WATCH: Why we defend

May 6, 2025

The IDF’s mission for 77 years has not changed since the heroic battles to found the state. Now it battles to keep the forces of Islamism at bay.

Independence Day, Israel's War of Independence, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

IDF News

Yair Netanyahu sponsors uplifting BBQ for 300 IDF reservists

The 12-Day War – Israel’s brilliant success

Israel’s ‘Iron Wall’ campaign expands as Nahal Brigade targets terror in Samaria

IDF chief: ‘Focus returns to Gaza,’ as Iran truce holds

Israel using electronic warfare to thwart Iranian drone attacks

IDF chief: ‘Turning point’ reached in Iran campaign

IDF strikes 6 Iranian airbases, thwarts ballistic missile attacks on Israel

hostages

IDF confirms recovery of three hostage bodies in special Gaza operation

Israeli Air Force

Israeli jets destroy Iranian strategic missile command center

idf-judea-and-samaria

IDF expands ‘Operation Iron Wall’ in Samaria

Analysis

Hamas terrorists

Iran in 2 weeks, Gaza in 2 years? Why hasn’t the IDF defeated Hamas?

Has the Iranian nuclear weapons threat been neutralized?

Analysis: The failures that led to the deaths of seven IDF soldiers in Khan Yunis

Iran China partnership

Is China helping Iran fight Israel?

IDF General (Res.) Yiftah_Ron-Tal

IDF General: Chance of civil war between Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards

Iranian power lines near Qom

IAF could target Iranian civilian infrastructure

Iranian soldiers trample Israeli flag

45 Years of hostility – the history of the Iran-Israel conflict

David's Sling

Iran’s new missile strategy – is it working?

Videos

WATCH: IDF air defense units intercepted hundreds of threats during Operation Rising Lion

Mideast Lebanon Gulf Hezbollah

WATCH: IDF assassinates Hezbollah’s money man in south Lebanon

WATCH: IDF dismantles major Hamas tunnel network in Jabaliya

WATCH: Incredible compilation of IDF intercepting Iranian drones

WATCH: IAF continues to dominate Iranian skies a war enters day 5

WATCH: IAF conducts over 600 refueling missions

WATCH: Israel pounds Iran in 48-hour blitz hitting nuclear sites, missiles and launchers

WATCH: IDF intercepts drones by land, sea, and air

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

Rabbi Zarbiv

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

Tired IDF Soldier

One in eight IDF combat soldiers suffers from PTSD

IDF fallen soldiers

7 IDF soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Gaza

Stav Halfon

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

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

5114th Spectrum Battalion

IDF unveils unique new defense system to bring down enemy drones

Israeli search and rescue team

IDF feared 800 Israeli deaths from Iranian response

David's Sling

David’s Sling intercepts Iranian ballistic missile for system’s first long-range kill

Iron Beam

Rafael unveils new Iron Beam laser systems ahead of Paris Air Show