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Israel Katz's populist push to pardon Elor Azaria puts Israel at serious risk - comment

Azaria was not convicted of mere "negligent homicide", but of manslaughter for his actions in 2016.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, sits during a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv during which he was charged with manslaughter on April 18, 2016.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2026.

As US-Iran peace prospects crumble, return to heavy fighting up to Trump, CENTCOM, Huckabee says

“I wouldn’t be overconfident if I were the Iranians that they will be able to make this work well for them,” Huckabee said.

|BySAM HALPERN
An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions

Kallner, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told 103FM that he does not think arresting yeshiva students is 'the right way.'

|By103FM
IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights.

Dozens of drones entered Gaza Strip over recent months, fears Hamas could use in attack - report

At least 28 drones reportedly entered Gaza in recent months, raising concerns they reached Hamas, despite the IDF thwarting 89 drone smuggling attempts since January, according to Army Radio.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

The cutting-edge IDF unit revolutionizing field intelligence

Unit 3060 was formed in 2014 and has soldiers who specialize in technology.

JANUARY 3, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF SOLDIERS take part in a cyber security training course at the iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation in Beersheba in August

The best of the best get better: The IDF's elite commando training school

Lt.-Gen. Eisenkot brought four elite units together under one roof when he formed the Oz Brigade in December 2015.

DECEMBER 31, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli commandos during a large scale drill in Cyprus, June 2017

Anglos giving back

All over Israel, Anglo ‘olim’ are contributing to their communities.

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
Pina Hama, a refreshment and break station for soldiers at the Gush Etzion junction, is staffed by volunteers such as Katz

Military glass ceiling: Highest ranks of IDF still closed off to women

Unlike the Shin Bet, the IDF has not opened its top ranks to female officers

DECEMBER 12, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

Israeli women stepping up as men lose interest in combat roles

2,656 women enlisted as combat soldiers in 2017, an increase of 300 from 2016.

DECEMBER 3, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

Running for life

During the TLV Night Run, widow Sara Omer laced up her running shoes and showed her children the importance of resolve in times of tragedy.

NOVEMBER 30, 2017ByNOA AMOUYAL
Sara Omer and her friend Stewart Taylor after they completed the 10K TLV Night Run in October

IDF declares naval Iron Dome system operational

Israel is highly dependent on the sea and fears Hezbollah and Hamas may target gas rigs in any future conflict

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM

IDF commanders punished for accidental killing of Palestinian

Joint List leader MK Ayman Odeh criticized the actions taken, saying the punishment seemed minor.

NOVEMBER 23, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
IDF soldiers patrol after clashes with Hebron Jews seeking to thwart evacuation from the city’s wholesale market in 2006

Prosecution witness may have hurt case against ex-soldiers in killing

The case has monumental import as detractors say the indictment should have been at least for the more serious charge of manslaughter.

NOVEMBER 23, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Entrance to IDF base 370

IDF Brig.-General suspended for alleged weapons hoarding

Brig.-Gen. Mordechai Kahane is under investigation for keeping illicit military equipment in a private storage container.

OCTOBER 24, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Retrieved weapons stolen from an IDF base in southern Israel