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IDF’s intelligence chief emerges as key figure in Western military planning amid Iran tensions

Opinion: As Washington weighs possible action against Iran, US Central Command chief held extended talks in Israel, including a rare one-on-one meeting with Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder

Yossi Yehoshua | 01.27.26

Blocked on paper, porous in practice: how Hamas smuggled thousands of items into Gaza

Security officials acknowledge batteries, tobacco and other goods reached Hamas through drones, aid trucks and illicit routes, despite Israel’s full blockade of the Gaza Strip

Yoav Zitun | 01.27.26

Itzik Gvili with the coffin of his son Ran

'Ran always brought people together': convoy escorting the coffin across Israel | Watch live

The last Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, was returned after 843 days in Gaza, identified in a Palestinian mass grave; fellow police fighters escorted his coffin, as his father embraced the forensic dentists who helped identify him at Nahal Oz

Roni Green Shaulov | 01.26.26

'The first to go out, the last to return. Our hero': Ran Gvili’s mother speaks after his return

After the body of the last Israeli captive was identified and returned, Ran Gvili’s mother thanked the IDF teams and spoke emotionally with Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, saying the family finally feels relief after more than two years

Yoav Zitun | 01.26.26

Ran Gvili's body found, no hostages left in Gaza

IDF announces that Gvili, who fell defending Kibbutz Alumim on Oct. 7 and was kidnapped to Gaza, was identified; held captive for 843 days, he was found in a Palestinian mass grave after 250 bodies were examined; for first time since 2014, Gaza holds no Israeli hostages

ynet | 01.26.26

New details: IDF search for Ran Gvili underway in Gaza City

After Hamas said its information led to searches at a 'specific location,' Israel confirmed a wide operation began over the weekend to locate the last slain hostage at a Gaza City cemetery, as the cabinet debates reopening the Rafah crossing

Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner | 01.25.26

IDF creates new role of chief of staff adviser on Haredi affairs

The IDF chief appointed Col. Avinoam Emunah, founder of the Hashmonaim Brigade, as his new adviser on Haredi affairs amid army efforts to enlist Haredim and as the government advances legislation to exempt them from service

Shilo Freid, Elisha Ben Kimon | 01.25.26

הצוות הרפואי הבכיר (מימין לשמאל): סמל ש', סגן ד"ר ע', סמל נ' וסמ"ר ג'

Women are 20% of the combat force, and an army cannot become a yeshiva and still win

Excluding women to chase a political fantasy of mass ultra-Orthodox enlistment weakens the army, erodes equality and paves the way for women’s exclusion far beyond the military

Yael Yechieli | 01.25.26

'It was a miracle': how a Hezbollah invasion of northern Israel was nearly set in motion on October 7

Israel knew Nasrallah’s plans and the IDF says it was prepared, but had Hezbollah joined Hamas on Oct. 7, thousands of fighters could have poured into the north against thin defenses; 'It was worse than the south,' says general

Yair Kraus | 01.25.26

After decades of calm, Israel revives old Jordan border outposts as new threats emerge

Long-neglected bunkers and outposts dating back to the 1960s being restored as Israel fortifies its porous eastern border, citing growing smuggling networks and fears that terrorists could exploit the Jordan frontier for mass infiltration attacks

Yoav Zitun | 01.25.26

Israel to retire dozens of aging armored vehicles after heavy use in Gaza war

After decades of service, Israel is retiring its aging fleet of Achzarit armored personnel carriers, even as some officers warn that slow production of newer vehicles could leave gaps if fighting resumes

Yoav Zitun | 01.25.26

דובר צה"ל פצועים עזה סמל ל' רב"ט ג' - איכות טובה

Shot at point-blank range: two IDF medics wounded days before ceasefire

Terrorists stormed an IDF defensive position and opened fire at close range, critically wounding two combat medics; they recount the gunfight, severe injuries and long rehabilitation, and their determination to return to service despite daily struggles

Eitan Gefen | 01.24.26

Surge in weapons smuggling into Israel prompts Shin Bet step in

Smugglers now operate like military units, using giant drones, off-road vehicles racing through the desert and intercepted IDF radio traffic, as prosecutors warn that weapons and drugs are entering Israel with alarming ease

Oded Shalom | 01.24.26

Distance, fear and adrenaline: why many men had affairs during reserve duty

Months of separation, constant danger and psychological split lives turned wartime reserve duty into fertile ground for infidelity, leaving many women to discover that the man who came home was no longer the same

Uri Sherman Knohl, Shulamit Sperber | 01.24.26

As deadline expires, Israel shifts focus to Iran while weighing a strike on Hezbollah

Israel rejected Lebanese army claims that the area south of the Litani was disarmed, but despite Hezbollah still holding weapons there, the promised operation did not materialize as events in Iran shifted priorities

Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari | 01.23.26

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