Heroes

Cross-border rescues and war: Inside 669’s grueling path to glory

Trainees practiced complex scenarios, such as extracting wounded soldiers from behind enemy lines and evacuating from armored vehicles or helicopters under simulated combat stress.

Newly married IDF reservist murdered in attempted Hamas kidnapping

A Hamas Telegram channel acknowledged that an attempt to abduct an IDF soldier was foiled, claiming that terrorists stole his weapon instead.

IDF Oded Brigade dedicates Torah scroll to Yoni Netanyahu, hero killed at Entebbe

To understand why Netanyahu’s memory travels with Israeli forces today, you have to go back to June 27, 1976.

5 soldiers killed, 14 wounded in northern Gaza explosion

The troops were not traveling inside an armored vehicle at the time of the blast.

Sgt. Yaniv Michalovich, 19, killed in northern Gaza battle

Michalovitch’s death marks the 881st IDF casualty since the war began.

Heroic pilot parents: How this couple took down Iran’s nukes while their children slept

‘We’re doing this so that our children, and all of Israel’s children, can have a safer future.’

Former hostage Liri Albag’s bold return to the IDF after 477 days in captivity

Liri, who has stayed out of the public eye, is joined by another former observer considering a return to the IDF, though their privacy is being protected.

Iron Connections – a matchmaking service for wounded warriors

The platform has quickly expanded, and today some 1,000 women have registered.

52-year-old rabbinical judge becomes war hero with D9 bulldozer

The public even coined a new verb, “lezarbev” (“to Zarbiv”), meaning the systematic demolition of terrorist infrastructure.

One in eight IDF combat soldiers suffers from PTSD

Nearly half of the 16,500 injured soldiers processed by the Rehabilitation Department since the war began are being treated for PTSD.

7 IDF soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Gaza

An initial IDF probe found that a terrorist attached an explosive device on their APC, which was either detonated remotely or triggered to explode while the soldiers were driving through Khan Younis.

Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, killed in Khan Younis sniper attack

Social media posts echoed the nation’s grief, with users mourning Halfon’s death as a ‘tragic’ loss, noting he was the fourth soldier killed in Gaza within the past week.

Soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 870

The IDF used dozens of trucks and cement mixers to seal off the tunnel system where Mohammed Sinwar was eliminated, pouring in an estimated 250 cubic meters of concrete.