WATCH: 25 moments of 2025 – IDF Edition

December 31, 2025

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.

Hezbollah, hostages, IDF, Iran, Syria

IDF News

IDF publishes casualty figures after a painful year of war

Pentagon awards Boeing $8.6B contract for Israeli F-15IA fighter jets

Israel-Greece-Cyprus

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus deepen military coordination for 2026

terrorist's home

IDF seals terrorist’s home after deadly attack

Overnight IDF operation foils terror plot in Samaria

New pilots join Israeli Air Force in Hatzerim ceremony

Abd al-Hay Zaqout

Key Hamas funding figure eliminated in Gaza strike

drone

IDF foils weapons smuggling attempt on eastern border

Hezbollah terrorists

IDF eliminates three Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon

Lebanon strike

Two Hezbollah terrorists killed in back-to-back IDF strikes

Analysis

How the IAF brilliantly defeated the most advanced air defense systems in the world

Iran (Shutterstock AI)

Turning the Tables: How Israel could exploit its own proxies to fight Iran

Russia‑Ukraine war

IDF watching and learning from the Russia‑Ukraine war

From Gaza Tunnels to Ballistic Missiles – IDF navigates the world’s most complex battlefields

Iranian missiles (Shutterstock)

Round Two – How a second Iran-Israel war would differ from the first

Border Police in Jaffa

Learning from the Oct. 7th failure: Why Israel’s homefront needs a National Guard

US army base in Israel (AI)

U.S. Plans to Build a Military Base in Israel Is Bad News for All

Iranian missiles (Shutterstock)

Iran reportedly placing missiles in Sudan to target Israel

Videos

WATCH: IDF continues to battle Hamas despite the ceasefire

WATCH: IDF receives Iron Beam laser defense system

WATCH: IDF Spearhead Brigade wraps up intense southern Syria deployment

WATCH: IDF destroys more than 4-km of tunnels in northern Gaza

WATCH: 25 moments of 2025 – IDF Edition

WATCH: What Reef left behind – A fallen soldier’s story

WATCH: New details emerge one year after a covert naval raid

WATCH: How the IDF indentifies fallen soldiers for burial

Heroes

‘They fought with courage’ – 2 IDF heroes fall in Gaza battle

‘They fought with courage’ – 2 IDF heroes fall in Gaza battle

Immigrant to Israel and IDF reservist killed in Lebanon

Immigrant to Israel and IDF reservist killed in Lebanon

‘A Zionist in every sense of the word’: American-Israeli lone soldier was determined to be killed on October 7th

‘A Zionist in every sense of the word’: American-Israeli lone soldier was determined to be killed on October 7th

Israeli combat medic on life support for 413 days, dies of injuries

Israeli combat medic on life support for 413 days, dies of injuries

Snapir Unit (IDF)

The Elite Snapir Unit: Israel’s silent guardians of the sea

Noam Bonenfeld (Courtesy)

Noam Bonenfeld – the young IDF reservist who saved a kibbutz

Team Kalmanson

Team Kalmanson: The brothers who rushed to defend Kibbutz Be’eri

Master Sgt. Ran Gvili

The tremendous heroism of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili – the last hostage in Gaza

Weapons

Israel approved billions in military upgrades

Israel approved billions in military upgrades

Civilian drones are revolutionizing IDF urban warfare

Civilian drones are revolutionizing IDF urban warfare

Israel receives 500th aircraft with military supplies from US

Israel receives 500th aircraft with military supplies from US

Israel eyes U.S.-made JASSM missiles in potential strategic shift

Israel eyes U.S.-made JASSM missiles in potential strategic shift

Rex MK II (IDF)

Rex MK II – the IDF’s robotic mule

Two Inches of Surveillance: The tiny drone providing big intelligence

Jaguar

The Future of Border Defense: Jaguar – the robot sentinel that never sleeps

IDF Tank Simulation System (Rafael)

The Evolution of Armor: How IDF tanks are embracing jet fighter tech