Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Chishamiso cheHondo yeYom Kippur nemigumisiro yayo zvakachinja zvachose nzira dzeIDF uye nzira yehondo. Shanduko dzesangano dzakaitwa uye nguva yakawanda yakatsaurirwa kurovedza nokuda kwehondo yenguva dzose. Zvisinei, mumakore akatevera, basa remauto zvishoma nezvishoma rakachinjira zvakare kuhondo yakaderera, hondo yemumaguta uye kurwisa ugandanga. Muenzaniso wechipiri waiva kubudirira kweOperation Entebbe commando raid muna 1976 kusunungura vatyairi vendege vakanga vabatwa vari nhapwa muUganda. Munguva iyi, IDF yakaitawo basa rakabudirira rokurwisa mabhomba muIraq kuti iparadze chishandiso chayo chenyukireya. Yakanga ichibatanidzwa muLebanese Civil War, ichitanga Operation Litani uye gare gare 1982 Lebanon War, uko IDF yakadzinga mapato emaPalestine emagandanga kubva kuLebanon. Kurwisana kwePalestine kwave kuri chinhu chikuru cheIDF kubvira ipapo, zvikurukuru mukati meHondo Yenyika Yokutanga.
uye Second Intifadas, Operation Defensive Shield, Hondo yeGaza, Operation Pillar of Defense, Operation Protective Edge, uye Operation Guardian of the Walls, zvichiita kuti IDF ichinje zvakawanda zvayo uye ibudise IDF Spirit. Sangano reLebanese reShia reHezbollah rave ririwo tyisidziro iri kukura, iyo IDF yakarwisana nayo muhondo isingaenzaniswi pakati pa1982 na2000, pamwe nehondo yakazara muna 2006.