Major Ella Waweya, the IDF’s highest-ranking Muslim Arab woman, has been appointed the military’s next Arabic-language spokesperson, a move that underscores Israel’s push to strengthen its strategic messaging across the Arab world.
The video shows armed Hamas terrorists being transported in a Palestinian ambulance, where they link up with other terrorists carrying weapons—further exposing the use of medical vehicles for terrorist activity.
Over the past year, the IDF’s Shahaf (869) collection unit operating under Division 91 has killed roughly 60 Hezbollah terrorists and dismantled dozens of terror sites, weapons depots, and observation posts—systematically blocking the group’s attempts to rebuild in southern Lebanon.
After losing his son Shay in Gaza in October 2023, a grieving Rafael now marks his loss by receiving the rifle his son carried—an unbearable final link to a life cut short.
During operations in southern Gaza, IDF forces uncovered roughly 110 mortar shells, several rockets, and additional weapons concealed inside blankets and UNRWA humanitarian aid bags.
After more than 800 long, grueling days, the IDF completed its mission of bringing all Israeli citizens home—alive or fallen—a testament to its resolve and sense of duty.
IDF forces demolished the home of terrorist Mahmoud Abed in the village of Halhul, who carried out the July 10, 2025, shooting attack at the Gush Junction that murdered Shalev Zevuluni.
IDF forces conducted targeted operations across southern Lebanon, destroying Hezbollah weapons depots, an anti-tank missile warehouse, and a launch building used to fire on Israeli territory.
IDF forces in eastern Khan Yunis destroyed a large underground tunnel compound containing living quarters and a large weapons stockpile—including grenades, Kalashnikov rifles, RPGs, explosives, and combat gear.
Hundreds of soldiers and personnel were involved in the high-stakes operation to recover the last hostage from Gaza, Ran Gvili, who was found in a Gaza cemetery after extensive searches in the area.
Although all hostages have been returned home, IDF troops continue to fight an enemy attempting to rebuild and reassert its power amid the shattered rubble of Gaza, underscoring the need for constant vigilance and border defense.
A Holocaust survivor drafted into the IDF after moving to Israel recounts his journey to the Holy Land and the legacy he built, as both his son and grandson followed him in serving to protect the Jewish state.
IDF forces carried out raids across several villages, arresting 11 suspects—including four arms dealers—and seizing weapons, explosives, and terror funds.
The Israeli Navy thwarted multiple attempts by civilian flotillas to break the IDF’s siege on Gaza, imposed to stop weapons smuggling—something that could have quickly turned deadly.
After two years, the IDF announced it had located the body of the last hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, found in a cemetery after intelligence obtained from a captured terrorist revealed the location.
After hundreds of soldiers were killed and thousands wounded in the effort to recover Israel’s precious hostage taken on October 7, these well-deserving troops finally allowed their emotions and tears to flow.
Israeli forces operating in southern Gaza seized explosives, weapons, and launchers and completed the destruction of a four-kilometer terror tunnel network containing arms caches and lodging rooms.
Israel Defense Forces forces operating east of the Yellow Line uncovered and destroyed a one-kilometer Hamas attack tunnel containing weapons and terrorist infrastructure.
Israel’s 1981 attack on Iraq’s nuclear reactor was a bold preventive operation that reshaped Middle Eastern security by stopping a nuclear weapons program before it could begin.
The IDF eliminated a senior Hezbollah terrorist responsible for concealing weapons within civilian infrastructure and carried out strikes on multiple weapons caches hidden in several villages.
