Veterans

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.

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.
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

Combat veterans suffering from PTSD react during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, July 9, 2026.

WATCH: ‘We’ve paid with our blood’: Veterans confront haredi lawmakers demanding support

Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99


IDF vet's self-immolation leads to protests outside Defense Ministry

The protests demanded there be changes in the defense ministry's rehabilitation program, claiming it "provides disabled veterans with poor treatment and steals their rights."

An IDF soldier

Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire outside Defense Ministry

MDA medics classified him as being in severe condition and suffering from intense burns which cover his entire body.

MDA on the scene 370

Israeli Air Force officer, 105 years old, promoted to Colonel

The IDF said in a statement that Alex Ziloni has given “many decades of dedication to the State of Israel.”

American pilots who volunteered for Israel during the 1948 War of Independence.

British 100-year-old walking hero Captain Tom Moore died of COVID-19

"It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore," his daughters said in a statement.

Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses after he continued to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 1

Who was Captain Tom, British war veteran who became famous overnight?

Here are some facts about Captain Tom, as he is known to the British public.

Retired British Army Captain Moore walks to raise money for health workers

Last widow of US Civil War veteran dies at age 101

Few knew about the marriage, which was kept secret to avoid a scandal.

Cub Scout Colten Short, 10, of Arlington, salutes a grave after fixing a flag in front of a headstone ahead of the Memorial Day weekend at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, US May 19, 2020.

Why did the Golani Brigade commander burn a platoon's flags and symbols?

One former staff sargeant said he recognized his strap and several of the flags in the pictures, adding that he believed the incident was disrespectful to past generations and fallen soldiers.

Golani soldiers during their swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall.

You’re never too old to make aliya

Some 59 years ago the Gaitos lived in Israel. Now, they are back.

HAZEL (AT right), husband Herbie and just some of the grandchildren and great-grandkids.

In honor of IDF Injured Veterans Day, Makers for Heroes does it again

From building VR glasses to a wheelchair-bound vet so he can experience running again, to helping another without an arm fly a drone, MFH helps people restart their lives.

Restart CEO Niv Efron

Rivlin hosts injured IDF veterans to raise awareness for disabilities

Israel’s Defense Ministry has not yet moved with the times, continuing to refer to injured IDF veterans as "disabled."

President Reuven Rivlin is seen meeting with disabled IDF veterans on December 2, 2020.