Lone soldier

From midrasha to the IDF: A journey toward serving Israel - opinion

For religious young women, a year of learning and volunteering in Israel can become a foundation for meaningful army service.

 Over 300 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.
Ofir Levy with the Panamanian flag during his ‘masa kumta,’ the final march marking the completion of combat training in the IDF. PremiumPremium

Meet the small, growing wave of Latin American IDF lone soldiers

Family and friends attend the funeral of Zehava Shaul, mother of fallen Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, at the Poria Illit Cemetery in northern Israel, July 26, 2026.

Remembering IDF soldiers who lost their lives to hidden wounds - opinion

 Over 300 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.

Nearly 300 young Jews from 34 countries set to make aliyah, enlist as lone soldiers


President Herzog meets Australia delegation, family of injured Australian lone soldier

The president was very interested in the soldier’s condition and spent several minutes talking to the father at the end of the meeting with the delegation.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Mother of slain teen tells immigrant moms sending kids to war admirable

"Your sons and daughters are our heroes, going out there and doing everything in their power to protect the Jewish people, but this ability to serve our nation in such a way comes from you.”

 Mothers of soldiers, both active and fallen

Operation Wedding: Lone soldier celebrates wedding with the help of Mevo Dotan residents

Empathetic residents decided to organize a wedding for the young couple anyway.

A bride and groom kiss under the chuppah at their wedding

10,000 attend funeral of Brazilian olah after online call to action

10,000 people attended the funeral of Brazilian-Israeli lone soldier Bruna Valeanu, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at a music festival.

The funeral of Bruna Valeanu, who was killed as she attended a festival that was attacked by Hamas gunmen from Gaza that left at least 260 people dead, at her funeral in Petah Tikva, Israel, October 10, 2023.

Mourning the loss of a murdered lone soldier - opinion

The Kiryat Shaul Cemetery is the final resting place of 80,000 men and women, among them well-known actors and poets, with the east reserved for soldiers who died on duty. Now Maxim is among them.

 MOURNING SGT. MAXIM MOLCHANOV, killed in the Aug. 31 truck-ramming attack at Maccabim checkpoint, in Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Sept. 5.

First state-of-the-art building for lone soldiers breaks ground in Israel

The home will provide housing for 222 courageous lone soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) beginning in December 2024.

 An illustration of what the completed lone soldier building will look like..

Lone soldier’s murder shows Israel’s Law of Return must be preserved - opinion

It was the Law of Return that allowed Mulchanov and his brother to make aliyah independently and join the IDF. This law permits any Jew, or even a grandchild of a Jew, to obtain Israeli citizenship.

 Israeli security forces at the scene where the terrorist from the truck ramming attack in Maccabim caught and killed, at the Hasmonean checkpoint, on August 31, 2023

Israeli murdered in terror ramming was lone IDF soldier from Ukraine

The funeral is expected to be in Israel, which in itself will be a brutal journey for the family from Kharkiv.

 Maxim Mulchanov, murdered in a terror attack on August 31, 2023

Grapevine: Great Synagogue hosts lone soldiers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Jerusalem Great Synagogue

Knesset passes law to protect lone soldier wages in special session

The Knesset held a special session, passing a law for lone soldier and bnot sherut wages and approving several other bills on their first readings.

 Israeli lawmakers are seen raising hands at a special session in the Knesset while the parliament is on recess, in Jerusalem, on August 16, 2023.