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Emblem of the IDF

Israel's military is called the Israel Defense Forces (shortened: IDF) (Hebrew: צָבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל) Loudspeaker.png Tzva HaHagana LeYisrael (info • help)), "Army for the Defense of Israel". It is known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym צה"ל, (Tzahal). It includes the Israel Army, Air Force, and Navy.

Since 1967, the IDF has had a close relationship with the United States.[1] The IDF is believed to have maintained nuclear weapons, possibly possessing between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads.[2]

IDF Corps

 
Flag of the IDF

The army has the following corps:

Ground Arm

Israel Defense Forces Media

  • Badge of the Israeli Defense Forces 2022 version

  • IDF Kirya Compound, Tel Aviv

  • The structure of the Israel Defense Forces (click to enlarge)

  • Israeli officers of the Paratrooper Battalion 890 in 1955 with Moshe Dayan (standing, third from the left). Ariel Sharon is standing, second from the left and commando Meir Har Zion is standing furthest left. Note the wearing of four pocket tunics by paratroopers and khaki uniforms being worn as a sort of dress uniform.

  • Israeli soldiers coming back from the Second Lebanon war, armed with the M4 Carbine and the IMI Negev light machinegun

  • IDF uniform colors

  • IDF female Military Police wearing skirts with their white caps and belts

  • Female IDF corporal with the Spike missile launcher, wearing the golden-olive Madei Alef uniform

References

  1. ↑ Mahler, Gregory S. (1990). Israel After Begin. SUNY Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7914-0367-9.
  2. ↑ There are a wide range of estimates as to the size of the Israeli nuclear arsenal. For a compiled list of estimates, see Avner Cohen, The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's bargain with the Bomb (Columbia University Press, 2010), Table 1, page xxvii and page 82.

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