Tanks

First female Armored Corps combat company to begin IDF training in November

The IDF has completed preparations for its first all-female tank company designated for maneuvering combat, with recruits set to enter the new track in November.

IDF Armored Corps soldiers deploy; illustrative.
An Israeli soldier looks on from a Merkava tank while operating in a location given as Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 7, 2023

IDF to equip combat engineering vehicles with Iron Fist active protection against anti-tank threats

A Namer APC shows off its abilities traversing steep terrain

Tensions rise in Givati unit after religious soldiers refuse mission involving female medic

Merkava Tank in southern Israel, on the border with Gaza, November 11, 2024.

Cyprus ramping up pressure on Tel Aviv while eyeing Israel’s Merkava tanks for its army - report


Head of IDF Ground Forces Planning Department, Col. Netanel Lasri, dies at age 40

Lasri, an armored corps officer, had previously served as commander of the 9th Battalion in the 401st Brigade and in the Golan and Hermon Brigade.

COL. NETANEL Lasri.

Some 25 hesder yeshivot boycott IDF's tank corps over new pilot to incorporate women

The Yeshivot Heseder leaders believe that mingling between men and women in such a small, secluded space would compromise modesty.

IDF reserve Infantry and Merkava Tank soldiers train in a military exercise in the Golan Heights on October 23, 2023

IDF's 401st Armored Division changes chief weeks after outgoing head injured by Hezbollah FPV drone

Col. Meir Biderman was seriously wounded by a Hezbollah drone on May 20. The changeover was planned before the attack that wounded him in southern Lebanon.

Col. Meir Biderman (L), wounded by a Hezbollah drone attack, embraces IDF Northern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo (R) at a changeover ceremony, June 7, 2026.

Azerbaijan commemorates Jewish national hero, tank commander Albert Agarunov

The Muslim-majority country continues to honor the Jewish tank commander killed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, whose legacy remains a symbol of patriotism and interfaith coexistence.

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Sgt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in southern Lebanon

Idan Fooks, 19, from Petah Tikva served in the 7th Armored Brigade's 77th Battalion.

Sgt. Idan Fooks, 19, killed in southern Lebanon, April 26, 2026.

IDF Merkava tank rammed UNIFIL vehicles on two occasions on Sunday, UN force claims

UNIFIL alleges that an IDF tank rammed its vehicles twice in southern Lebanon and fired warning shots nearby, raising concerns over safety and freedom of movement.

UNIFIL Chief Maj.-Gen. Diodato Abagnara, attends a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, March 14, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: IDF's Lebanon raids kill Hezbollah terrorists, seizing weapons, dismantling infrastructure

The IDF's 7th Armored Brigade killed dozens of Hezbollah operatives in raids as Israel weighs broader ground operations in southern Lebanon over the past week.

IDF's 7th Brigade seizes Hezbollah terror weapons in southern Lebanon, March 14, 2026.

Lebanese Maronite priest killed by IDF tank fire targeting suspected Hezbollah terrorists

Father Pierre al-Raei was a Maronite parish priest in a Christian village near the border who reportedly spoke out against Hezbollah terrorists and coordinated with Israeli authorities.

Maronite Father Pierre al-Raei, in an undated picture.

WATCH: IDF destroys IRGC's internal security, Basij forces infrastructure in Ilam area

Strikes were also reported in Isfahan, Karaj, Zahedan, Kermanshah, and other Iranian cities, eyewitnesses and local media cited by Iran International claimed.

An IDF F-35 "Adir" shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet on March 4, 2026.

IDF officer, soldier wounded by Hezbollah anti-tank fire in southern Lebanon

The incident is the second of its kind in as many days, raising the total of IDF soldiers wounded in southern Lebanon to four.

IDF soldiers injured in southern Lebanon evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, March 5, 2026.