Israel Defense Forces

Israeli Air Force planes were targeted from the ground after they attacked several targets on the territory of Syria, a spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Sputnik on Friday.

Overnight on Thursday, local media reported that the sounds of explosions and sirens were heard in the Jordan Valley area.

The trilateral Noble Dina exercise between the American, Israeli and Hellenic navies will begin later this month, with nearly a dozen surface ships, submarines and related air assets scheduled to engage in joint reconnaissance, counterterror and antisubmarine warfare training.

One of the strongest armies is the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Fully equipped with high technology weapon systems and experienced soldiers and officers.

The Israeli Navy conducted a major training exercise off the coast of Eilat in the Red Sea simulating several possible scenarios of terrorist attacks.

Some of the scenarios the navy has been prepared for include the hijacking of a civilian vessel by terrorists, the violation of Israeli waters and a terrorist attack on a navy ship, according to jns.org.

Israel tested secretly, with Greece’s permission, ways of defeating an advanced S-300 air-defence system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East, as Reuters reports citing military and diplomatic sources said.

America's top general sought to reassure Israel on June 9 of "unshakable" US military support, despite deep strains in political relations over the prospect of a US-led nuclear deal with Iran and differences over Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy. 

A U.S.-born Israeli soldier is deep in the mud after pigging out during training.

The military sentenced the soldier to 11 days in prison for eating a pork sandwich during a break in his commander's course. The punishment was replaced with confinement to base after relatives made a stink in the media, and a lawmaker wrote the defense minister on his behalf.

I was in Israel last week, where I saw a picture of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife posing with their youngest son, who is about to be conscripted into the Israeli army. Israel has mandatory military service and, as the photo shows, there are no exemptions. Even young women serve.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon sought to calm fresh tensions with Washington on Oct. 19 as he began a five-day trip to the United States.

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) says in a statement it downed a Syrian jet in mid-flight.

The vehicle had "infiltrated into Israeli airspace" as it was detected over Quneitra near Israeli border, the statement quoted by the Jerusalem Post suggests.

Debris reportedly fell in the Syrian part of the Golan Heights.