The defense minister is interviewing three candidates for the formidable challenge of restructuring the military while facing active combat.

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 ...

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 ...

Halevi had earlier served in many crucial positions including commander of the Israeli Southern Command, the commander of the special forces unit Sayeret Matkal, and chief of the military ...

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 returned to Israel at the age of eighteen to enlist in the Israeli Defence Force’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit. On the other hand, after completing his military service five years later, he felt that ...

A majority of the Israeli public supports continuing the hostage deal into the second phase, a poll aired on the Kan public broadcaster says. Fifty-five percent of the public wants the deal to ...

In the West Bank 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 ...