The Yom Kippur War of 1973 marked the end of an era in the IDF. The once-mighty tank corps became synonymous with “a coffin ...

The IDF also reported Friday that its elite Sayeret Haruv fighting unit has, for the past nine days, been conducting an operation to 'thwart terrorism' in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. In a ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center With news of eight Thai hostages possibly being freed in ...

Courtesy of Mishmar One of the key figures in the Mishmar initiative is Roni Aylon, a former Sayeret Matkal soldier who has spent the past 30 years training emergency response teams in Haredi ...

During the Second Intifada, he commanded the IDF’s sayeret matkal, or special forces, unit. He presided over the military on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing over 1,000, ...

He is also, like Netanyahu, a veteran of the IDF’s elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal. However, according to the Israel Hayom daily, Dichter may not be interested in the position under the ...