IDF reserves

'An emotional roller coaster': How an Israeli mother navigates her husband's reserve duty

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Over nearly three years of war, Esther welcomed two children while navigating her husband's repeated reserve call-ups.

ESTHER HOLDS baby Mia while Yonah kneels to comfort a crying Hallel before another round of miluim. ‘I can’t stop crying,’ Esther says of these moments.
IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth addresses a change-of-command ceremony for the military's 99th Division, July 15, 2026.

Hamas unable to conduct terror infiltration, repeat of October 7, IDF commander tells soldiers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Weapons and ammunition seized by Israel Police in a raid in Kfar Yarka on July 10, 2026.

Police uncover massive weapons cache in Druze village, complete longstanding investigations


Yoaz Hendel: 'Israel must seize opportunity to defeat Hezbollah, assert control in Lebanon'

Reservist Party leader Yoaz Hendel tells the ‘Post’ that Israel must seize the "tectonic shift" in the Middle East to demilitarize Southern Lebanon and establish a permanent security buffer zone.

Reservist Party leader and former communications minister Yoaz Hendel serving in the IDF.

Ex-PM Bennett slams Likud MKs for not opposing haredi draft bill, breaking coalition discipline

“The reservists are being abandoned because they don’t have a lobby in Likud. The mark of disgrace for abandoning IDF soldiers will be branded on every coalition member,” Bennett said.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026

Role of the media in Israel’s national security psychological crisis - opinion

Israel’s media may be eroding the psychological resilience that underpins its national security.

 IDF soldiers from the 146th Reserves Division begin operations in southern Lebanon.

'Impersonating officer' Assaf Shmuelovitz to serve sentence in psychiatric hospital

The defendant was charged with serious espionage, transmitting information, entering a secret location, and obtaining things by fraud after infiltrating Southern Command headquarters on October 7.

Assaf Shmuelovich, the "Impersonating officer" charged for infiltrating the Southern Command on October 7.

Katz awards Soroka Medical Center with Defense Minister’s Shield for support of soldiers during war

The Shield is a prestigious annual award honoring institutions that demonstrate exceptional support for IDF reservists and recognize initiatives that assist them and their families.

Defense Minister Israel Katz presented the 2026 “Defense Minister’s Shield” to Soroka Medical Center.

'My family will finally hear my story': New IDF reservist archive launches

The project, known in Hebrew as “Chaim al Hakav” (Life on the Line), described itself as a national digital archive designed to document reservists’ experiences.

Life on the Line is a digital archive designed to document resesrvists' experiences.

France demands Francesca Albanese's resignation, five Arab-Israelis killed overnight

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese attends the presentation of Christophe Cotteret's film "Disunited Nations" at Arlecchino Movie Theater on January 05, 2026 in Bologna, Italy.

'Time with Dad' program launched to assist reservists reintegrating with families after IDF service

The program, supported by the Schusterman Family Philanthropies-Israel and the Glazer Foundation, provides structured group sessions for reserve soldiers and their young children.

 IDF soldiers operate in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, May 8, 2025.

Bereaved family members chosen for Reservist Party leadership after internal elections

Among the bereaved family members chosen for the party’s leadership was Sandra Alon, mother of Sgt. Tomer Keren, who was killed in combat while serving during the Israel-Hamas War.

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists’ Party, speaks during the party’s launch event ahead of the 2026 general elections, at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha near Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

IDF moves to quell reservist backlash over service cuts tied to post-war budget deal

Broadly speaking, the changes surround the agreement between the IDF and the Finance Ministry to reduce the number of standing reservists on duty on any given day from 60,000 to 40,000.

Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.