Israeli Air Force

IAF chief Tomer Bar not seeking to extend tenure in role, slated to step down in April - N12

Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar requested to retire after four years as Israel Air Force chief, despite IDF efforts to keep him on amid ongoing operations against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, N12 reported.

Israel Air Force chief Tomer Bar.
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece, Trump says Hamas faces 'obliteration' if it rejects deal

Jawad Nasrallah, son of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, reacts at the burial site ahead of the first anniversary of his father's assassination, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon September 24, 2025.

Son of Lebanon's slain Hezbollah chief says his father's final days were filled with rage

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 25, 2025.

IAF hits 170 Hamas targets across Gaza, eliminates terrorists in Gaza City


WATCH: IDF strikes 50 targets overnight as Gaza City ground offensive intensifies

“The forces are eliminating terrorists and destroying military structures that were used by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.

IDF soldiers operate in Gaza City, September 17, 2025.

IAF eyes major overhaul of F-16s, used to strike Iran, to meet future combat needs

The decades-old F-16 "Barak" aircraft managed to strike in Iran without refueling, and added significant capacity to the Israel Air Force’s strike capability.

An Israeli F-16D; illustrative.

Former spy says Mossad likely sought to preserve Qatar mediation channel

'A,' a former Mossad official, stated that "If there was an objection [from the Mossad], then it would arise from its duty to be in all the places the official State of Israel cannot be."

Mossad chief David Barnea seen during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 5, 2024

Israel strikes Houthi military camp, fuel storage site, other targets in Sanaa

The IDF said that among the targets were Houthi military camps, the headquarters of the Houthi propaganda department, and a fuel storage site that was used for the regime's military activity.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, September 10, 2025.

WATCH: IAF allegedly strikes Syria's Homs, Latakia, Palmyra - report

Video footage appears to show smoke and debris rising near Homs, with explosions allegedly seen in Latakia. Syria's foreign ministry denounced Israel's "escalation."

IDF fighter pilots prepare to embark on a fighter jet for operational activity, August 24, 2025

IDF confirms at least 12 senior Houthi terror leaders were killed in Sanaa strikes

In addition, Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened the Yemeni terror group with "all ten plagues," following the third missile launch in approximately 24 hours.

IDF published footage of the location in Sanaa where IAF conducted an airstrike, killing 12 senior Houthi figures.

WATCH: Israel kills dozens of terrorist across Gaza as IDF ramps up airstrikes, ground op.

The IDF and Shin Bet say they killed key Hamas and Islamic Jihad figures in Gaza in a month-long campaign involving targeted strikes and coordinated ground activity.

An IDF soldier operates on the outskirts of Gaza City, in northern Gaza, August 27, 2025

Houthi Prime Minister Ghalib al-Rahawi, eight ministers killed in IAF Thursday strike

The Houthis further announced that ministers who were present were seriously and moderately injured in the strike and are receiving medical treatment. 

Houthi Prime Minister Ghalib al-Rahawi.

Houthi PM, defense officials likely killed in IDF strike on Sanaa, Yemen

Increasing likelihood that Houthi defense minister, military chief were killed as their leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, was giving a televised speech.

A fire ball rises from the site of a previous Israeli air strike in Sanaa, Yemen August 24, 2025.

'A significant source of knowledge': IDF kills Hamas's head of General Security Apparatus in Gaza

Aswad operated as the terrorist organization's general security leader for Western Gaza, with the military describing him as a "significant source of knowledge" for the terror organization.

IDF activity in the Gaza Strip.

IDF admits mistaken attack on hospital killing journalists, other civilians

Khan Yunis's Nasser Hospital was probably shelled, but there remains some dispute regarding what the target was.

A general view of the damaged Nasser Medical Complex building in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, August 25, 2025.