"Shishvat" photographer Oren Cohen accompanies the IDF combat units in training, routine and operational activities • The result: a rare glimpse into the small moments • A special project
// Photos: Oren Cohen
Lionesses in the desert
Combat officers of a combat collection battalion in practice in the southern sector, November 2020
A shell came out
Armored Corps in the 7th Brigade Loading an "Anemone" Shell in a Chariot Tank Mark 4, January 2021
Iron Dome
Soldiers of the Eternal Judea Battalion with a Torah scroll, on an aliyah journey to a unit in Beit El, March 2021
United Rescue
Rescue and Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command in concluding training to deal with a multi-casualty incident from hazardous materials, civilian parking lot in Rishon Lezion, February 2021
The shape of the water
Divers from the Marine Security Fin Unit in training in the Red Sea sector, December 2020
Warriors' discourse
Disguised sniper of the Magellan unit in training in the southern sector, March 2021
Laser power
Fighters from the Cherry unit in combat training in a built-up area in the center of the country, July 2020
They raided at dawn
Soldiers board a rhino transport plane at the Nabataean Air Force Base, April 2018
Written in the skin
Headquarters conveys a message to the new female soldiers, a beret reception ceremony at the combat unit involved in the Bay Valley, July 2017
Jellyfish encounter
Fighter for an underwater mission (YLTM) in a training dive in Haifa Bay, January 2021
Landing in white
Owl Helicopter Squadron on a training flight on Mount Hermon, March 2021
Man and machine
Fighter of the ghost multidimensional unit with the robotic weapon position "Pitball" in training in the Golan Heights, April 2021
Close to the plate
Unit 8200 in training on antennas in the center of the country, December 2020
I robot
Commander of the Commando Brigade with night vision equipment in the northern sector, December 2020
Fly me from here
Fighter of the UAV "Rider Sky" in battalion training in the Jordan Valley, December 2020
Lethal beauty
Paran Brigade fighter of the Paran Brigade in a battalion exercise on Mount Keren in the south, March 2021
Under the rock
Fighters from a combat collection battalion in the southern sector, as seen inside and outside the camouflage position, November 2020
Incognito
Surfing training of the Anti-Terrorism Unit ("training monkeys" in professional parlance), from the heights of Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv, May 2017
The purple joy
Excited soldier at the end of the Givati Brigade's beret campaign, November 2020
Sea of tranquility
Last effort at the end of Phase A of the Seamen's Course, Red Sea Arena in Eilat, January 2021
His good friend
Fighter of a sting unit in stealth training on a ladder with his dog at a facility in the center of the country, September 2020
A hovering threat
Skimmer operator of the Shahaf Combat Collection Battalion in the northern enclave on the Lebanese border, July 2020
Hammer
A female soldier in the Home Front Command's rescue and rescue unit in a summit summit in Zikim, February 2021
