IDF Medical Corps

IDF overhauls pre-draft medical screening checks during military conscription process with AI

The IDF is overhauling its pre-draft medical screening to streamline the process, remove unnecessary exams, and introduce new tests for better accuracy and efficiency in preparing draft candidates.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Young Israelis arrive to the Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2020.
IDF helmet developed to get neuro feedback relating to PTSD.

IDF launches medical revolution with AI-PTSD treatment, whole blood drone delivery

The IDF's medical research tech commander updates the Post on post-war developments, as the improvements are settled to help soldiers with PTSD treatment and whole blood delivery in battle field.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Captain Dr N of 51st Battalion Golani during his service

Saving lives under fire: A Brazilian doctor’s journey from Brazil to the IDF - interview

"To be a doctor, to be in those places and still do good medicine, to give them a smile and a shoulder they can lean on, it's amazing," He said.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
An Israeli female soldier is seen in an army deployment area near Israel-Gaza border.

Influencing in uniform: IDF's soldier-influencers go viral

Young IDF soldiers are turning to social media to share their service, but rising backlash, strict new army rules, and the risks of going viral in uniform are reshaping what they can say online.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

IDF delays implementing new protocols for immigrant physicians

Set to begin January 1, the law would have raised the draft age and increased the length of service for immigrant doctors

DECEMBER 21, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Dr. Michel Alimi (second from the right) with a team of other French medical professionals.

American-Israeli siblings appeal for world's help to save brother

"Three years ago, I lost my father to brain cancer after a short year-long battle, and I don’t want to have to go through that again with my brother."

DECEMBER 15, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
(L-R) Tali Zmora, Coral Zmora, Gal Zmora, Ben Zmora

Between a rock and a hard place: A night with IDF's search-and-rescue unit

A night with Israel’s Search-and-Rescue Unit as it practices rescuing soldiers and civilians among destroyed buildings

NOVEMBER 5, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
THE WRITER being ‘rescued’ by members of the Search-and-Rescue Unit

WATCH: Crowd cheers for IDF rescuers in Mexico

Israel extended its support to the Latin American country and sent an IDF delegation to assist victims of the disaster.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
An IDF rescue delegation sets out to Mexico to assist in search and rescue efforts following the massive earthquake that struck the country.

Life-saving cooperation

The bottom line is that when someone calls an emergency service number for an ambulance, he may not reach the emergency personnel who are closest to the victim.

MARCH 5, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MDA on the scene at the a-Zaim checkpoint

‘Post-truth’: Why Jew-haters will adore 2016's Word of the Year

NOVEMBER 22, 2016ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

IDF general to engage Palestinians' questions on Facebook

“I want to be in direct communication with you and answer your questions,” Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai said.

NOVEMBER 22, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai

Ethiopian Lt. Colonel makes IDF history

Lt.Col. Avraham Yitzhak has been nominated as first Ethiopian Colonel.

NOVEMBER 21, 2016ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Lt. Col. Avraham Yitzhak

UN peacekeepers to attend Israeli field medicine forum

The seminar, due to take place in the next few weeks, will focus on Israeli-developed life-saving techniques on the battlefield.

NOVEMBER 5, 2016ByANNA AHRONHEIM
DOCTORS HELP an injured resident at the IDF field hospital in Kathmandu in 2015.

Jerusalem Post Letters to the Editor: IDF chief rabbi

When you read the story, you notice that Abdullah accomplished everything by using Palestinian educational facilities.

JULY 16, 2016ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters