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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 ...
Around 60,000 Israelis were forced from their homes in the north of the country after Hezbollah attacked Israel in solidarity with Hamas, in October 2023.
Operation Pillar of Defense (14–21 November 2012) – In response to over a hundred rocket attacks on southern Israeli cities, Israel began an operation in Gaza with the targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of Hamas military wing, and airstrikes against twenty underground sites housing long-range missile launchers capable of striking Tel Aviv.
On 6 April 2023, in response to the 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes, dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, injuring three Israeli civilians. [112] The Israel Defense Forces said that it intercepted 25 rockets fired from Lebanon, [112] which it said were fired by Palestinian factions Hamas and PIJ with Hezbollah's approval. [113]
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system enjoys a near-mythical status among Israelis. ... Hamas has fired 7,000 rockets toward Israel, according to the Israeli military. That is more than any of ...
The Haredim have been more or less exempt from the draft since the time of Israel’s founding in 1948, while other Jewish Israelis are expected to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—in ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli Air and Space Arm זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל Emblem of the Israeli Air and Space Arm Founded May 28, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-05-28) Country Israel Type Air force Space force Role Aerial warfare Space warfare Size 34,000 active personnel 55,000 reserve personnel 608 ...
An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming ...