Railways:
total: 853 km
standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
Roadways:
total: 17,364 km
paved: 17,364 km (including 126 km of expressways) (2004)
Merchant marine:
total: 18 ships (1000 GRT or over) 716,382 GRT/845,053 DWT
by type: cargo 2, container 16
registered in other countries: 51 (Bahamas 1, Bermuda 3, Cyprus 3,
Honduras 1, Liberia 5, Malta 23, Panama 6, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 2, Slovakia 7) (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
Military Israel
Military branches:
Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Army Headquarters, Israel Navy,
Israeli Air and Space Force (ISAF, includes air defense forces);
historically there have been no separate Israeli military services
(2005)
Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) and voluntary
(Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are
eligible for military service; conscript service obligation - 36
months for men, 21 months for women (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 1,492,125
females age 17-49: 1,443,916 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 1,255,902
females age 17-49: 1,212,394 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 53,760
females: 51,293 (2005 est.)