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David Zoldan
Inspiring and moving

He just wanted to serve in the IDF, but his Yeshiva kicked him out: The remarkable journey of David Zoldan

David Zoldan, one of the founders of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, shares his journey from yeshiva student to combat soldier in a new documentary series

Gila Isaacson
MAR 28, 2025
Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir

IDF Forms Special Team to Overhaul Military Tactics After October 7th Massacre

Chief of Staff appoints external team to implement lessons learned from October 7th massacre

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IDF operating in Gaza

Israel’s Military Struggles to Fill Reserve Units – Here’s Why

IDF faces crisis: 30% drop in reserve soldier mobilization during Gaza conflict

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Yossi Levi, the IDF's first Haredi battalion commander

Trailblazer’s Dream:Can This Haredi Leader Change the IDF Forever?

Historic milestone: IDF welcomes first Haredi battalion commander

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IDF operating in Gaza

Haredi Exemptions Force IDF to Risk Unfit Soldiers

IDF faces manpower crunch: Low-profile soldiers eyed for combat as Haredi exemptions spark outrage

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IAF pilot

From Duty to Defiance: Why This Combat Hero Quit—and Paid the Price

IDF permanently dismisses reserve combat navigator over refusal to serve

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Order to call up troops.

Preparing For War

Government authorizes IDF to call up 400,000 soldiers

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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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