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IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist who worked as journalist in targeted southern Lebanon strike

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the incident, claiming that the strike "violates the most basic principles of international law, international humanitarian law, and the laws of war."

IDF soldiers operate inside an uncovered Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, March 27, 2026.
Members of the forensic team stand near the scene of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.

IDF issues new security guidelines for soldiers traveling abroad after deadly Bondi shooting

Israeli journalist Tal Lev Ram attends a conference on the Israeli army station "Galei Tzahal", in Tel Aviv on September 30, 2025.

Army Radio commander to fight Katz's closure of IDF station before High Court

IDF intercepts fifth Houthi missile from Yemen in last week


Hamas’s refusal to compromise preceded IDF strikes, sources say

In Israel, there is hope that the US will now apply pressure on the mediators and that the mediators will then apply pressure on Hamas.

 Hamas terrorists seen in Gaza City, February 28, 2025

IDF targets last Hamas strongholds in Tel al-Sultan, uncovers weapons and tunnels

The Tel al-Sultan battalion was a major part of Hamas's Rafah Brigade.

  162nd Division in the Tel Al-Sultan Area.

What is new about latest IDF intel. disclosure failures?

"We have known for several months...one could not help but view many of the disclosures as an attempt by the media to reinvent a story."

 IDF troops conduct intelligence operations in pursuit of terrorist, March 31, 2024.

After intelligence commander resignation: Halevi needs to stabilize IDF's top command

New head of Military Intelligence must be highly experienced. Major General Fuchs may be suited to take over from Haliva in light of October 7.

 Yehuda Fuchs speaks during his swearing in ceremony held at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on August 11, 2021

The IDF brass must understand responsibility - opinion

Five months into this war, how are high-ranking officers still safe in their jobs while shamelessly reprimanding those below them?

 IDF CHIEF OF STAFF Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi delivers a statement to the media at an army base in the South.

IDF, Gallant: We convinced cabinet of deep Gaza invasion

Defense sources losing patience with cabinet ‘hypocrisy’

IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip

IDF to increase mandatory service, reserve duty amid war in Gaza

Besides the extension of service time, reservists will also need to serve 40 days per year instead of 25 days per year.

 IDF to increase mandatory service, reserve duty amid war in Gaza

Communications Ministry funds network reception for bomb shelters

The transmitters provide radio reception coverage from Metulla to Beersheba, extending into protected areas and shelters.

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends digital journalism Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023.

In Israel, it's not January 1st, it's October 86th - comment

The best we can do is raise a toast in the hope that October 86th will soon make way for a date in January or February to be determined.

 People hold photographs of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as they attend a protest calling for the government to find a solution to have the hostages released, outside the Hakirya Base (Military Defense Headquarters) in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2023

IDF reservists say they're still under-equipped as 50,000 vests arrive

Amid concerns of equipment shortage, the IDF intends to distribute tens of thousands of much-needed vests, helmets, and other defensive items in the coming days.

 Israeli soldiers walk past Israeli tanks near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023.