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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the military force responsible for safeguarding the security of the State of Israel. Comprising of ground, air, and naval components, the IDF plays a central role in defending Israel's borders, conducting operations, and maintaining a state of readiness.

 IAF pilots sit in their jet preparing for strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, December 26, 2024.

How Israel's Air Force prepared for attack on Yemen's Sana'a airport

 Barak MX Launcher

Slovakia to purchase Israel's Barak MX air defense system for €560 million

 Former agents from Israel's Mossad detail how they built and sold explosive pagers to Hezbollah terrorists

'Don’t mess with us': Mossad details Israeli pager attack on 60 Minutes

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.

New Syrian government bans Iranians from flying over country

IDF infantry soldiers train in urban warfare along the Syrian border, Golan Heights, December 17, 2024

Defense Ministry announces over 75,000 wounded, 13,500 during current war

 Supporters of Yemen's Houthis attend a rally in solidarity "with the people of Gaza" in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on December 13, 2024.

Israel is likely to finally respond to Yemen's Houthis, 'Post' has learned

 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) new passive high-performance gunfire detection system (GDS): OTHELLO-P.

Israel’s defense tech sector showcases Israel’s pioneering edge

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy is shown at its home port of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US, May 18, 2023.

US to probe Spanish port for reportedly refusing shipments of arms to Israel

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 25, 2024.

The returning threat: How the IDF disabled Hezbollah's ability to rearm

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Katz gets approval to build Jordan fence to block Iranian plots

 The scene of a drone impact in Eilat.

Iraqi militia, Houthi threat should not be minimalized

 A F-15 fighter jet flies during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023.

How does the IDF designate, demolish terror targets among civilian structures?

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 17, 2018.

Oct. 7 activation of Hamas SIM cards at heart of PMO investigations

  Damage in Israel's North following multiple Hezbollah rocket barrages on September 22, 2024

Hezbollah attacks on Israel quadrupled since October, research finds

By YOAV ETIEL
 The Arrow 3 air defense system, used for the first time on November 9, 2023, to intercept a missile fired at Eilat by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Israel, Germany move toward 2025 delivery of Arrow missile defense system

 Leopard 2 tank equipped with Israel's Trophy system, October 29, 2024.

First German 'Leopard 2' tank equipped with Israeli 'Trophy' defense system launched

 A drone is seen during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on October 4, 2023.

Israel struggling with growing drone threat, experts say, calling for urgent upgrades

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left), Director General of the IMoD, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir (center), inspectin new Israeli drone technology, October 15, 2024.

Ex-IDF air defense chief Ran Kochav to 'Post': How to solve drone problem after Golani base disaste

 THE RABIN ARAVA crossing between Jordan and Israel, north of Eilat.

'We would be alone in a catastrophe': Arava, Eilot regional council residents fear Oct. 7 scenario

By Peled Arbeli
 A Palestinian man extinguishes fire at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 6, 2024.

UN inquiry accuses Israel of crime of 'extermination' in destruction of Gaza health system

By REUTERS
 Soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, 9-Oct-2024.

Hezbollah rockets harm civilians despite IDF operations; Gallant: our strike will be suprising

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