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Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

The Israel Defense Forces are the military forces of the State of Israel, consisting of the ground forces, air force, and navy. The Israel Defense Forces is a conscript army, with service being mandatory for nearly all Israeli citizens over the age of 18. The IDF has played an important roll in all the country's major military operations.

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Who was the leader of the Israel army in the Six-Day War?

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The leader of the Israel army during the Six-Day War in 1967 was Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin was the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at that time and played a significant role in planning and executing the military operations during the war.

Does Israel have high school military programs before entering the military?

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There are some small programs, but the vast majority of military training is performed post-graduation, when the Israeli citizen enlists or is drafted.

Is israel a powerful military nation?

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Yes, it's power far exceeds it's apparent size.

How old do you have to be to be in the IDF?

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most of the recruits are 18 years old

Whose army is more powerful turkey or israel?

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Shortly, Israel .

Turkey has the largest army in the middle east but in Strategy, technology, nuclear, Israel has advantage on any country in the middle east .

What was the first military coup in Israel?

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There have been no military coup in Israel

Movie about a Nazi having plastic surgery and escaping to Israel to become an Israeli military officer?

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If recalled correctly, this was a two or three part mini-series, probably about 20 years old...Teh title that comes to mind is "Twist of Fate", but not positive

It was called Pursuit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098540/plotsummary

Why has Israel allocated a large part of its national production to maintaining one of the most highly trained and best equipped military forces in the world?

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Israel has a number of regional adversaries who have made it clear that they intend to destroy Israel when they have the opportunity and the ability. So Israel needs to devote an unusually large fraction of its economy to military preparation and readiness, in order to discourage others from pursuing their intentions and desires in that regard, and, basically, just to continue to exist.

Which country equipped Israel's air force and was the main reason for the destruction of the Arab armies in the Six Day War?

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France. The IAF was equipped with Dassault Mystere and Mirage aircraft from France during the Six Day War.

What does idf normally stand for?

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There are a lot of things that the acronym IDF can represent. Some options are Israel Defense Force, International Dairy Federation, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

What was the role of the Israeli Air Force in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 or Six Day War?

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The Israeli air force or the IAF was used on the first day of the war in an operation called "Moked" to wipe out the entire air force's of the countries surrounding Israel. Those counties were Egypt .Jordan Syria and Iraq.

During the first day of the war Israel attacked Egypt's air force (while they were mostly on the ground) and completely destroyed it , then Israel attacked the other countries air forces.

In total after the first day of this 6 days war Israel destroyed 350 air planes out of the 600 the Arabs had with only the 203 air planes Israel had back then. This happened because the Israeli pilots were much better trained and caught the Arabs by surprise. This lead to an Israeli win, without the help of the Allies.

Having superior air power, granted after the elimination of the Egyptian Air Force, allowed Israel to react much more swiftly to the multi-front attack that they were facing, even as ground forces were slower to move from point to point.

How many years must women in Israel serve in the military?

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If you are an Israeli citizen, you get recruited into the Israeli Defense Force when you graduate high school around age 17/18 you do training for a bit and then have to serve for two or so years.

What was the first military coup in Israel in the bible?

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There have been no military coups in Israel. However, most of Israel's Prime Ministers have been former military generals and war-heroes.

Does Egypt or Israel have the stronger army?

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really it used to be Ethiopia but after the haile Selassie assassination the Ethiopian militia went crazy and messed up terribly which concluded as Egypt with more militia power than Ethiopia because of problems in Ethiopia