Israeli military chief

'Budget games': How Israel lost chance to purchase 12 Apache helicopters despite US support

Despite pressure from the IDF Chief of Staff and flexibility from the US Defense Department, Israel missed its place on the production line for an initial purchase of 12 advanced Apache helicopters.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
A Dutch Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter takes part in a combat display during a press day for the military exercise Aurora 26 at the Revingehed training field outside Lund in Skane, Southern Sweden on April 29, 2026.
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IDF chief Eyal Zamir's battle against indiscipline is essential to Israel’s war effort - opinion

Why IDF chief Eyal Zamir’s crackdown on unauthorized symbols is about protecting the IDF’s professionalism and chain of command in wartime

|ByANDREW FOX
IDF chief Eyal Zamir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen during a military briefing, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 30, 2025

Netanyahu was mistaken to appoint Zamir as IDF chief, officials close to PM claim - KAN

Netanyahu reportedly told Zamir that the military chief is "right about some things, but is still subordinate to the political echelon," during a meeting on Tuesday, KAN reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Record producer David Foster, left, and entertainment executive Haim Saban speak onstage at Friends of The Israel Defense Forces Western Region Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2018.

In the wake of a leadership shake-up, FIDF doubles down on a disputed claim to reassure donors

For donors, the picture is even murkier: Beyond FIDF and LIBI, there are dozens of other groups that contribute meaningfully to Israeli soldiers.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Senior Israeli official to Washington for final stages of defense deal talks

Deal set to be largest-ever US foreign defense guarantee.

JULY 31, 2016ByHERB KEINON
An IDF tank takes position along Israel's border with Egypt's North Sinai

IDF’s Yahalom engineers prepare for chemical warfare threat from ISIS

Unit commander: If solution required, we can do it.

JULY 7, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
SOLDIERS OF the Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit train recently for tunnel warfare.

'Leave the IDF out of politics,' 200 former security officials say

Former intelligence, military, police commanders express concern over ongoing attacks on defense minister and chief of staff.

APRIL 12, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
A SWEARING-in ceremony for new recruits of the Paratroopers Brigade

Report: Military Intelligence chief says without peace process, terror wave will grow

The security establishment has been dealing with terrorism that doesn't appear to have an end or a clear definition, Channel 10 cites intel assessment as saying.

FEBRUARY 22, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
IDF soldiers stand guard during a demonstration by Palestinians against the closure of the main road in Jabaa area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem

IDF scrambling to find new military intel research chief

Brig.-Gen. Eli Ben Meir announces sudden resignation after ongoing personal disputes with Military Intelligence chief.

JANUARY 12, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (R), Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

IDF to send four more back-up battalions to West Bank

The announcement comes two months after the IDF ordered four battalions to join the existing forces in the territory.

DECEMBER 13, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
IDF soldiers take up a position during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron October 13, 2015

'We must be ready for the possibility of war with Iran in 10 - 15 years'

Once it receives approval, the Gideon plan will aim to transform the IDF and place war readiness at the heart of everything.

DECEMBER 2, 2015ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (R), Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis: In Eisenkot we trust?

Eisenkot has a problem. He doesn’t want thousands of career officers to be fired on his watch, a problem that, to his misfortune, he inherited from his predecessor.

JULY 22, 2015ByYOSSI MELMAN
Gadi Eisenkot

Analysis: Could the IDF be more lenient about detainments?

Detention is not about danger but about general deterrence – or as B’Tselem would define it: collective punishment.

JUNE 22, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Eshel Prison