IDF Chief of Staff – war with Iran not over
Israel’s military doctrine under Zamir is shifting toward long-term strategic containment of Iran.
Syria
Small Druze population plays vital role in IDF
Over 80% of Druze men enlist in the IDF.
Defense Minister: Syrian regime could turn on Israel
Syria’s reliance on jihadist groups that could be used against Israel is a red flag.
IDF redeploying troops from Gaza to the Golan Heights
Some 262 Druze civilians were recently massacred in Syria.
Israeli airstrikes protect Druze communities following vicious assaults by Syrian regime soldiers
Videos circulated on social media showed pro-regime fighters forcibly shaving the moustaches of captured Druze militiamen, Druze clerics, and even the corpses of Druze men.
WATCH: IDF operates in various arenas
The IDF continues to counter emerging threats along Israel’s borders, applying hard-earned lessons from over two years of war—addressing dangers in real time rather than allowing them to fester.
Israel captures Quds Force cell in southern Syria operation
Israel sent forces into the 235 sq km buffer zone to prevent Syrian rebels from approaching the border when the regime of Bashar Assad collapsed in December.
WATCH: IDF destroys old outposts in southern Syria
IDF forces from the ‘Mountains’ Brigade (810), operating under Division 210, demolished key Syrian regime outposts along the Hermon crest—eliminating direct threats to Israeli positions and stepping up proactive operations to secure the Golan Heights.
Israeli forces capture Iranian terrorists in Syria
In addition, during the operation, Israeli forces discovered weapons in the area where the terrorists were apprehended, including several firearms and grenades.
Israel arrests terror suspects in southern Syria raid
The army also released footage and photos of the operations.
WATCH: IDF apprehends Hamas members, weapons in Syrian territory
In a covert nighttime raid in Syria, IDF forces captured Hamas terrorists plotting attacks against Israeli civilians and troops, seizing a cache of weapons and transferring the suspects to Israel for interrogation.
IDF drone strike targets Hamas terrorist in Syria
Since the fall of the Assad regime on Dec. 8, 2024, Israel has taken up positions inside and beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone, including on the strategic Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
WATCH: IDF provides critical medical service to 500 Syrian Druze
IDF forces have operated a mobile medical facility near Khathar in southern Syria, treating over 500 locals, mainly from the Syrian-Druze community, while reinforcing Golan Heights security.
WATCH: Belongings and documents of Israeli spy Eli Cohen returned home
In a daring covert mission, the Mossad retrieved Syria’s long-guarded intelligence archive on legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen—over 2,500 never-before-seen documents, photos, personal items, and even his handwritten will—on the day of his 60th anniversary of his execution, shedding new light on his heroic legacy and Israel’s unbreakable resolve.
WATCH: IDF soldiers recite kaddish over remains of repatriated soldier
In a special mission, the IDF and Mossad located and repatriated the body of Sgt. Zvika Feldman from Syria.
WATCH: Incredible footage shows Israeli forces raiding underground missile complex in Syria
The Israeli Air Force’s Shaldag Unit and Unit 669 destroyed a missile manufacturing facility in Masyaf, Syria, producing Iranian-designed surface-to-surface missiles for the Syrian army and Hezbollah.
Israeli commandos destroyed missile factory in Syria in just 20 minutes
The IDF: ‘This operation stands as one of the IDF’s most audacious and perilous commando missions conducted beyond Israel’s borders.’
IDF secretly destroyed Iranian missile lab in Syria
Israeli commandos raided an Iranian-backed weapons manufacturing site, deep in Syrian territory, in late September.
WATCH: Druze leader in Syria gifts symbolic patch to IDF soldier
Several Druze leaders in border villages between Syria and Israel have voiced their preference to join Israel, rejecting the prospect of living under the rule of Islamist extremists.
WATCH: IDF tanks converge in southern Syrian villages
Israeli military forces have dramatically escalated their presence in southern Syria, deploying tanks, bulldozers, and a substantial convoy into the Yarmouk Basin in Daraa countryside.
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