IDF Soldiers

Inside the IDF's cutting-edge 'targeting cell' course, shaped by lessons from the Gaza war

MILITARY AFFAIRS: ‘We don’t worry about ICC, foreign arrest warrants, but rather avoid harming civilians due to IDF ethics,’ course commander 'R.' told The Jerusalem Post.

GRADUATES OF the IDF’s new targeting cell officers’ course graduation ceremony. Established to train commanders to coordinate precision strikes by integrating intelligence, ground forces, air power, drones, artillery, & naval assets while balancing operational needs while minimizing civilian harm.
Yoav Shriker, Yahalom soldier who died of cancer on July 7, 2026.

IDF combat engineer who broke marathon records while battling cancer dies at 29

IDF calls on you, prepare your wallet. Enlisting at Tel Hashomer

The billion–shekel industry celebrating on the backs of pre–army youth

(Illustrative) Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside the Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of yeshiva student Shimon Biton for failing to comply with an Israeli military recruitment order, July 8, 2026.

Haredi protesters, IDF soldiers clash outside of Military Prison 10 amid draft dodging controversy


Head of IDF Ground Forces Planning Department, Col. Netanel Lasri, dies at age 40

Lasri, an armored corps officer, had previously served as commander of the 9th Battalion in the 401st Brigade and in the Golan and Hermon Brigade.

COL. NETANEL Lasri.

Some 25 hesder yeshivot boycott IDF's tank corps over new pilot to incorporate women

The Yeshivot Heseder leaders believe that mingling between men and women in such a small, secluded space would compromise modesty.

IDF reserve Infantry and Merkava Tank soldiers train in a military exercise in the Golan Heights on October 23, 2023

IED explosion wounds two IDF soldiers during counterterrorism operation in Jenin

Army Radio reported that IDF forces had been operating in a refugee camp in Jenin. Troops located a suspicious object and picked it up, apparently leading to the explosion.

Israel security forces apprehend five terrorists planning an  imminent terror attack in the Barta'a area near Jenin, November 30, 2025.

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

Security forces arrived at the outpost adjacent to Ma’aleh Amos during the night, where they announced that the area was a closed military zone and demanded that all civilians disperse.

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

WATCH: Footage shows IDF appearing to shoot seven-month-old Palestinian baby in Hebron

In one released video, the child's father can be seen holding his body and trying to keep pressure on the boy's head wound. 

Father of Sam Abu Haykal, a 7-month-old Palestinian child who was killed by Israeli soldiers, reacts as he holds his body during his funeral in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2026.

Capt. Shahar Gamla and Sgt. Ohad Yaari fell in southern Lebanon, IDF announces

Gamla, a deputy company commander in the Egoz Unit of the IDF’s Commando Brigade, died after being severely injured during combat in southern Lebanon.

Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, and Sgt. Ohad Yaari, 21

Capt. Eitan Shmuel Lemberg killed in combat in southern Lebanon

According to Army Radio, Lemberg was killed when a Hezbollah terrorist fired an anti-tank missile at an IDF tank north of the Litani River.

CAPTAIN EITAN Shmuel Lemberg, 21, from Mishmar HaShiv'a, killed in southern Lebanon, June 4, 2026.

IDF reservist moderately wounded, other three slightly wounded by drone in southern Lebanon

The soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment, and their families were notified, the IDF said.

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, May 2, 2026.

IDF Intelligence Operations chief calls out Oct. 7 failures, says division must 'fulfill mission'

"On the morning of Simchat Torah, October 7, the Intelligence Division failed in its most important mission, to warn of war," said Brig.-Gen. A.

Brig.-Gen. Meni Liberty, Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, and Brig.-Gen. A.

WATCH: Bodycam shows soldier rescued by police from haredi protest amid threats, attacks

The soldier was rescued after getting off a blocked bus in Jerusalem, where he was surrounded by an agitated crowd of protesters.

HAREDI MEN protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an IDF draft order, in May 2026.