WATCH: 25 moments of 2025 – IDF Edition
Throughout 2025, the IDF fought terror on its borders, including a direct war with Iran that crippled its ballistic and nuclear capabilities and secured the return of all but one hostage from Gaza.
Throughout 2025, the IDF fought terror on its borders, including a direct war with Iran that crippled its ballistic and nuclear capabilities and secured the return of all but one hostage from Gaza.
The IDF continues to operate within the Yellow Line in Gaza, maintaining security across Israeli-controlled territory while clearing the area of weapons and remaining terrorists.
The Israel Defense Forces have just received the world’s first operational laser air-defense system, Iron Beam, adding a new layer to their already multifaceted defenses by enabling cheaper and more precise interceptions.
After more than 100 days in southern Syria, the Spearhead Brigade (55) completed dozens of operations securing the Golan Heights, confiscating heavy weapons and ammunition, and eliminating dozens of terrorists.
Israel’s Northern Brigade, operating in northern Gaza’s Yellow Line area, eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed over four kilometers of Hamas tunnels, and uncovered mortar bombs hidden under a children’s blanket.
Reef Harush fell in 2024, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and selflessness that continues to inspire his family and friends as they honor his memory.
A year after a covert Shayetet 13 raid deep in northern Lebanon, the IDF has revealed new details showing how the abduction of a Hezbollah-linked ship captain helped expose the group’s secret maritime terror program.
Israeli laboratories use fingerprints, dental imaging, and genetic testing to identify fallen soldiers, ensuring that every individual receives a proper burial, surrounded by family and friends for a final farewell.
Following the lessons of October 7, Israel has overhauled training for its community rapid-response teams, placing civilian defenders through intensive drills led by elite IDF units.
Thousands of families across Israel navigate daily life with a significant piece missing, as many fathers are called up for reserve duties, making home life challenging and emotionally difficult.
In recent weeks, the IDF conducted operations in the Yellow Line area of eastern Rafah, dismantling Hamas terror infrastructure and seizing weapons and surveillance equipment.
After losing his leg in a devastating explosion during combat in Gaza, Yoav Tzivoni shares a powerful story of survival, faith, stoic resilience, and the healing strength of community that transformed tragedy into hope.
In a joint IDF–Shin Bet strike on Saturday, Israeli forces eliminated Ra’ad Sa’ad, Hamas’s head of weapons production and a central architect of the October 7 massacre, dealing a severe blow to the group’s ability to rebuild and rearm.
Since early October, the IDF has struck around 40 Hezbollah terrorists across 30 locations in southern Lebanon—targeting those rebuilding terrorist infrastructure after more than 1,900 ceasefire violations—and vows to continue neutralizing every threat to Israel.
Israel and the U.S. Fifth Fleet capped off their five-day ‘Intrinsic Defender’ drill with a hard-hitting display of joint naval strength, sharpening everything from mine-clearing to takeover ops to deepen their strategic grip on regional seas.
In Beit Hanoun, the IDF’s elite Yahalom engineering unit demolished a Hamas tunnel stretching roughly a kilometer, removing a significant piece of the terror group’s underground infrastructure.
Through Sari Dov’s ‘House of Heroes,’ wounded Israeli soldiers rebuild their bodies, confidence, and sense of mission as they transition from hospital beds back to fighters in spirit.
After months of intelligence work, the Shin Bet, IDF, and Israel Police uncovered a Tulkarm-based terrorist network stockpiling rockets and explosives for attacks on Israeli forces.
Israeli forces in southern Lebanon demolished an old Hezbollah attack shaft and a weapons depot, uncovering mortar rounds inside and eliminating any chance the terror group could use the sites in future attacks.
Over two weeks, Israeli forces carried out a counterterrorism sweep in northern Samaria, killing six terrorists, arresting dozens, and confiscating weapons and terror funds.
