Army

Discover the central Arava: Israel’s desert haven for wellness and renewal

Israel’s central Arava offers a unique escape, wellness retreats, wildlife sanctuaries, and a desert that restores body and mind.

At sunset, the private plunge pools of  Amara Tzukim’s couples’ neighborhood  glow against the desert landscape, capturing the intimacy and stillness of a  night in the Central Arava.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.Eyal Zamir addresses an IDF Ground Forces forum, December 31, 2025.

'Disconnected from reality': IDF officers criticize Eyal Zamir in closed Ground Forces forum

mechina participants volunteer with IDF 370

Pre-military programs are Israel’s key to building future leaders - opinion

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns speaks during a condolence motion following the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in the Legislative Assembly at Parliament House in Sydney, Australia, December 22, 2025.

NSW Premier doesn't rule out deploying army to protect Sydney’s Jewish community


'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin

Storm-Z is an unofficial term used by Russian troops, combining a term for assault troops with the letter Z, adopted by the military as a symbol of their invasion of Ukraine.

Russian servicemen take part in the ceremony marking the beginning of the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 13, 2022.

IDF's Givati Tzabar 'ready for anything' after northern warfare training

Much of Givati has been deployed in the Gaza Strip area, but Tzabar has been preparing for its redeployment to the north.

 IDF's Givati Tsabar 'ready for anything' after northern warfare training

American World War 2 veteran’s remains finally identified

Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney will be buried in New York next week on Tuesday.

Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), during the Battle of Midway, June 1942, shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers.

The next generation is gravitating towards authoritarianism, not democracy

The youngest generation, more so than the two previous, believe authoritarianism and autocracy are good ways to run a country.

 A person holds a banner with the joined faces of a portrait of Vladimir Putin and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an anti-war protest, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Barcelona, Spain, February 24, 2022

US military jet crashes near San Diego during training flight

It was not immediately clear what caused the F/A-18 Hornet's crash, ABC News and Fox News reported.

 A right side view of three Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in flight.

Top Israeli navy generals publicly punished by IDF for callup refusal

A statement from the IDF said that the two had said they did not want to continue their service due to the disputed judicial legislation.

Soldiers are seen inside the INS Magen, the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 6 corvette missile ship.

Poland plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

"We move the army closer to the border with Belarus to scare away the aggressor so that it does not dare to attack us," Blaszczak said.

 Polish soldier squats ahead of a press conference, a week before the National Army Day Parade, at Wesola military base in Warsaw, Poland, August 8, 2023.

'This is my Israel': Standing by moments of Zionism and love - opinion

This is the Israel that I’m holding onto, as my tears of pride and fear mingle and I look to a future filled with these incredibly devoted soldiers standing up for their country, our country.

 PARATROOPERS BRIGADE SOLDIERS attend a swearing-in ceremony at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem.

Thousands of recruits join IDF combat units this summer

478 of the new soldiers are recent immigrants, the majority of whom are lone soldiers.

 A new soldier on recruitment day into the IDF.

Gallant speaks to Austin, Halevi with CENTCOM chief amid IDF crisis

The US military is checking in with the IDF to see how much joint operations may be impacted by the IDF reservists’ quitting movement.

 IDF RESERVISTS and activists protest judicial reform, outside the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, March 2.