FIDF

FIDF releases video library of October 7 testimonials, incl. ex-hostages, IDF soldiers

FIDF said that the library was intended to be accessible to supporters of Israel in the United States, including both Jews and Christians.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A screenshot of FIDF's digital library of October 7 testimonials.
The new center at Kfar Maccabiah will host training, commanders’ days and programs aimed at strengthening cohesion and resilience among IDF reservists.

IDF opens ‘Reservists’ Home’ in Ramat Gan to support reserve units

The new center at Kfar Maccabiah will host training, commanders’ days and programs aimed at strengthening cohesion and resilience among IDF reservists.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers patrol by the Lebanese border in northern Israel, June 9, 2026

Defense Ministry, FIDF to establish new brain injury rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers

It will be located in Tel Aviv, serving as the only center in Israel dedicated exclusively to the rehabilitation of IDF veterans with brain trauma. It is expected to be completed in 2030.

|ByEITAN ELIAS
Staff Sergeant Oren Metzuyanim, a 21-year-old lone soldier at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.

‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families

“Olim (immigrant) soldiers who come from abroad to Israel do it purely out of a sense of Zionism and because they really want to take part in helping Israel and helping the IDF.”

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Hatzalah offers app to thwart kidnapping by sending GPS coordinates

Call goes out to police and simultaneously alerts Hatzalah’s dispatch center, with swipe on the smartphone app.

JUNE 20, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Motorola Android smartphone 311

Friends of the IDF raises $20 million at New York gala

Some 1,400 supporters of the IDF declare their love of Israel, the young people who defend it for the FIDF’s annual New York gala.

MARCH 12, 2014ByMAYA SHWAYDER
FIDF head Maj.-Gen. (res.) Jerry Gershon, National Chairwoman Nily Falic, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz and FIDF chairman emeritus Arthur Stark.

Celebrities event raises record $33 million for IDF

Celebrities show their support for the Israeli Defense Forces at a gala in Los Angeles.

JANUARY 7, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Barbra Streisand Tel Aviv concert370