Military branches: Israel Defense Forces (includes ground, naval, and air components), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal), Frontier Guard, Chen (women); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,420,066 females age 15-49 : 1,391,042 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 1,162,745 (1997 est.) females: 1,134,610 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 50,744 females : 48,519 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $9.2 billion (1996)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: about 9.8% (1996)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Golan Heights is Israeli occupied; Israeli troops in southern Lebanon since June 1982
Illicit drugs: increasingly concerned about cocaine and heroin abuse and trafficking ______________________________________________________________________