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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the military force responsible for safeguarding the security of the State of Israel. Comprising of ground, air, and naval components, the IDF plays a central role in defending Israel's borders, conducting operations, and maintaining a state of readiness.

IDF infantry soldiers train in urban warfare along the Syrian border, Golan Heights, December 17, 2024

Defense Ministry announces over 75,000 wounded, 13,500 during current war

 Supporters of Yemen's Houthis attend a rally in solidarity "with the people of Gaza" in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on December 13, 2024.

Israel is likely to finally respond to Yemen's Houthis, 'Post' has learned

 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) new passive high-performance gunfire detection system (GDS): OTHELLO-P.

Israel’s defense tech sector showcases Israel’s pioneering edge

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy is shown at its home port of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US, May 18, 2023.

US to probe Spanish port for reportedly refusing shipments of arms to Israel

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 25, 2024.

The returning threat: How the IDF disabled Hezbollah's ability to rearm

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Katz gets approval to build Jordan fence to block Iranian plots

 The scene of a drone impact in Eilat.

Iraqi militia, Houthi threat should not be minimalized

 A F-15 fighter jet flies during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023.

How does the IDF designate, demolish terror targets among civilian structures?

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 17, 2018.

Oct. 7 activation of Hamas SIM cards at heart of PMO investigations

  Damage in Israel's North following multiple Hezbollah rocket barrages on September 22, 2024

Hezbollah attacks on Israel quadrupled since October, research finds

By YOAV ETIEL
 The Arrow 3 air defense system, used for the first time on November 9, 2023, to intercept a missile fired at Eilat by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Israel, Germany move toward 2025 delivery of Arrow missile defense system

 Leopard 2 tank equipped with Israel's Trophy system, October 29, 2024.

First German 'Leopard 2' tank equipped with Israeli 'Trophy' defense system launched

 A drone is seen during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on October 4, 2023.

Israel struggling with growing drone threat, experts say, calling for urgent upgrades

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left), Director General of the IMoD, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir (center), inspectin new Israeli drone technology, October 15, 2024.

Ex-IDF air defense chief Ran Kochav to 'Post': How to solve drone problem after Golani base disaste

 THE RABIN ARAVA crossing between Jordan and Israel, north of Eilat.

'We would be alone in a catastrophe': Arava, Eilot regional council residents fear Oct. 7 scenario

By Peled Arbeli
 A Palestinian man extinguishes fire at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 6, 2024.

UN inquiry accuses Israel of crime of 'extermination' in destruction of Gaza health system

By REUTERS
 Soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, 9-Oct-2024.

Hezbollah rockets harm civilians despite IDF operations; Gallant: our strike will be suprising

 An Israeli emergency responder stands at the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, damaged a residential apartment building when it landed in Israel, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Yam, northern Israel, October 8, 2024.

IDF discusses returning northern resident as Hezbollah hits Haifa area with over 200 rockets

 IDF generals Dado Bar Kalifa and Dan Goldfus.

Two IDF generals promoted to rank of Major-General

 Head of Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Liberman speaks at the Reichman University. October 7, 2024.

Liberman: Occupy southern Lebanon until Hezbollah not a threat

 People stand around apparent remains of a ballistic missile lying in the desert, following an attack by Iran on Israel, near the southern city of Arad, Israel October 2, 2024.

'Defense is more expensive than offense': The cost of Iran's missile attack and Israel's defense

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