Israel Defense Forces | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:03:51 1 Etymology
00:04:35 2 History
00:09:57 3 Organization
00:10:40 3.1 Structure
00:10:55 3.1.1 Regional commands
00:11:03 3.1.2 Arms
00:11:13 3.1.3 Administrative branches
00:13:46 3.1.4 Other bodies
00:16:36 3.2 Units
00:17:58 3.3 Ranks, uniforms and insignia
00:18:06 3.3.1 Ranks
00:18:55 3.3.2 Uniforms
00:20:31 3.3.3 Insignia
00:22:00 4 Service
00:23:21 4.1 Military service routes
00:25:57 4.2 Special service routes
00:27:00 4.2.1 Regular service
00:32:00 4.2.2 Permanent service
00:32:38 4.2.3 Reserve service
00:34:51 4.3 Non-IDF service
00:38:39 4.4 Women
00:39:19 5 Minorities in the IDF
00:41:13 5.1 Druze and Circassians
00:43:14 5.2 Bedouins and Israeli Arabs
00:43:54 5.3 Ethiopian Jews
00:44:27 5.4 Haredim
00:44:58 5.5 LGBT people
00:47:41 5.6 Deaf and hard-of-hearing people
00:48:36 5.7 Vegans
00:48:44 5.8 Volunteers
00:48:56 6 Overseas volunteers
00:49:27 7 Mission
00:49:45 8 Doctrine
00:50:02 8.1 Main doctrine
00:50:23 8.1.1 Basic points
00:51:16 8.1.2 Prepare for defense
00:53:58 8.1.3 Move to counterattack
00:55:10 8.2 Code of conduct
00:56:53 8.2.1 Stated values of the IDF
00:57:50 8.2.2 Military ethics of fighting terror
00:57:59 9 Command and control
01:00:12 10 Budget
01:03:24 11 Field rations
01:03:32 12 Weapons and equipment
01:05:04 12.1 Military equipment
01:05:33 12.2 Main developments
01:05:42 13 Commemoration
01:06:28 13.1 Commemoration
01:08:06 13.2 Parades
01:09:55 14 Foreign military relations
01:10:43 14.1 France
01:12:08 14.2 United States
01:12:49 14.3 India
01:13:40 14.4 Germany
01:14:52 14.5 United Kingdom
01:15:43 14.6 Russia
01:17:13 14.7 China
01:18:20 14.8 Cyprus
01:18:50 14.9 Greece
01:22:41 14.10 Turkey
01:22:50 14.11 Azerbaijan
01:22:59 14.12 Other countries
01:23:08 15 Future
01:24:33 16 See also



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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el, lit. "The Army of Defense for Israel"; Arabic: جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي‎), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force, and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel. The IDF is headed by its Chief of General Staff, the Ramatkal, subordinate to the Defense Minister of Israel; Lieutenant General (Rav Aluf) Aviv Kochavi has served as Chief of Staff since January 15, 2019.
An order from Defense Minister David Ben-Gurion on 26 May 1948 officially set up the Israel Defense Forces as a conscript army formed out of the paramilitary group Haganah, incorporating the militant groups Irgun and Lehi. The IDF served as Israel's armed forces in all the country's major military operations—including the 1948 War of Independence, 1951–1956 Retribution operations, 1956 Sinai War, 1964–1967 War over Water, 1967 Six-Day War, 1967–1970 War of Attrition, 1968 Battle of Karameh, 1973 Operation Spring of Youth, 1973 Yom Kippur War, 1976 Operation Entebbe, 1978 Operation Litani, 1982 Lebanon War, 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict, 1987–1993 First Intifada, 2000–2005 Second Intifada, 2002 Operation Defensive Shield, 2006 Lebanon War, 2008–2009 Operation Cast Lead, 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense, and 2014 Operation Protective Edge. According to GlobalSecurity.org, the number of wars and border conflicts in which the IDF has been involved in its short history makes it one of the most battle-trained armed forces in the world. While originally the IDF operated on three fronts—against Lebanon and Syria in the north, Jordan and Iraq in the east, and Egypt in the south—after the 1979 Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty, it  ...