Israel Defense Forces – or IDF – represents all of Israel's military forces. It was established in 1948, two short weeks after Israel declared its independence against Arab forces.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it was not dragging its feet in the Gaza Strip and was continuing to ramp up pressure on Hamas to bring the terror group ...

Hamas essentially conquered Israel’s southern border area with the IDF outnumbered. One of the key answers for why it took the Israeli military so long to mount an adequate response — leaving ...