Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Sephardic Chief Rabbi, clarifies: Comments were directed against the recruitment of those engaged in Torah learning, those who do not study 'absolutely forbidden from finding excuses not to serve.'
This attack plan is reminiscent of the suicide attacks in Israel in the 1990s.
In a pilot program, six humanitarian aid trucks enter northern Gaza via the "96th" gate on the security fence.
Earlier today, the IDF struck two Hezbollah military infrastructures on the Syrian front.
Chen, aged 19 when he fell, served as a combat soldier in the 75th Battalion of the Saar Hagolan (7th) formation.
Troops monitored the source of the fire, identified the terrorist who exited the launch site and directed an aircraft that struck the terrorist.
Officials in Lebanon say at least one civilian was killed and several others injured in the Israeli strikes in the Beqaa Valley.
MK Elazar Stern denounced Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for claiming that the IDF no longer has the mandate to make any appointments of senior officers.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari confirms Marwan Issa was targeted in an airstrike, military investigating if he was killed.
Jenin resident with gun and a ready-to-use explosive device killed while on his way into Israel to carry out a suicide attack in the immediate term.
Defense Minister meets General Staff leaders, lauds recent 'successes' in apparent reference to death of Hamas' number 3 in Gaza, Marwan Issa.
A large IDF force was assigned to bring a group of more than 70 orphans and adult chaperones from the Gaza Strip to Palestinian Authority territory.
After terrorists open fire on soldiers in Khan Yunis, 'Matador' missile eliminates them while avoiding harm to woman and 2 children in the next room.
IDF Officer and MDA Volunteer Maj. (Res.) Amishar Ben David fell in battle over the weekend. 'He cared for the dozens of volunteers as though they were his children.'
After an extended period of protecting the various routes in the Gaza Strip, the soldiers received a Torah scroll to use during prayer services during the week and on Shabbat.
Major (res.) Amishar Ben David was laid to rest in Jerusalem. His father eulogized: 'You went up from the lower army to the army of heaven.'
Rabbi Yitschak Yossef's statements must be understood in the context of how the issue of haredi draft is being used for politial ends. In truth, for the IDF, the enlistment of ten-thousand Haredim would be more of a headache than a salvation.
Haruv Unit soldier volunteered to serve in Gaza and was arrested by the Military Police for illegally taking weapons from the battlefield. His lawyer: 'He should not be detained.'
Gal, 29, from Jerusalem, served in the fire support company of the Bislamach Brigade's 450th Battalion.
Forces exercised the transportation of equipment, water, fuel, and ammunition in an emergency scenario to forces operating in the northern arena.
13 terrorists eliminated over last day during battles in Gaza, including terrorist who killed IDF major.
Samaria leader Yossi Dagan calls for drastic action 'to keep northern Samaria from becoming southern Lebanon.'
Israel must take back the advantage and defeat Hezbollah like the IDF is defeating Hamas in Gaza. Op-ed.
IDF soldier Amishar Ben David was killed in action in Gaza over Shabbat. He is the eighteenth student from the Eli premilitary academy in Samaria to fall in this war.
IDF fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets after rockets are fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant marked International Women's Day by meeting with a group of women serving as officers in the IDF and discussing their contributions to the war effort.
Terrorists detonated an IED near a group of Israelis close to the Samaria town of Homesh. A large IDF force, including a helicopter, has been rushed to the scene.
IDF soldiers operating in Gaza rescue a girl who was trapped in the rubble and provide her with first aid.
PM says at officer's course graduation ceremony that anyone who tells Israel not to go into Rafah is telling Israel to lose the war.
Chief of Staff announces investigation into the failure to predict and prevent the massacre of October 7 in letter to IDF commanders.
ISA director Ronen Bar has ordered an operational investigation into units connected with the massacre, joining the IDF in an attempt to better prepare for the future and address past failings.
Staff Sergeant David Sasson, a 21-year-old resident of Ganot Hadar, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
Terrorist who was responsible for launching rockets at Israel and planning October 7th massacre eliminated in airstrike.
Singer Kobi Peretz was ordered to leave an IDF base in the middle of his performance for allegedly planning to sing a song commonly associated with extreme right-wing groups.
Airstrike in Beit Hanoun takes out 2 terrorists who participated in massacre in Nir Yitzhak.
A letter from the IDF Intelligence Corps warning of the Hamas attack was supposed to have been delivered to the Prime Minister. The massacre happened first.
Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, spoke to IDF soldiers in the north of the country: ‘We will have to decide what will be considered a safe situation for the citizens to return home.’
A UAV was launched from Syria into Israeli territory this morning. The drone was shot down by an F-15.
IDF’s LOTAR Counter-Terrorism Unit carried out special and targeted missions in areas of Khan Yunis and located a weapons storage facility in the heart of a residential area.
Chabad emissaries who thought that their son was fighting in Gaza were overjoyed when he was invited to join them on stage at a dinner in Florida.
Numerous career officers say that where reservists have received an outpouring of support and appreciation, career soldiers have been left to fend for themselves.
IDF fighter jet intercepts unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Israeli territory from Syria and made its way towards the Golan Heights.
IDF publishes recordings of 2 UNRWA teachers who served as Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who participated in the massacre, 1 of whom claimed to have kidnapped a Jewish woman.
Lt. Col. G. was appointed today to be the Commanding Officer of the Ovda Air Force Base and will be promoted to the rank of Colonel.
Israeli forces arrested four individuals who had manufactured bombs and procured weapons to attack Israeli forces in the Hebron region.
Senior officer furious about Chief of Staff decision to appoint IDF colonels during a war – without assuming severe outcome of October 7th.
Kan News reveals recording from the scene where hostages were hiding. They begged for help after their captors were killed by IDF fire. Hostage families: 'IDF leaking this, terrorizing us psychologically, like Hamas.'
The military defense is currently providing legal advice to IDF personnel due to be interrogated regarding the murderous Hamas attack.
US Central Command says its Commander, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, visited the Middle East, including Israel, where he met Defense Minister Gallant and Chief of Staff Halevi.
Terrorist Mahmoud Muhammad Abd Khad, who was responsible for recruiting new Hamas terrorist operatives, eliminated in an aerial strike in central Gaza.
Activist yells at soldier, 'You dirty Nazi'; soldier responds in an original fashion - without blaming the activist.
The widow of a fallen IDF soldier says that she will continue to be strong for the sake of their two daughters and newborn son. 'I thank God that we could build our family before we were separated.'
IDF says over 450 packages of food and medical aid were distributed through 21 airdrops to the Gaza Strip in recent weeks in coordination with Jordan, France, the UAE and Egypt.
The targets include a housing complex for the poor subsidized by Qatar. The attacks were preceded by a particularly intense bombardment.
Israeli forces are more exposed to attack if they are not actively executing any operations, and the ground offensive is being unnecessarily drawn out.
General Yehuda Fox, who leads the IDF Central Command, warned battalion and brigade commanders to be ready for extreme scenarios.
The IDF considered practicing a scenario in which Israelis took over a Palestinian town and held the residents hostage, but eventually abandoned the plan.
The losses and injuries inflicted by the war have left the IDF in need of an immediate boost of manpower, beyond those intended to be drafted in the near future.
7th Brigade combat team finds ammunition magazines, RPG missiles, explosives, Kalashnikov rifles, uniforms and Hamas military equipment in terrorists’ houses during battles in Khan Yunis.
Troops from Bislamach Brigade entered the heart of Khan Yunis and joined the activities of the 98th Division in the area in order to defeat the Hamas terrorist organization.
