer Hamas tunnel in Gaza
- The Thin Line Between Consulting and Espionage
- Ben Gvir unveils plan to amend IDF's ethical code
- Ben Gvir unveils plan to amend IDF's ethical code
- 2 arrested in Bnei Brak amid rioting at building housing ultra-Orthodox IDF program
- 2 arrested in Bnei Brak amid rioting at building housing ultra-Orthodox IDF program
- Einav Zanguaker: Netanyahu is the Angel of Death of an Entire Nation
- Bedouin man sentenced to 24.5 years for joining IDF to spy for Gazan terror group
- Bedouin man sentenced to 24.5 years for joining IDF to spy for Gazan terror group
- Eisenkot at Gaza Border: I'll Topple Hamas within 18 Months
- Ofer Winter's 2014 Battle Letter Returns in Campaign Ad for Amcha Yisrael
- IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones over Lebanon
- IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones over Lebanon
- IDF kills more than 100 terrorists in northern Gaza operation
- IDF reinforces Judea and Samaria with 98th Division, vows zero tolerance for violence