IDF reserves

Don't leave any wounded behind': program helping veterans find work expands to 500

Project helping veterans find first job expands to 500 participants

The 19 participants of the first Oz VeRuach cohort achieved a 100% employment rate in hi-tech companies. The program is now looking to expand. Premium
Female reporter holding microphones and writing notes during press conference, media interview, or public relations event.

‘Did he ask anything about you?’ For families of reservists, one question can go far - opinion

DRAWING: MICHAEL sunk in the sand of the battlefield.

'I had not truly come home': Israeli psychologist turns Gaza, Lebanon battlefield trauma into art

IDF officers

Nearing Oct. 7 anniversary brings IDF failure, police dispute, reserve strain into focus - analysis


Do reserve duties break up families? The data breaking the stigma

National Insurance Institute data shows that the divorce rate among reservists does not exceed the national average.

IDF reservists

Beyond the draft debate, what is the real solution to Israel's security crisis? - opinion

The central question is no longer who wins the argument over the Haredi draft. It is whether Israel is prepared to build a security strategy broad enough to mobilize every part of its society for the

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

'An emotional roller coaster': How an Israeli mother navigates her husband's reserve duty

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Over nearly three years of war, Esther welcomed two children while navigating her husband's repeated reserve call-ups.

ESTHER HOLDS baby Mia while Yonah kneels to comfort a crying Hallel before another round of miluim. ‘I can’t stop crying,’ Esther says of these moments.

Hamas unable to conduct terror infiltration, repeat of October 7, IDF commander tells soldiers

Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth made the remarks during a change of command ceremony for the reservist 99th Division near the Gaza border.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth addresses a change-of-command ceremony for the military's 99th Division, July 15, 2026.

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Bill passes 58-54 despite legal warnings, IDF opposition • Netanyahu heckled by opposition lawmakers shouting 'disgrace' before leaving plenum ahead of the vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Police uncover massive weapons cache in Druze village, complete longstanding investigations

The suspect, a 22-year-old resident of Kfar Yarka, was arrested and taken to the local police station for questioning, after which he was detained. 

Weapons and ammunition seized by Israel Police in a raid in Kfar Yarka on July 10, 2026.

IDF soldiers to enter reserve duty immediately following mandatory service - report

"It is illogical and unreasonable in a democratic country to bring in reserve soldiers for another hundred days of reserve duty this year, already in the third year," a senior IDF official told N12.

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, published April 13, 2026; illustrative.

Afeka College's 'Quiet Tent': A space to cope and heal during a time of war, pain, and stress

The space was created in response to the growing mental health challenges facing students in Israel since the October 7 attacks and the continued reserve duty that has impacted the student body.

The ceremony inaugurating the Quiet Tent.

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

The most recent proposal advanced is a bill that would halt the arrests of haredi draft evaders, which is set to be debated on Tuesday in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

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.

IDF soldier dies, additional soldier injured, after vehicle overturns during operation in Lebanon

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, from Peki’in, was a driver in the 75th Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade. He worked on the Rambam Medical Center's administrative team.

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, from Peki'in.