Soldiers

IDF, Shin Bet forcibly evacuate 2,000 Hebron Palestinians in response to deadly Hamas attack

IDF troops demolished illegal structures near the site of Friday's deadly Hebron attack, searched 200 locations, and arrested 10 suspects.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, October 24, 2026.
Israeli soldiers move near a building in Hebron, West Bank on October 23, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet launch multi-day West Bank counterterrorism operations after deadly Hamas attack

IDF and Shin Bet forces launched a multi-day operation in Hebron, with parallel operations in Jenin, Nablus, and east Jerusalem to locate weapons and terrorist infrastructure after the attack.

|ByRICHARD OFFENBACHER
Fallen soldiers Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, killed on October 23, 2026, during a terror attack in Hebron, West Bank.

Squad commander, combat soldier killed in West Bank terror attack, IDF confirms

Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem were killed in the West Bank attack that left three others injured.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Displaced Palestinians make their way after fleeing the northern part of Gaza amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City.

Hamas planned to detonate bombs at Gaza refugee camps to cover terrorists' escape, IDF reveals

Plans involved detonating improvised explosive devices around displaced persons camps as IDF troops approached in order to create panic, which operatives would take advantage of in order to flee.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

Austria’s high court rules male soldiers may wear long hair

Judges said the grooming policy unlawfully discriminated on the basis of sex and ordered the defense ministry to revise regulations for the armed forces.

APRIL 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
WAHL haircut and shaving machine, Hamilton

Gulf states urge end of war, terror death penalty approved

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MARCH 31, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen wearing a gold pin of a noose, on December 8, 2025.

US-born IDF soldier killed while fighting in Lebanon, military announces

Katz, 22, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, and was killed during an attack where three other soldiers were moderately wounded.

MARCH 29, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, SHIR PERETS
Sergeant Moshe Yitzhak Hacohen Katz, 22.

IDF reservist soldier seriously wounded by Hezbollah rocket fire in Lebanon, military says

Additionally, IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. (res.) Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning for Tyre after identifying Hezbollah operatives launching heavy rocket fire within residential areas.

MARCH 25, 2026BySAM HALPERN, JAMES GENN
A plume of smoke and a fragment of concrete rise from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Tyre, in southern Lebanon, on March 24, 2026.

Seven Iraqi soldiers killed, 13 wounded in strike near PMF base in Anbar

Smoke rose from the location following the attack, the sources added.

MARCH 25, 2026ByREUTERS
People stand amidst debris following an attack on a building in Erbil, Iraq, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released March 25, 2026.

War does not stop Israel from being one of the very happiest nations in the world - opinion

Amid war and uncertainty, Israelis, especially the young, find purpose, unity, and resilience, helping make Israel one of the world’s happiest nations.

MARCH 23, 2026ByDOUGLAS ALTABEF
A YOUNG woman celebrates her birthday with a cake along the Tel Aviv beach promenade despite the ongoing war with Iran and missile fire toward Israel, March 5, 2026.

Over 200 US troops wounded in Operation Epic Fury as Iran war enters third week

The US military's Central Command said the vast majority of those wounded had suffered minor injuries and 180 troops had already returned to duty. Ten of the injuries are serious, it said.

MARCH 17, 2026ByREUTERS
A US Navy sailor signals an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran at an undisclosed location March 4, 2026.

French officer killed, at least five soldiers wounded in drone strike on base in Iraq’s Makhmour

Macron called the attack "unacceptable" and said that the French troops were stationed in the region as part of France's support in fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

MARCH 12, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS
French soldiers at a military outpost outside the Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq, January 2, 2017.

Housing for lone soldiers is essential to Israel’s wartime resilience - opinion

Housing for lone soldiers is more than shelter; it provides stability, community, and the support needed to endure wartime service.

MARCH 12, 2026ByLIORA RUBINSTEIN
Over 300 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.

Elbit America wins $120.5m US Army contract to develop Soldier Borne Mission Command

MARCH 10, 2026ByKATERYNA POBEREZHNA
Elbit America's SMBC soldier