Israel Defense Forces

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armed forces government agency military organization

The Israel Defense Forces is the combined military organization of the State of Israel, encompassing its army, air force, and navy and known for its mandatory conscription and advanced defense capabilities.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Israel Defense Forces canonical 194
Israeli Defense Forces 12
צה"ל 3

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
budgetCurrency Israeli new shekel ⓘ
chiefOfStaff Herzi Halevi ⓘ
commanderInChief Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ
conscriptionAge 18 ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
dateFounded 1948-05-26 ⓘ
doctrine preemptive defense ⓘ
rapid mobilization of reserves ⓘ
emblem IDF emblem with sword and olive branch ⓘ
engagedIn Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War

1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
2006 Lebanon War ⓘ
2023 Israel–Hamas war ⓘ
surface form: 2023–2024 Israel–Hamas war

First Intifada ⓘ
Operation Cast Lead ⓘ
surface form: Gaza War (2008–2009)

Operation Protective Edge ⓘ
Second Intifada ⓘ
Six-Day War ⓘ
War of Attrition ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
flag Flag of the Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
foundedBy Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
hasBranch Cyber Defense Directorate ⓘ
Home Front Command ⓘ
Israeli Air Force ⓘ
Israeli Ground Forces ⓘ
Israeli Navy ⓘ
Military Intelligence Directorate ⓘ
hasConscription female citizens ⓘ
male citizens ⓘ
hasMotto Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Israel Defense Forces
hasNotableProgram Atuda academic reserve program ⓘ
Talpiot program ⓘ
Unit 8200 ⓘ
hasRankStructure IDF ranks ⓘ
hasReserveForce IDF reserves ⓘ
hasSpecialUnit Duvdevan Unit ⓘ
Maglan ⓘ
Sayeret Matkal ⓘ
Shaldag Unit ⓘ
Shayetet 13 ⓘ
hasTrainingBase Bahad 1 ⓘ
hasUnofficialMotto The people’s army ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tel Aviv ⓘ
legalBasis Israeli Defense Service Law ⓘ
nativeName Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: צה"ל
nativeNameLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
notableFor advanced defense technology ⓘ
integration of women in combat roles ⓘ
mandatory military service ⓘ
officialName Israel Defense Forces self-link ⓘ
operatesIn Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel

occupied Palestinian territories ⓘ
partOf security forces of Israel ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
primaryRole defense of the State of Israel ⓘ
secondaryLanguage English ⓘ
serviceType combined arms ⓘ
conscription-based military ⓘ
professional military ⓘ
shortName IDF ⓘ
subordinateTo Israeli Ministry of Defense ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defense of Israel
usesEquipment Arrow missile system ⓘ
David’s Sling air defense system ⓘ
F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
surface form: F-16 fighter aircraft

F-35 Lightning II ⓘ
surface form: F-35I Adir fighter aircraft

Iron Dome air defense system ⓘ
Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
Sa'ar-class corvettes ⓘ
usesScript Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (224)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miri Ben-Ari → militaryService → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Druze → hasMilitaryRoleIn → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli flag → usedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israel Police → cooperatesWith → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Yitzhak Rabin → memberOf → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Lebanese Civil War → hasParticipant → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israel State Archives → coordinateWith → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel Defense Forces archives
David Grün → founderOf → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Haganah → formedTheCoreOf → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Haganah → mergedInto → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Haganah → dissolvedInto → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Hezbollah → primaryOpponents → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
2006 Lebanon War → involvedOrganization → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights → conflictParty → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
First Intifada → opposingSide → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israeli Defense Forces
First Intifada → involvedOrganization → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israeli Defense Forces
Second Intifada → belligerent → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Entebbe → carriedOutBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Entebbe
Reuven Rivlin → militaryService → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Operation Moses → organizer → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Operation Solomon → operator → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Moshe Katsav → militaryService → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Benjamin Netanyahu → militaryService → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Operation Joshua → hasParticipant → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Tel HaShomer → operatedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Tel HaShomer → militaryBranch → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: IDF Manpower Directorate
Israel Defense Forces → nativeName → Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: צה"ל
Israel Defense Forces → officialName → Israel Defense Forces self-link ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces → hasMotto → Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Israel Defense Forces
Tripartite Aggression → involvedOrganization → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
M48 Patton tank → usedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
M60 Patton tank → operator → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: M60 Patton
Moshe Dayan → militaryBranch → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005 → carriedOutBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli Military Governorate → governingBody → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Erez Crossing → usedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Erez Crossing → securityControlledBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Kerem Shalom Crossing → securityControlledBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli authorities → includes → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Lehi → mergedInto → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Irgun → mergedInto → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Area C → hasMajorActor → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Garden of the Missing in Action → associatedWith → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
M1 Garand rifles → usedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: M1 Garand
this entity surface form: Israeli military
Rabin → militaryBranch → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day → observedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli occupation of Sinai Peninsula → involvedParty → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Israeli capture of Old City of Jerusalem → militaryUnit → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israeli Defense Forces
Israeli occupation of West Bank → enforcedBy → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
South Lebanon conflict → opponent → Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israeli Defense Forces