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Order to call up troops.
Preparing For War

Government authorizes IDF to call up 400,000 soldiers

As Israel cuts off humanitarian aid to Hamas and Gaza, it is also preparing to possibly call up hundreds of thousands for war.

Avi Woolf
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MAR 2, 2025
IDF female reservist

Heartwarming

Forged in fire: How 3 IDF heroines found an unlikely sisterhood on the battlefield

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Woman chatting with a smart AI

Love in the Time of AI:

How I Turned ChatGPT Into a Digital Husband: An IDF Reservist's Love Story

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Itamar's hill outposts, Samaria

Horrific tragedy 

New Details: Deadly IED hit IDF vehicle convoy in routine patrol in northern Samaria

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Soldiers in Jabaliya.

How did an R&R day for soldiers cause backlash?

IDF Hosts R&R Day for Soldiers in Gaza, leading to both praise and controversy

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Amit Levi HY'D

Baruch Dayan HaEmet

IDF officer Amit Levi killed in Gaza, leaving behind 4 young children

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IDF Reservists. Illustration.

Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention...

IDF establishes five new reserve brigades - these are their names

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Aviad Frija

Friendly Fire Disaster

IDF soldier charged with killing reservist during Jerusalem terror attack

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Netanyahu meets with the wives of reservists

Netanyahu continues to dodge draft law issue

Recruiting Haredim? Nope, Netanyahu prefers to distribute benefits to reservist women

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IDF soldiers in a Merkava Tank in southern Israel, on the border with Gaza, November 11, 2024

Inside a Reserve Soldier's Family Life

"Every morning our girls text dad 'Don't die'": I Sneak peek into an IDF reservist's family life

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Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria

It can't last forever

IDF reservist numbers drop as burnout takes its toll

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Israeli soldiers near the border fence at the tripoint border between Israel, Syria, and Jordan, northern Israel, on February 15, 2024

October 7th, 2.0

Another October 7th??? "It's only a matter of time"

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The offensive image

Why did the IDF dismiss Kreizer?

Because of a photo: Otzma Yehudit MK Kreizer dismissed from reserve duty

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University Graduate

Heavy weight of war

Survey: 44% of students fail to complete their degrees in the past year

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Halevi meeting with north command general in IDF situation assessment

Chief of Staff, Halevi, IDF Recruitment, Drafting Haredim 

The Chief of Staff addresses Haredi draft issue: "The IDF needs to be bigger"

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Ori Bornstein killed in Gaza

Gaza war, fallen soldiers, Hamas, IDF

Heart-breaking - 2 reservists killed in Gaza have been named

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image of something

Unemployment Rate, Israel

Unemployment in Israel falls to all-time low; army duty plays a role 

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IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari

Daniel Hagari, IDF, Judicial Reform

IDF praise for controversial reservist sparks nationwide fury; spokesperson retracts

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IDF reservist soldiers near the Gaza border, Southern Israel

IDF, Reservists, Israel-Gaza War

IDF will not pay for cameras to secure  soldiers in Gaza - Here's what to know

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Fraudulent ID card

Police, Fraud, Forgery

IDF reserve officer arrested for allegedly forging military ID Cards for Palestinians 

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