Wounded Haredi soldier completes IDF officers’ course
Haim Treitel, who spent more than a year recovering after being shot in the leg by a Hamas sniper in Gaza, has graduated from the IDF officers’ course.
Haim Treitel, who spent more than a year recovering after being shot in the leg by a Hamas sniper in Gaza, has graduated from the IDF officers’ course.
From encrypted communications and battlefield intelligence to mass-casualty scenarios, Gefen Battalion cadets work behind the scenes to compress the realities of a full combat maneuver into a single week.
Defense Ministry awards contract worth several million shekels to develop tactical strike drones for widespread use by IDF frontline units.
Adm. Brad Cooper praised Israel’s military leadership and cooperation with the US as IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told senior commanders to maintain immediate readiness for a return to combat.
The Shimon Battalion completed its first battalion-level exercise in the Golan Heights as the IDF works to expand recruitment among ultra-Orthodox men
Security forces destroyed the home of the gunman behind the deadly Samaria attack that claimed the lives of IDF soldiers Yuval Ezra and Benayahu Mellet
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah terrorists fired a missile at the patrolling INS Hanit, killing four Navy sailors and severely damaging the vessel in one of the most significant attacks on the Navy in Israeli history.
Conventional night-vision tools frequently produced pixelated, low-contrast imagery that severely degraded targeting capabilities during poor weather and dense fog.
Conventional unarmored IDF Hummers possessed standard engines operating at approximately 160 horsepower, which suffered frequent power failures and delays when ascending steep inclines of Mount Hermon.
The unit can accurately drop up to 16 tons of combat material from an altitude of 25,000 feet directly into a tightly defined 50-meter landing zone.
Thanks to the new system, initial field assessment data indicates a 35% reduction in the time required for a soldier to reach operational proficiency.
IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon located and destroyed an underground Hezbollah weapons shaft, uncovering Kalashnikov-type weapons, missiles, anti-tank launchers, artillery weapons, and RPG rockets.
No other military in the world has successfully integrated heavy, automated earth-moving machinery directly into the tip of its spear for frontline urban breaching operations.
By Hezy Laing In response to escalating geopolitical friction and maritime boundary disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean, Israel has significantly deepened its strategic alliance with
These 450 soldiers are aiming for elite placements, with 75% expressing a direct desire to serve in frontline combat units such as the Golani, Paratroopers, and Kfir brigades.
The IDF plans to increase its automated border security budget to scale these autonomous patrol networks across all northern and southern territorial divisions.
Staff Sergeant I. opens up about serving as a Medical Events Coordinator on Israel’s northern border against Hezbollah—evacuating wounded under fire and leading his team through danger.
Rather than utilizing kinetic ammunition or firing solid projectiles, the Skybeam operates by emitting a targeted cone of concentrated radio frequency (RF) energy.
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy lacks formal medical approval in Israel and the United States, remaining restricted strictly to authorized clinical trial environments.
The turning point came with Operation Iron Wall, launched in January 2025, which replaced two decades of short, intelligence‑driven raids with a sustained ground presence inside the refugee camps.
