Israel Defense Forces: Table of Contents

Israel Defense Forces

General Information | Doctrine | Wars & Operations | Units | International Cooperation

Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—An Introduction

General Information

• Chiefs of Staff
• Evolution of Armed Jewish Defense in Palestine
• The Founding of the Israel Defense Forces
• General Staff Officers
• Israeli Nuclear Arsenal
• Israeli Casualties in Battle
• Israeli Defense Industry
• Israeli Soldiers "Missing in Action" (MIA)
• Prayer for the Israel Defense Forces

Doctrine

• The Ethical Code of the Israel Defense Forces
• Israel’s Security Doctrine
• Israeli Way of War (2011)
• Military Law
• Teaching the IDF Code of Conduct
• Teaching Morality in Armed Conflict
• What Would You Do:
  • If You Were An Israeli Soldier Faced with The Following Circumstances ...
  • If You Were Israeli Prime Minister Tasked with a Prisoner Exchange...

Wars & Operations

• This Year in the IDF (2011)
• Arab-Israeli Conflict Casualties
• Humanitarian Operations
• Gaza Flotilla Incident (2010)
• Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009)
• Second Lebanon War (2006)
• Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2005)
• Operation Defensive Shield (2002)
• First Intifada (1987-1991)
• First Lebanon War (1982)
• Yom Kippur War (1979)
• Operation Thunderbolt-Entebbe Rescue (1976)
• War of Attrition (1967-1970)
• Six Day War (1967)
• Suez War (1956)
• War of Independence (1948)

Units

• Ground Forces
• Air Force
• Navy
• Special Forces
• Israeli Counterterrorism
• Chaplaincy Corps
• Education and Youth Corps
• Medical Corps
• Ordnance Corps
• Abu Ghosh “Search and Rescue” Unit
• Barak Armored Brigade
• Liaison Division
• Spokesperson
• Yahav: The Bedouin Rescue Unit
• National Defense College
• Women of the IDF
• Iron Dome Anti-Rocket System

International Cooperation

• Military Training:
  • Joint Training Maneuvers
  • "Juniper Cobra"
  • "Reliant Mermaid"
• Strategic Cooperation:
  • With the United States
  • With Turkey
  • With India
  • With NATO
• Prisoner Exchange Deals:
  • Israeli Negotiations for Prisoners-of-War
  • Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange (2011)
  • Israel-Hizbollah Prisoner Exchange (2004)