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הכלב ג'רי עם רס"ב זאהר דאהר
Three years after Oct. 7, police dog Jerry is still fighting his own battle
An RPG fired near Jerry during the battle of Re'im left the Belgian Malinois unable to function; he stopped eating, lost a quarter of his body weight and developed severe anxiety. Now recovering under police care, he will never return to duty
Israel Moshkovitz | 10.10.26
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After 53 years behind the wheel, Nir Oz ambulance driver returns to rebuild his shattered kibbutz
Giora Zehavi heard desperate rescue calls from Nir Oz while trapped in a safe room on Oct. 7, knowing he could not reach them; after months away he has returned home, resumed volunteering with MDA and is helping rebuild the kibbutz’s emergency response network 
ynet Global | 10.06.26
פעילות כוחות צוות הקרב של חטיבת הנח״ל בצפון רצועת עזה
IDF received 1.2B shekels in donations since Oct. 7, yet troops still fundraise for their own gear
Donations from Israelis and Diaspora Jews funded ambulances, infrastructure, aid and support for troops, yet some reservists say they still rely on private fundraising to buy basic gear, replace worn equipment and meet operational needs 
Gal Ganot | 09.16.26
השבעת טירוני גולני
IDF pushes manpower revolution to avert crisis amid shortage of 12,000 soldiers
The IDF is quietly overhauling its manpower system to bridge a 12,000-soldier shortfall, sending more troops to combat roles and adding tens of thousands to reserves; but it still needs conscripts, including thousands of Haredim each year
Yossi Yehoshua | 08.14.26
אל"מ ד"ר אבי שינה, מפקד המרכז לשירותי רפואה בצה"ל
Fighting to return: 3 in 4 IDF soldiers wounded in war are back in service
More than 8,900 IDF personnel have been wounded since October 7, yet about 77% have returned to service, including 3,600 combat soldiers, as the military expands medical, emotional and rehabilitation support from hospital to unit
Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.05.26
אסף יעיש וליאן כהן
Wounded in combat, they met in rehab and fell in love
Assaf Yaish and Lian Cohen were wounded in separate military operations last year and faced lengthy rehabilitation; between treatments at Sheba Medical Center, they unexpectedly found each other and fell in love
Gal Ganot | 07.29.26
'We experienced the devastation of the war, and now it is time to bloom and to grow'
'We got on the last truck out of Gaza, and went straight down to the fields of the Jordan Valley'
After 14 months of fighting, Nahal troops spent their final year of service farming, mentoring at-risk youths and supporting isolated communities along Israel’s eastern frontier, blending combat service with agriculture in a modern revival of the Nahal model
Ofir Hauzman | 07.15.26
מחאות "יום האלף" ל-7 באוקטובר
Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7 with protests, exhibits and mass rally
Events will begin at 6:29 a.m., the moment Hamas launched its attack, and continue through the day with memorial ceremonies, roadblocks, survivor testimonies and a central evening rally in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square
Roy Rubinstein | 07.02.26
תקיפות צה"ל ברצועה
Top demographers challenge Gaza mortality study, warn of possible double counting
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola and Dr. Mark Zlochin say a widely cited Lancet Global Health study estimating about 75,200 violent deaths during the war in Gaza contains methodological flaws that could undermine its findings
Nadav Eyal | 06.28.26
ד"ר תומר פורטנוי, רדיולוג מבית החולים שניידר, שירת במחנה שורה במילואים
'The smell still follows me': Shura workers recount the trauma of identifying October 7 victims
Content warning: Schneider radiologist Dr. Tomer Portnoy opened victims’ body bags at Shura for 10 days; Kaplan imaging technician Yigal Foigel served there too; two years and seven months after October 7, both describe trauma that still haunts them
Ariela Ayalon | 06.27.26
נורית לאון והסיכה שעוצבה עם הציור שצייר בנה, עדי ז"ל
Maccabiah to honor 18 fallen soldiers with special pins
At next month’s Maccabiah, special memorial pins for fallen soldiers, designed with bereaved families, will be unveiled; one honoring Staff Sgt. Adi Leon features a drawing from a letter he wrote before entering Gaza
Gal Ganot | 06.20.26
רוה"מ נתניהו והנשיא הרצוג. מחדלי סייבר חמורים
Government indifference, exposed databases: Israel’s cyber failures laid bare
State comptroller says wartime cyberattacks surged while Israel lacked binding laws, national drills and AI readiness, with sensitive state databases left exposed
Raphael Kahan | 06.09.26
רחל באייר בברלין
'My grandparents would never believe I stood in Germany in an IDF uniform'
Noam, a Nahal reconnaissance soldier wounded in an incident that killed 5 troops, prayed for IDF soldiers at a Budapest synagogue; Rachel Bayer, whose brother fell in the war, joined the Jewish Agency delegation in Europe
Gal Ganot | 05.10.26
סגן ד"ר י', רופא גדוד 77
'They were shocked to hear IDF soldiers were saved thanks to German blood'
Lt. Dr. Y, physician of the IDF’s 77th Battalion, visited Germany with the Jewish Agency’s 'Shlichim in Uniform' program, telling lawmakers and Jewish teens how German-donated blood saves wounded soldiers
Gal Ganot | 05.07.26
הימני: אלון וולף, השמאלי: סער חמדי הציל את חייו ב עזה נפגשו ב הוסטל בפנמה
From Khan Younis to Panama: soldier reunites with comrade who saved his life
About 11,000 km from Israel, a post-army trip to Panama led to a rare encounter as Saar met Alon, who saved his life in Gaza 18 months ago, asking, ‘Do you remember me?’
Or Hadar | 04.24.26
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