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Maj. Gen. Sa’ar Tzur officially becomes commander of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Formation Commander on Nov. 22, 2021. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office.

Incoming IDF commander: ‘Question of who won will not be in air after next...

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The new commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Formation, which is the military entity in charge of overseeing wartime maneuvers into Lebanon or Syria, took up his position on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Sa’ar Tzur...
Israeli forces seized some 120 kilograms of cocaine and marijuana on the border with Egypt, Nov. 21, 2021. Source: Israel Defense Forces.

IDF seizes 120 kilos of cocaine and marijuana on the border with Egypt

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Israeli forces on Saturday seized narcotics worth tens of millions of shekels on the Egyptian border, the Israeli military reported. Military spotters identified a number of suspicious individuals along the border on Saturday night, the...
Indian Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane (“MM”) Navarne, at a wreath-laying ceremony in Israel honoring Indian soldiers who died during World War I, Nov. 17, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Indian military chief tours Israel, receives briefing on security threats

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The Indian Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane (“MM”) Navarne, is in Israel for a five-day visit, reported the Indian website NDTV. Upon arrival on Wednesday, Navarne visited the main headquarters of the Israel...
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet seen during the "Blue Flag", an international aerial training exercise at the Ovda air force base, Southern Israel, November Southern Israel, October 24, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

2022: The year Iran’s nuclear program becomes top priority for the Israeli Air Force

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The year 2022 is set to be the year that the Israeli Air Forces places its long-range strike capabilities against Iran’s nuclear program sites at the top of its priority list. Recent years have seen...
Members of the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command assist in search-and-rescue efforts in Surfside, Fla., June 2021. Credit: IDF.

US rescue forces working with Israelis at disaster site in Surfside, Fla., visit Israel

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Rescue forces from the United States that worked with the Israeli delegation this summer at the condominium collapse disaster site in Surfside, Fla., arrived in Israel for a week of shared learning, the Israel Defense Forces announced on...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during the unveiling of a new factory belonging to the Rafael defense company in Shlomi, in northern Israel, on Nov. 9, 2021. Credit: Ariel Hermoni/Israel Ministry of Defense.

Gantz: Israel’s military superiority not to be imperiled by enemy forces

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Israel will not allow Hezbollah to obtain weapons that will harm Israeli military superiority or allow such weapons to reach other Iranian proxies in the arena, vowed Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz during a...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Elbit System’s new technological campus at Ramat Beka in the Negev Desert, Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Defense Ministry.

Gantz: Defense budget will allow Israel to develop new tools, plans, technologies

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The new Israeli defense budget expected to be approved by the Knesset this month as part of the national budget vote will enable Israel to develop new tools, operational plans and technologies to take...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Israel-Lebanon border, on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Gantz convenes Emergency Economy Committee as part of national war drill

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz convened a first meeting of the Executive Emergency Economy Committee on Monday as part of a national war exercise to be undertaken this week by the Israel Defense Forces...
IDF Artillery Corps seen firing into Gaza near the Israeli border on May 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Report: Israel complied with laws of war, minimized casualties during Gaza conflict

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A new report from JINSA, a Jewish security think tank, finds that the Israel Defense Forces complied with the laws of war and even went to great lengths to minimize civilian casualties during the...
United Arab Emirates Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Al Alawi was welcomed to Israel by Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

UAE Air Force commander makes historic visit to IAF’s Blue Flag drill

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The Commander of the United Arab Emirate Air Force, Maj. Gen. Staff Pilot Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi, paid a historic visit to Israel to observe the Israeli Air Force’s Blue Flag international air...