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IDF soldiers begin voting at over 850 military polling stations as 2026 Knesset elections approach

"The IDF is a national, state-oriented army that will do everything necessary to ensure the elections proceed as planned," IDF Elections Officer, Col. Vered Ben Yehuda said.

FILE PHOTO: IDF soldiers cast their votes in a ballot box of the Golan Brigade 474 for Israel's general election at the Sa'ar military base in central Golan Heights on November 1, 2022.
Israeli soldiers enter Gaza at the border as seen from Israel, October 3, 2025

With just six days until Israel's elections, IDF steps up Gaza ops., prepares for Hamas attacks

NISSIM LOUK (left) shakes hands with Ofer Winter after announcing his withdrawal from the Knesset race and endorsing Winter's Amcha Israel party.

Nissim Louk, father of October 7 victim Shani Louk, exits Knesset race, endorses Ofer Winter

Guests hold a portrait of late Palestinian girl Hind Rajab during the red carpet for the movie "The Voice of Hind Rajab" presented in competition at the 82nd International Venice Film Festival, at Venice Lido on September 3, 2025.

Hind Rajab Foundation files US complaint against Israeli officer over Gaza girl's death


US Army urges adoption of Israeli battlefield medicine as IDF cuts casualty deaths by half - report

According to data presented to Fox News, the mortality rate among combat casualties stood at approximately 15% during the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

 IDF evacuates a wounded soldier; illustrative

Conman posing as reservist with financial trouble who swindled dozens since start of war arrested

He is accused of committing fraud in various locations across Israel and was located following an extensive investigation and an over-a-year-long manhunt. 

ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

IDF court sentences terrorist who killed Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal in 2020 to life imprisonment

Ben Yigal was killed after a half-brick was thrown from a rooftop during a security operation in the West Bank Palestinian village of Ya'bad in May 2020.

Amit Ben Yigal.

IDF completes preparations for West Bank olive harvest, as nationalist violence, clashes expected

The preparations are intended to prevent friction between Palestinian and Israeli populations during the coordinated olive harvest in Areas A and B.

Palestinians and Israeli activists take part in the olive harvest in the village of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, overlooking Wadi Zarqa and opposite the illegal Israeli outpost of Or Binyamin, October 2, 2026.

IDF continues search for unidentified aerial object detected entering Israel near Lebanese border

Initially, there was concern that the object was a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), but the possibility that it was a powered paraglider could not be ruled out.

A screenshot from a video showing the unidentified aerial object which set off alarms in the Western Galilee, October 10, 2026.

One killed in Sunday attack on Riyadh airport, UKMTO confirms tanker struck by drone near Oman

Israel Police thwart 'imminent' terror attack near Jerusalem • Trump weighs joining Saudis against Houthis • Tanker damaged after being hit in Strait of Hormuz

IDF conducts a military operation in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank, August 12, 2026.

Hamas facing internal unrest as Israel detects plans for renewed attacks, official says

Asked about the possibility of a large-scale confrontation with Hamas before Israel's October 27 elections, the official assessed the likelihood as low.

Hamas terrorists as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the ICRC search for the last two remaining bodies of hostages -an Israeli soldier and a Thai national- from under the rubble of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip on December 1, 2025; Illustrative.

IDF investigating possible ground, air intrusion into North, checkpoints deployed - report

The report follows an earlier hostile aircraft infiltration alert in the area of Arab al-Aramshe, triggered by a suspected drone launch from Lebanon.

Israeli soldiers take position during a Hezbollah attack near the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, May 19, 2026; Illustrative.

IDF to start awarding medals for sacrifice, heroism to soldiers who fought in October 7 battles

The goal, the statement explained, is to recognize "the extraordinary acts of heroism performed during the battles, thereby preserving and passing on the legacy of heroism in combat."

 An IDF soldier looks at the destruction in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the hardest-hit communities in the October 7 onslaught by Hamas.

Gov't honors creators of NAZA, The True Story, that challenges Yuval Abraham's documentary claims

Tzipi Hotovely praised the film for presenting "Israel's truth and the morality of IDF soldiers" and challenging what she called "blood libels and lies" against Israel.

Filmmakers Ariel Orbuch, Roy Danino, and Hagai Gutman, creators of NAZA, The True Story receive ertificates of appreciation from National Public Diplomacy Directorate head Tzipi Hotovely on Thursday, October 8, 2026.