Army

Brad Pitt on screen, retired IDF combat dogs in the seats

HaHolchim BaRosh arranged the screening; it supports Oketz veterans as they transition into civilian life and maintains a community for former unit members.

Veterans of the IDF’s Oketz canine unit brought their retired military dogs to a special screening of Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast at HOT Cinema in Kfar Saba on October 1, 2026.
Moti Leitner, deputy mayor of Beit Shemesh and founder of the Haredi Public Party, at the ‘Jerusalem Post’ studio, August 11, 2026

Israel's ultra-Orthodox community can no longer avoid the hard conversations - opinion

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey on board a C-17 cargo plane that transported Valar Atomics' Ward nuclear microreactor from March Air Force Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah, at Hill Air Force Base.

US Army to build nuclear microreactors on military bases, $2.2 billion awarded to five companies

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir meets with soldiers in southern Lebanon, July 4, 2026.

Israeli youth eager for combat, majority see IDF as victorious - poll


Former general criticizes Canada’s failure to combat antisemitism

Retired General Rick Hillier criticized Canadian leadership for failing to combat antisemitism and fostering hate, warning this inaction threatens all Canadians and societal unity.

 EX-HEAD OF the Canadian military Gen. (ret.) Rick Hillier said he didn’t go far enough in a May 1 ‘National Post’ article, stating Canada is deserting its Jewish citizens as antisemitism proliferates across the country. Uploaded on 23/5/2024

Saudi delegation visits Pakistan to bolster military ties, discuss defense and Gaza cease-fire

Saudi Assistant Defense Minister Al Otaibi visits Pakistan for defense talks, following closely after a trip by Saudi FM to enhance economic ties. Both visits underscore a deepening relationship.

 Pakistan's national flag is mounted on a vehicle of the Chief Minister of Sindh, as a convoy of vehicles is parked during a ceremony to celebrate Independence Day, in Karachi, Pakistan August 14, 2023

Indonesia official: no fatalities in massive fire at military ammunition facility

Indonesian firefighters strugle to extinguish a massive fire that broke out at a military ammunition facility outside of Jakarta.

 Fire breaks out at ammunition depot outside of Jakarta

Smotrich – Gantz is the government's 'weak link'

The US administration wishes to drive a wedge between the government and Israeli society using Gantz, says Smotrich. Knesset discusses the issue of the haredi IDF draft on Monday.

 LEFT: Religious Zionist Party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich. RIGHT: National Unity Party chair, Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi: Questions over future of Ukraine's 'Iron General'

A series of Western and Ukrainian media reports this week said that President Volodymyr Zelensky had asked Zaluzhnyi to step aside this week, a request he declined.

 Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi visits a monument to Holodomor victims during a commemoration ceremony of the famine of 1932-33, in which millions died of hunger, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 25, 2023

IDF reservist: Media weakens our spirit, strengthens Hamas, raises war costs

The reservist criticized the media for creating a disconnect between the public perception and the actual events.

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 30, 2023

Japan ex-soldier wins battle for justice in landmark sexual assault case

The case of 24-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member Rina Gonoi relates to a 2021 incident during her time in the army when she said she was pinned down by three male colleagues.

 Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Self Defence Forces, who has accused colleagues of sexually assaulting her during her time in the military, speaks to Reuters in Yokohama, Japan, December 8, 2023

IDF in Gaza: Israel breaks through 10 out of 24 Hamas battalions

Military gives 1st official estimate of Hamas’s total forces since start of war.

 Israeli soldiers make their way towards Israel's border with Gaza, amid the ongoing ground invasion against Hamas, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

As war rages, Israeli women complain about menstrual irregularities

Irregular menstrual cycles have become common among Israeli women due to stress and uncertainty.


'Never again’: Tel Aviv's controversial billboard campaign

The billboards feature images of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah being held captive by Israeli security forces.

 A large billboard with the words "Never Again" above the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023.