WATCH: Why we defend

May 6, 2025

The IDF’s mission for 77 years has not changed since the heroic battles to found the state. Now it battles to keep the forces of Islamism at bay.

Independence Day, Israel's War of Independence, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

IDF News

IAF pounds Yemen, Sanaa airport attacked

Hamas surrender

Hamas commanders surrender to IDF in Rafah

IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons facility in Lebanon

IDF raids former Syrian Army HQ in Golan

Two soldiers killed, two wounded in Gaza tunnel booby trap

IDF strikes ‘extremist’ group threatening Syrian Druze

Eyal Zamir

IDF Chief honors the fallen and commits to strengthening Israel’s security

Yom Hazikaron

Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers on Yom Hazikaron

IDF in Gaza

Thousands of IDF reservists urge full-scale Gaza invasion to eliminate Hamas

IDF Chief of Staff

IDF General Staff marks Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem

Analysis

Israel’s several-front war—and what comes next

The proxy war trap: Why Israel must target Iran, not get drawn into Yemen

Report: IDF was aware of ‘unusual’ Hamas activity hours before Oct. 7 attack

Why IDF withdrawal from north Gaza must be temporary

IDF Gaza

IDF relearning the basics while modernizing for future threats

IDF Lebanon

How IDF intelligence led to Hezbollah’s defeat

Alma Center Map of Gaza security zones

IDF laying groundwork for long-term control of Gaza Strip – report

Rafah-tunnels

IDF still hasn’t internalized the tunnel threat, experts say

Videos

WATCH: IDF strikes locked and loaded Hamas rocket launchers

WATCH: IDF forces uncover IED lab in Jenin

Hezbollah rockets

WATCH: IDF raids Hezbollah village used to fire hundreds of rockets

Jenin terrorists

WATCH: IDF troops chase terrorist driving backwards

WATCH: Why we defend

WATCH: IDF detonates dozens of mines in northern Israel

WATCH: IDF destroys multiple underground compounds in southern Lebanon

WATCH: IDF troops eliminate 10 terrorists in Jenin raid

Heroes

5 IDF secret units protecting Israelis

5 IDF secret units protecting Israelis

Meet the IDF’s new Chief of Staff!

Meet the IDF’s new Chief of Staff!

TRUE HERO: The ex-IDF soldier who confronted 9/11 attackers

TRUE HERO: The ex-IDF soldier who confronted 9/11 attackers

Fallen IDF hero who prevented attack mourned by hundreds as ‘huge person’

Fallen IDF hero who prevented attack mourned by hundreds as ‘huge person’

Itay Martsiano

Leading on and off the battlefield: The legacy of Itay Martsiano

Oron Shaul

Remains of IDF soldier killed in 2014 found in Gaza, returned to Israel

IDF KIA

Five IDF soldiers slain in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 840

four fallen soldiers in Gaza (IDF spokesperson)

IDF reveals names of four soldiers who fell in Gaza

Weapons

IDF: Drones played major role in Operation Breaking Dawn’s targeting, intelligence gathering

IDF: Drones played major role in Operation Breaking Dawn’s targeting, intelligence gathering

BORDER JUSTICE: IDF busts weapons smugglers

BORDER JUSTICE: IDF busts weapons smugglers

IDF approves use of armed drones to attack terrorists in Judea, Samaria

IDF approves use of armed drones to attack terrorists in Judea, Samaria

Israel’s new Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters boost IDF’s capabilities

Israel’s new Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters boost IDF’s capabilities

JASSM

Israel eyes U.S.-made JASSM missiles in potential strategic shift

Robdozer

Remote-Controlled Warfare: How Israel’s Robotic Bulldozers Are Shaping the Future of Combat

IDF Lebanon

WATCH: IDF forces capture Hezbollah weapons

Hezbollah weapons

WATCH: IDF troops uncover Hezbollah weapon caches near UN compound