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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.

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi (left), Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (center), Israeli Navy commander V.-Adm. David Salama (bottom right), IAF chief Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar (top right) (illustration).

Warnings ignored? IDF commands at odds over Oct. 7 intel failure

 Jenin streets following IDF operations in the city, January 27, 2025.

Inside Jenin: 'Post' embeds inside IDF counterterror ops. in West Bank

By CHEN SCHIMMEL
  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020

Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi praises the bravery of troops fighting in Lebanon, October 3, 2024.

IDF chief Herzi Halevi to step down in March, cites military failure on October 7

 Israeli F-16I Soufa (Storm) on the way to strike Yemen, January 12, 2025.

Israel's 'Desert Giants' Squadron refuel IAF jets on the way to Yemen

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Israel Katz clash (illustrative).

Open war in the defense ministry: Katz and Halevi clash on Oct. 7 probe

 Protesters demonstrating against the High Court ruling calling for yeshiva students to draft to the IDF, June 30, 2024.

High Court hears petition to immediately summon all eligible haredim for IDF service

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned

 IDF Oketz unit soldiers with a dog.

K-9 key roles: US military can learn from IDF Oketz unit, expert says

 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?

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