“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 ...

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 ...

At a time when the number of young Jews from abroad who wish to come to Israel and serve in the IDF is on the rise, the anti-enlistment discourse of the haredi leadership is promoting extremism ...

another lone soldier. “Ironically, Allison just arrived in New York to see her new nephew and then come here for Thanksgiving,” said Abraham. “She’ll return to Israel in the beginning of December.” ...

Chaim Meisels was in Washington, D.C., as part of Nevut, which supports 10,000 lone Israel Defense Forces ... supporter of the Jewish state and of Israeli soldiers like him, Meisels told JNS.

Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.). A U.S. citizen who served as a “lone soldier” (one without family in Israel) for six years, Meisels was part of the unit that eliminated former Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar ...

In a groundbreaking initiative, the Education Ministry and the IDF’s Education and Youth Corps have launched a unique program allowing soldiers to enlist in the role of an “education soldier ...

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 ...

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 ...