As Israel heads into a fiercely contested general election on October 27, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir issued a stark warning to the country's cabinet this week: unless urgent ...

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LTG Eyal Zamir says diplomacy across multiple fronts is the result of IDF achievements, but warns the army must remain ready to return quickly to high-intensity combat.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had attacked Hamas’ new armed wing chief, who ‌it said was appointed just days earlier after Israel killed his predecessor, as it steps up ...

In late June, cadets at the Israeli military’s officer training school sat through a lecture by Ofer Winter, a retired ...

Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers. By David M.