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Katz assures West Bank leaders IDF Central Command head Bluth has not been dismissed

Katz's clarification followed a statement he made during a live Channel 14 interview on Sunday, in which he called for Bluth to be removed before walking back his claims.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026.
Former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party.

With Eisenkot and PM neck and neck, how ugly will election campaign get? - opinion

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.

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

Protesters supporting the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the Israeli military block a road in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, central Israel, in protest against the continued road blockades by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators following the arrest of draft evaders, June 26, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox party paralyzes Knesset votes to force through military draft exemptions


IDF's withdrawal from key Gaza corridor signals shift in war's trajectory - analysis

Sometimes it was used to facilitate trucks entering Gaza, sometimes trucks and medical personnel would cross the area.

Israeli military tanks are lined up on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, February 9, 2025

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox face arrest for draft evasion in IDF crackdown

Last month, the military announced that legal action was underway against draft candidates from the haredi community who failed to report for enlistment.

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

'Hamas will pay for breaching hostage deal,' military expert says

“It’s hard to know what caused Hamas to violate the agreed terms, but they will clearly pay a price for it,” Kuperwasser said.

 Hamas terrorists hand over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, January 25, 2025

Former IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi joins Israeli-Canadian capital fund AWZ Ventures

After years of service in the public sector in the IDF, culminating in his role as IDF Chief of Staff, Kochavi has transitioned to the private investment sector at AWZ Ventures.

  Aviv Kohavi

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon's Beqaa

"The IDF will continue to strike forcefully, damaging and reducing Hezbollah's military capabilities and infrastructure in Lebanon."

 People gather outside an apartment building hit by an Israeli air strike in Beirut's Cola district, September 30, 2024. Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 30, a Lebanese security source said

Experts debate the urgency of striking Iran: Is time running out for Israel?

Experts discuss whether attacking the Islamic Republic will lead to regional war that could ruin Israel, or whether now is the time to cut off the octopus’s head – before it is too late

 WOULD WAR with Iran lead to Israel’s destruction, or does Israel have no choice but to attack?

A phone call led Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr to his death, says Hezbollah official - WSJ

The call that urged Shukr to move to the seventh floor likely came from an individual who had infiltrated Hezbollah’s communications network.

 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up posters of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike, as they attend a rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen August 9, 2024.

Israel ready at moment's notice to operate in Lebanon, but both sides are fatiguing - analysis

The future of Israel's northern settlements is dependent on political considerations. Despite the IDF's consistent training, its preparedness decreases with every passing day.

 Reservists in the north during Operation Swords of Iron

US criticizes ICJ opinion that Israeli 'occupation' of Palestinian territories is illegal

In February, the US defended Israel's military "occupation" and argued to the World Court that Israel faced “very real security needs.”

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Israel, May 1, 2024.

New Druze reservist association to tackle challenges faced by group - interview

‘We embrace the Jewish State with all our might, and would love to receive this embrace back,’ says founder Adib Abu Aasi.

Druze fighter with a Druze flag in Gaza