IDF
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5.4
- noun
- /aɪ di ɛf/
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Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI)
- Therefore, a minor redeployment took place to increase the IDF presence on the major routes of travel.
- IDF soldiers
- Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
- IDF air force
And you have to cross through a number of checkpoints, IDF checkpoints, Israel Defence Force.
- And you have to cross through a number of checkpoints, IDF checkpoints, Israel Defence Force.
- After negotiations fail, Mengurian orders the IDF to shell the Altalena.
- While all this has been going on, the IDF has continued to make gains in Sinai.
- Just to just to at least censure child detainment by the IDF.
- And then the IDF has a lot of brave but stubborn people.
- And in when we were talking about this, he was telling me how he was currently training IDF soldiers on the Gaza border.
- But Israel as a state, the IDF as an army, people who are actually in charge, did they intend to commit a genocide?
- No, the big rabbi of IDF, of Israeli Defence Forces.
- And we filmed the first one and we it was to IDF with you.
- And they think in today the, the one case that the IDF is guilty of genocide in Gaza, right.
- Aha, the fact that the IDF soldiers don't rape any of the Palestinian women.
- So people in government, IDF soldiers and citizens, there are neither of those.
- This, this gentleman has spent been in the IDF twice, been five years the first time injured multiple times, correct.
Examples
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Indeed, the motivation to serve in the IDF among new recruits remains very high.
Academic text (2013) -
Most of the raiders were killed, but the IDF suffered casualties.
Academic text (2015) -
All along the line, IDF forces were now under immense pressure in the South.
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As a whole, the IDF is designed for quick and decisive operations, at least in theory.
Academic text (2015) -
Nonetheless, the IDF made efforts to adapt to the new situation in several areas.
Academic text (1991) -
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is a sophisticated and effective organization, using advanced technologies and weapons.
Academic text (2013) -
Apparently Israel's IDF just reported that two Palestinians were killed after a protest in the West Bank.
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Following the Gaza war, the IDF must rethink its operational mode.
Academic text (2015) -
The adaptation of the IDF to the new form of warfare was a slow and gradual process.
Academic text (1991) -
The IDF is responsible for defending Israel from external threats.
Synonyms
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3.8
The army, navy, and air force of Israel working together to protect the country
Surface Forms
Morphology
IDF = Israel Defense Forces (opaque) = I + D + F
As an initialism, the letters do not transparently convey the full phrase to learners who do not know the expansion.
Etymology
IDF is a short name made from the first letters of Israel, Defense, and Forces, and it means the country's 'armed forces', the army, air force and navy.