Israel Defense Forces

Israel's military is called the Israel Defense Forces (shortened: IDF) () ), "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.  The IDF is believed to have maintained nuclear weapons, possibly possessing between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads.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.
IDF Corps
The army has the following corps:

Ground Arm
 Infantry Corps
 1st Golani Brigade
 35th Paratroopers Brigade
 84th Nahal Brigade
 89th Commando Brigade
 900th Kfir Brigade
 933rd Givati Brigade
 Armored corps
 7th Sa'ar Armored Brigade
 188th Barak Armored Brigade
 401st Ikvot HaBarzel Armored Brigade
 460th Sons of Light Armored Brigade
 Artillery Corps
 Combat Engineering Corps
 Combat Intelligence Collection Corps

References

Other websites

 Official website  
 Official website 
 BBC: Israel undercover
 Israeli Weapons 
 Statistics about IDF ratio of thwarting suicide bombing attacks  (link to DOC file)
 Defense-Update Online Magazine
 Haaretz report: "From 40 attacks per quarter to 5 attacks per quarter" :English  - Hebrew  - Graph 1: Thwarted attacks (yellow) vs successful attacks (red) - Graph 2: Suicide bombing within the "green line" per quarter .
 War Online - military analysis and military history of the Middle East, especially IDF 
 The Israeli Military and Israel's Palestinian Policy: From Oslo to the Al Aqsa Intifada  U.S. Institute of Peace, December 2002
 Israel Military Forum 

Category:1948 establishments in Israel

Category:Organizations based in Israel