Zahaln.
/zaˈhal//tsaˈhal/ The name applied by the Israelis to their defence forces, formed originally in 1948 by the fusion of pre-independence military organizations.
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Zahal1959
1959 A. M. Heller Israel's Odyssey 61 The Haganah disbanded, the Irgunist and the Sternist forces and their members were fused into the Zahal, made up of the initial Hebrew letters of Zva Haganah L'Israel—Israel's National Army.
1969 A. Perlmutter Mil. & Politics in Israel v. 55 Zahal's chief of staff was delegated the operational function of maintaining and training the army.
1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 17/3 Very few top-ranking Israeli officers gave their Zahal (Defence Force) more than one chance in three of pulling it off.
1975 C. A. Haddad Moroccan i. 7 The twins did not have to lose two years to the Zahal, as the [Israeli] army does not draft religious girls.
1982 Murray & Viotti Defense Policies of Nations ix. 378 The leadership opted for a unified command for Zahal in which there would be one general headquarters and a chief of staff.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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