Israel Defence Forces
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| Militar o Israel |
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Israel Defense Forces logo
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Flag o the Israel Defense Forces
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| Foondit | 1948 |
| Service branches |  Israeli Airmy Israeli Air Force Israeli Navy |
| Leadership | |
| Prime Meenister Defense Meenister |
Benjamin Netanyahu Moshe Ya'alon |
| Chief o General Staff | Rav Aluf Benny Gantz |
| Manpower | |
| Militar age | 18 |
| Conscription | 18 |
| Available for militar service |
1,554,186 males, age 17–49 (2000 est.), 1,514,063 females, age 17–49 (2000 est.) |
| Fit for militar service |
1,499,998 males, age 17–49 (2000 est.), 1,392,319 females, age 17–49 (2000 est.) |
| Reachin militar age annually |
54,148 males (2000 est.), 47,996 females (2000 est.) |
| Active personnel | 176,500[1] (ranked 34th) |
| Reserve personnel | 445,000[1] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | 50.6₪ billion (~$14.5 billion)[2] (2012) |
| Percent o GDP | 6.9% (2011)[3][4] |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Militar Industries Israel Weapon Industries Elbit Systems Elisra Elta Rafael Advanced Defense Seestems Israel Shipyards |
| Foreign suppliers |
 Fraunce (1955–1966)[7] |
| Relatit airticles | |
| History | War o Independence (1948–1949) Sinai War (1956) Sax-Day War (1967) War o Attrition (1967–1970) Yom Kippur War (1973) First Lebanon War (1982) First Intifada (1987–1993) Seicont Intifada (2000–2005) Seicont Lebanon War (2006) Ither |
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF; Ebreu: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל 
Tzva Hahagana LeYisra'el (help·info), lit. "The Airmy o Defense for Israel"; Arabic: جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي Jaysh ad-Difāʻ al-Isrāʼīlī ), commonly kent in Israel bi the Ebreu acronym Tzahal (צה"ל), are the militar forces o the State o Israel. Thay consist o the grund forces, air force, an navy. It is the sole militar wing o the Israeli security forces, an haes na ceevilian jurisdiction within Israel. The IDF is heidit bi its Chief o General Staff, the Ramatkal, subordinate tae the Defense Meenister o Israel; Rav Aluf Benny Gantz haes served as Chief o Staff syne 2011.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Institute for National Security Studies", chapter Israel, 2012 8 May 2012.
- ↑ David Eshel. "Israel Uses Special Funds To Boost Spending". AviationWeek.
- ↑ David Esel. "Analyzing numbers: The cost of Israeli defense is elusive (page 52)". AviationWeek/dti.
- ↑ Defense budget gets additional NIS 260M ynetnews, Zvi Lavi Published: 11 April 2011, 14:27
- ↑ Charles Levinson (14 August 2010). "U.S., Israel Build Military Cooperation". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Plushnick-Masti, Ramit (25 August 2006). "Israel Buys 2 Nuclear-Capable Submarines". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ↑ France & Iraq: Oil, Arms And French Policy Making in the Middle East, I.B.Tauris, 2 April 2006, By David Styan page 39-47
