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IDF Artillery Corps

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the IDF General Staff Forum on June 30, 2025. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. At right is Defense Minister Israel Katz. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
November 26, 2025, 4:59 pm
IDF Ground Forces left in limbo as Katz holds up appointments of officers to key posts
Military chief moves Artillery Corps head to position vacant since September, leaving another role unfilled; defense minister insists he continues to work with Zamir despite tensions
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Staff Sgt. Maksym Molchanov in Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 5, 2023, 7:43 pm
‘An angel’: Ukraine-born lone soldier laid to rest following terror attack last week
Sgt. Maksym Molchanov, who immigrated to Israel at age 14, is eulogized by commander of his Artillery Corps unit as a ‘child with values and dreams’
By Emanuel Fabian
An IAI EItan drone is seen at the Tel Nof airbase, during Operation Breaking Dawn in early August 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 17, 2022, 7:59 pm
Armed drones gave IDF ‘surgical’ precision during recent Gaza fighting, officers say
UAVs conducted over 2,000 flight hours during 3-day battle against PIJ earlier this month; airbase commander says Strip ‘covered’ in drones, collecting intel 24/7
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, left, awards Reut Rettig-Weiss the rank of colonel, July 16, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 16, 2022, 9:29 pm
In first, IDF appoints female officer to lead brigade
Reut Rettig-Weiss will serve as commander of 99th division’s artillery brigade, promoted to rank of colonel by military chief Aviv Kohavi
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli artillery batteries are seen along the border with Lebanon on January 28, 2015. (Basal Awidat/Flash90)
August 24, 2021, 8:43 am
IDF launches artillery exercise in disputed land on Lebanese border
Military says drill in Mount Dov region was planned in advance, and there is no fear of a security incident
By Emanuel Fabian
Soldiers from the IDF's Sky Riders Unit work on a Skylark drone during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 23, 2018, 11:43 am
IDF’s ‘sky riders’ fly high under first female commander
Artillery Corps’ elite drones unit sheds light on its operations as two new UAV models are set to be put to use
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. An IDF self-propelled howitzer. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 27, 2017, 8:35 am
2 IDF soldiers killed, 4 injured in training accident
Self-propelled howitzer overturns during nighttime exercise in Golan Heights; military launches probe
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
September 25, 2017, 8:33 pm
IDF launches probe after two more mini drones crash
Commander grounds fleet as Skylark hand-launched military drones go down in West Bank, bringing total crashes this year to at least 8
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
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