IDF reserve soldiers

IDF troops conduct a training exercise near the Gaza Strip on December 6, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

February 24, 2019, 9:16 am

IDF launches surprise military-wide drill simulating war in Gaza

Amid increasing violence in the Strip and concerns over army preparedness, 3-day exercise to include live-fire tests, troop deployments and aerial maneuvers

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: An Israeli reservist packs his gear after ending a deployment near Gaza during Operation Defensive Shield. (Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash90)

February 18, 2019, 4:03 pm

Reservists called up in test of IDF automated phone system

Military says exercise meant to ensure troops’ ‘fitness and readiness’

By Judah Ari Gross

A military police officer speaks with imprisoned Israeli soldiers at Prison Four, Israel's largest military prison, located at the Tzrifin military base on Aril 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

September 9, 2018, 8:33 am

Army offers amnesty to deserters for festival season

Israelis overseas who have not served in IDF may visit until October 31, while reservists who refused call-up will have criminal charges waived

By TOI staff

St. Sgt. Alon Segev, 40, an IDF reservist, was filmed on August 11, 2018 by a member of the Ta'ayush Jewish-Arab rights group in the Hebron Hills area striking the activist. (YouTube screen capture)

August 17, 2018, 4:57 am

IDF reservist discharged after hitting left-wing activist in West Bank

St. Sgt. Alon Segev was filmed striking a member of Jewish-Arab group Ta’ayush, who was accompanying Palestinian farmers in Hebron Hills area to their fields

By TOI staff

IDF reservist soldiers guard a community near the Israeli-Gaza border on August 14, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

April 30, 2018, 2:19 pm

Extended army reserve service to count toward college credit

Students who serve in military more than 18 days in a year, or who are involved in ‘significant social activities,’ to earn 2 credits

By TOI staff

April 19, 2018, 9:30 am

In ‘glitch,’ IDF accidentally calls up reservists on Independence Day

Citing technical error, army quickly cancels emergency summons, after automated messages tell soldiers to show up for duty

By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff

Izzy Ezagui, center, and fellow reserve soldiers in 2014 (Courtesy of Izzy Ezagui)

March 20, 2018, 3:03 pm

One-armed IDF sharpshooter still fights on the front lines — from the US

Published March 20, Izzy Ezagui’s memoir ‘Disarmed’ charts the American-born IDF vet’s battle for Israel — and himself

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Activists from the group Reservists on Duty, in T-shirts reading 'Defending freedom from hate,' hold a counter protest in front of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanction display on a college campus. (Courtesy Reservists on Duty)

November 13, 2017, 2:04 am

‘Rock stars’ of the IDF: Israeli soldiers go on tour to educate the masses

Groups seek to put a human face on the Jewish state while countering misconceptions and anti-Israel activists

By Cathryn J. Prince

Reservist soldiers take part in an IDF drill on March 21, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)

May 11, 2017, 3:20 pm

In efficiency drive, IDF cuts a fifth of its reservists

Army increases benefits for reserve soldiers and their families; Tel Aviv again provides the most reserve soldiers

By Judah Ari Gross

Soldiers receive equipment as part of new army program unveiled on March 7, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

March 8, 2017, 1:27 am

Army launches new effort to end combat soldiers’ reliance on families, donors for gear

IDF program to outfit troops with personal, not unit-owned, combat equipment seeks to ensure equality among troops and quality of materiel

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative. IDF reserve soldiers training at Adam military facility. (Photo by Roy Sharon/Flash90)

October 30, 2016, 5:09 pm

State boosts stipends for self-employed IDF reservists

Liberman approves 25% rise in compensation given to soldiers during reserve duty, in move costing NIS 30m

By TOI staff

Hezbollah's preparations for the cross-border raid that sparked the 2006 Second Lebanon War, from a screenshot from a promo clip by the Lebanese al-Mayadeen station. (al-Mayadeen/YouTube)

July 31, 2016, 4:22 am

Hezbollah releases boastful documentary on attack that sparked 2006 war

Al-Mayadeen, a TV channel affiliated with the terror group, says 3-part series will offer new information on kidnappings of Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, subsequent prisoner exchange

By TOI staff

July 29, 2016, 10:50 pm

Hezbollah to air ‘new footage’ on raid that sparked 2006 Lebanon war

TV channel affiliated with terror group says 3-part series will reveal new info on kidnappings of Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, subsequent prisoner exchange

By TOI staff

July 22, 2016, 2:14 pm

Betsalel Steinhart

The dreaded call (and what followed)

Snapshots of memory from the Second Lebanon War, offering glimpses into the experience of a reservist soldier on duty

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot visits troops during drills, June 22, 2016. (Yahav Trudler/IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

July 10, 2016, 6:31 pm

IDF chief: Second Lebanon War brought decade of quiet in north

Hezbollah is deterred, IDF has improved, and next war will see victory, Eisenkot says in letter to troops on war’s anniversary

By TOI staff