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The IDF Code of Ethics, officially known as the Spirit of the Israel Defense Forces (Hebrew: רוח צה"ל Ruaḥ Tzahal), is the code of conduct developed by the Israel Defense Forces to formally delineate the morality and etiquette that should be displayed by an Israeli soldier.
Purity of arms (Hebrew: טוהר הנשק Tohar HaNeshek) is one of the core values listed in the Spirit of the Israel Defense Forces.It is described as the following: The IDF servicemen and women will use their weapons and force only for the purpose of their mission, only to the necessary extent and will maintain their humanity even during combat.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel Defense Forces צבא ההגנה לישראל Emblem Standard Founded 26 May 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-05-26) Service branches Israeli Ground Forces Israeli Air Force Israeli Navy Website idf.il Leadership Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Defense Minister Israel Katz Chief of the ...
In 2016, the Hannibal Directive was revoked by then–IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot. Then–IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) in a training exercise where the forces practiced a soldier abduction scenario. Addressing the IDF's operations forum, Gantz stated that IDF protocols do not allow for a soldier to be killed in order to prevent ...
Operation Days of Penitence (30 September – 16 October 2004) – An IDF operation conducted in northern Gaza Strip which focused on the town of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia and Jabalia refugee camp, which were used as launching sites of Qassam rockets at the Israeli town of Sderot and other Israeli populated areas in the region.
The IDF determines gender-specific army regulations (length of service, housing, uniforms, etc.) on a case-by-case basis. [18] However, this is complicated by the fact that Israeli law only allows gender-affirming surgery to be performed once an individual is 18 – the draft age –; therefore, most individuals joining the IDF would not have ...
The Israeli military said Tuesday it was “highly likely” that its forces killed an American woman during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. The United States said the shooting was ...
In what The New York Times called, "the first public collective refusal by intelligence officers rather than combat troops" [29] to serve, on September 12, 43 veteran reserve army mid-ranking officers and soldiers (33 soldiers and 10 officers, including a major and two captains, mostly in their late 20s and 30s) [29] [30] [31] in the IDF's top ...