Photos Israeli Defence Forces

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Israeli soldiers mourn their loss at the scene of a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem, Jan. 8, 2017. At least four people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded on Sunday as a Palestinian rammed his truck at a group of soldiers in Jerusalem, said officials. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)



Israeli soldiers stand guard at the scene of a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem, Jan. 8, 2017. At least four people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded on Sunday as a Palestinian rammed his truck at a group of soldiers in Jerusalem, said officials. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)




Friends of wounded Israeli soldiers arrive at Sharey Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem, Jan. 8, 2017.

 

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A female Israeli soldier fires tear gas on Palestinian protesters from Jalazoun Refugee camp, north of Ramallah in the West Bank as they clash with Israeli soldiers during a Friday protest near to the Israeli settlement of Bet El, February 7, 2014. Palestinian medics claim that during the clashes several protesters were wounded by Israeli soldiers with live ammunition. ( SAFADI)

An Israeli policeman scuffles with a Palestinian during clashes near Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City February 7, 2014. Tensions briefly ran high on Friday in Jerusalem's Old City following clashes that erupted between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians on a compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount. (Darren Whiteside)

Israeli policemen run in front of the Dome of the Rock during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians after Friday prayers on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City February 7, 2014. Israeli police stormed the compound on Friday using stun grenades to disperse Palestinians, some of whom were masked, after they threw stones towards the Western Wall and Mugrabi Gate, no injuries were reported at the scene and 5 Palestinians were detained, a police spokesman said. (Ammar Awad)

 

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Local time 2014 Feb 8, Jordan river west coast, tear gas explodes in a military truck which injure 4 Israeli soldiers. When the accident happened, the truck was chasing Palestinian protesters.

 

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A wounded Israeli soldier is treated in the Golan Heights, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Jinipix)

A wounded Israeli soldier is carried to a helicopter in the village of Masade in the Golan Heights, Tuesday, March 18, 2014.

A wounded Israeli soldier is brought to a hospital in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A roadside bomb hit an Israeli patrol near the frontier with the Golan Heights on Tuesday, the army said, wounding four soldiers in the most serious violence to strike the area since the Syrian conflict began three years ago. Israel said it responded with artillery strikes on Syrian army targets. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed the strategic area in a move that was not internationally recognized. (AP Photo/Hertzel Shapira

A wounded Israeli soldier is brought to a hospital in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Hertzel Shapira

Israeli soldiers walks beside mobile artillery units near the city of Katzrin in the Golan Heights March 19, 2014. Israel attacked several Syrian military sites on Wednesday in retaliation for a roadside bombing that wounded four of its troops on the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, the Israeli military said.photo by/Ronen Zvulun

 

[bdpopeye]

Brutal...

Israeli police detain Palestinian protestors during clashes ahead of Land Day at east Jerusalem March 29, 2014. Land Day which is observed on Sunday in Israel commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region.

A Palestinian women touches her face after an Israeli border police officer sprayed her with tear gas during confrontations at a Land Day protest outside Jerusalem's Old City March 30, 2014.

A Palestinian protester gestures as an Israeli border policeman uses his mobile phone to take a photograph during a demonstration marking Land Day, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem March 30, 2014.

A Palestinian protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli border policemen during a demonstration marking Land Day, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem March 30, 2014.

 

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Israeli Mostly Female Combat Unit "karakal" Perform Large Combat Exercise

Soldiers from the Karakal battalion participate in a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border on September 03, 2014 near Azoz, Israel. The mixed-sex Karakal combat battalion was formed in 2004 and is based in the Negev desert on the border with Egypt and Jordan.

(September 2, 2014 - Source: Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images Europe)

 

[bdpopeye]

IDF women complete training November 2014..

In Israel, both men and women perform mandatory military service; three years for men and two for women. But some women willingly choose to become combat soldiers and serve side by side with men for three years, protecting and serving the country. Some of these woman, soldiers from the Home Front Command’s Combat Search and Rescue Brigade, recently completed their intense eight-month training and received their orange berets.

As of 2013, women make up 4.3% of all combat soldiers in the IDF, and each year the number increases. The Combat Search and Rescue Brigade is one combat unit in which women serve alongside men. The following photos are from the soldiers’ recent beret march.

 

[Centauro]

T-346 LAVI

 

[Bombardier]

Alenia Aermacchi M-346

 

[Centauro]

Alenia Aermacchi M-346

Correct, 30 aircraft ordered to replace old TA-4 "Skyhawk".

 

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[bdpopeye]

Israeli soldiers confront Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Nablus who tried to block the main road between Nablus and the Jewish settlement of Shavei Shomron during a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, on May 16, 2017. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

 

[Bombardier]

Too Much time on his hands, but thats the way it is in conflict sometimes

 

[BravoZulu]

188th Armored Brigade Merkava Mk. 3

Merkava Mk. 4

Snow in the Golan Heights 2018

IDF Special Forces in Cyprus

Paratroopers Brigade Exercise

Snipers Camouflage Demonstration

 

[Gordus]

Good thread, great photos

 

[Bombardier]

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 9, 2014. At least two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv on Wednesday were shot down mid-air by Israel's Iron Dome defense system, the Israeli military said.

@bdpopeye

I watched a TV show last night about the worlds military weapons and the Iron Dome was featured.
They stated that each battery costs $50,000,000. That a lot of money!!!
Does anybody know how many batteries they have and how many Iron Dome units they have in each battery?

Edit on reflection I expect that is information not readily available

 

[BravoZulu]

From what I can find, Israel currently has up to 8 batteries and plan on 15 batteries when fully deployed. A battery consists of a radar unit, system unit and 3-4 launchers each with 20 Tamir interceptor missiles. They cost between $70k and $100k per missile.

 

[Josiah]

One of my favourite ever photos of the Israel Border Police's YAMAM. Taken by the photographer Ziv Koren.

Link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/8/82/YAMAM-2009-45-by-Ziv-Koren.jpg

 

[Kadir93]

Sayeret Maglan

 

[Josiah]

Israel Navy's "Shayetet 13" naval commandos.

Source: https://www.idf.il/en/minisites/shayetet-13/gallery-shayetet-13/