Defense News

IDF continues fight in Gaza, West Bank amid ongoing Iran war

IDF troops in Gaza located and destroyed military infrastructure, including launchers, booby-trapped buildings, and tunnel shafts.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, June 12, 2025.

IDF strikes 20 military targets related to Iran's nuclear program, missile production

Infographic on a missile production site that the IAF struck in Iran.

WATCH: IDF destroy anti-tank missile factories in Iran used to supply Hezbollah

 Three locations struck by the IDF connected to missile production in the area of Tehran, June 18, 2025.

Zamir: Striking Iran is striking their whole axis, including Hamas and the Houthis

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir (center) addresses senior Southern Command personnel at the regional command HQ, June 18, 2025.

WATCH: Israeli Air Force to receive next-generation refueling aircraft for Iran strikes

These aerial refueling missions are crucial for the Air Force's operations in Iran, enabling the continued maintenance of aerial superiority in the region, according to the military. 

 Refueling an Israeli fighter jet, June 18, 2025.

IDF announces death of St.-Sgt. Halfon in combat in Gaza

St.-Sgt. Halfon, 20, from Petah Tikva, served in the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade.

 IDF announces death of St.-Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, killed in Gaza, June 18, 2025.

IDF censor updates restrictions on reporting missile, drone impact sites

"Any person who prints or publishes printed matter or a publication regarding the location of a strike or hit by enemy war materiel," must submit to the military censor for approval.

 Remnants of an Iranian missile found in the Galilee.

Home Front Command eases security restrictions put in place due to Iran threat

The changes will be effective from Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, at 18:00 until Friday, June 20th, 2025, at 20:00. 

 Updated IDF security guidelines for residents of Israel.

First flight ferrying Israelis back into country since Iran strikes lands at Ben-Gurion

The flight was part of Operation Safe Return, launched to bring home between 100,000 and 150,000 Israelis stuck abroad.

 View of the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after all flights were cancelled following an Israeli attack on Iran, June 13, 2025.

WATCH: IAF destroys Iran attack helicopters, Emad missile launchers

Approximately 25 fighter jets struck over 40 missile infrastructure components, including missile storage sites and military operatives of the Iranian regime.

 Helicopters during a military exercise in Isfahan, Iran, October 28, 2023

WATCH: IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin gives update on war with Iran

Earlier on Wednesday, the IDF struck Iranian missile production sites.

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen.Effie Deffrin.

IAF drone downed in Iranian territory, military confirms

The drone incident occurred amid a series of Israeli airstrikes more than 1,500 kilometers from Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a Hermes 900 drone at the Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel July 5, 2023

Katz: Israeli tornado strikes Tehran, this is how a dictatorship collapses

Katz said "symbols of the regime are being blown up and collapsing, from the official state broadcaster and soon other such targets."

 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz waits for his British and French counterparts for a meeting, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem August 16, 2024.

The deadly invisible enemy from missile impacts: What is the blast wave?

The blast, which moves at supersonic speeds, can break bones, tear internal organs, and cause injuries even without any physical contact with the missile itself.

 Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit a parking lot near Herzliya, June 17, 2025.