“As of today, there are 3,500 Lone Soldiers from abroad in active duty, serving in the IDF. About 25% of them are from the ...

Lone soldiers include those serving in the IDF whose parents live abroad and soldiers who are not in contact with or not supported by their parents. The decision means that nearly 8,000 reservists ...

Over 150 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program. (credit: TZOFIM GARIN TZABAR) For example, the Scouts Movement has been running the Garin Tzabar (“core sabra group ...

Instead, these lone soldiers chose one of the IDF's most gritty roles: reconnaissance missions in high-risk areas in Syria and Lebanon. As part of an elite recon unit established in November 2023 ...

Lev L’Chayalot brings uplifting events and much-needed supplies to the growing number of female soldiers in the IDF ...

After 482 days in Hamas captivity, Agam Berger, one of the IDF soldiers kidnapped from an observation base during the Oct. 7 attacks, was reunited with her family in Israel. Berger was the last of ...

In the uncertain terrains along Israel’s northern border, a unit of 30 religious lone soldiers operates missions crucial to national security. Commanded by Yitzchak C., this unit, established in ...

Reservists who were lone soldiers will now be recognized by the IDF as “lone reservists” and receive additional benefits, the Knesset Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee ...