Warfare

The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat - opinion

If the skies have become dangerous, the ground battlefield has become a truly lethal trap. So instead of adding more and more soldiers or additional manned combat platforms, we add robots.

Elbit System's Rook unmanned ground vehicle
EuroTrophy GmbH and KNDS Deutschland

Rafael subsidiary strikes deal with four NATO countries for Trophy APS

Israeli army soldier holding a mounted machine gun in front of destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City.

Gaza reveals future of urban combat western armies aren't prepared for - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

What’s in a name? A lot: Why Israel must reframe hasbara as informational warfare - opinion


Democratic Republic of Congo troops kill 36 Burundi rebels in east

Reuters was unable to immediately confirm the army report.

congo un rebels 224 ap

After meeting between Aliyev and Pashinyan in Vienna: Peace or war?

Azerbaijan and Armenia try to settle their ongoing conflict.

SERVICEMEN OF the army of Nagorno-Karabakh rest at their positions near the village of Mataghis, yesterday.

Can Israeli intelligence be used to avoid unnecessary wars? - analysis

Academia may be helping depoliticize spy agencies.

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Obstacles to Israel’s strategic objectives

Main insights from the INSS 12th annual international conference

F-35 warplanes doing a flyover in 2018 in Israel.

Islamic scholar says fighting Jews in Israel is a religious mandate

He said that according to religious ruling, all of Israel is “a battlefield between us and the Jews."

Islamic scholar claims religious duty to fight Jews.

Israel might expand covert war against Iran beyond Syria in coming year

A reduction has noted in weapons shipments, funds to Iran’s Syria project

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks overlooking the border between Israel and Syria

Soldiers speak: IDF tank crew on the role they play in protecting Israel

A lone soldier from Los Angeles, a tank gunner and more speak out about their dedication to protecting the Jewish state in both times of peace and times of war.

Soldiers from the IDF 401th Armored Brigade in training

Balancing Act

Syria barely exists as a state, but Russia is keen to maintain calm there to help Assad keep control, while Iran, already overstretched, does not seem keen on an all-out confrontation with Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chats with Israeli soldiers at a military outpost during a visit to Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border in 2015.

The resurfacing of European colonialism

Decolonialism was forced on Europe without preparation. As a result, the continent never went through a process of mental decolonization. Now, is Europe increasingly behaving in neocolonialist ways?

AN OLD map presents Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her belowthe- neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dres

New Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi - a different breed

Aviv Kochavi, a product and shaper of postmodern warfare, will be the first IDF Chief of General Staff to have never participated in a conventional war.

Outgoing Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot sits next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial for assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin