IDF Women

Several haredi rabbis protesting women in IDF tank units skip meeting with IDF chief Zamir

While several prominent Hesder Yeshivot rabbis were present, The Jerusalem Post has learned that rabbis from one-third of Hesder Yeshivot who have announced a boycott of the move were not.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen on November 3, 2025
Female IDF soldiers work on a tank; illustrative.

Equality NGO Forum Dvorah slams hesder yeshivot boycott over women's integration in tank units

DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment

THE EXHIBIT ‘Observation/The Field Observers of the Gaza Sector’ by Talya Lavie is currently on display at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art gives voice to the female observers of Oct. 7


Will new gov’t set back progress of IDF women in combat units? - analysis

Half of the new government is made up of three to four political parties that either completely oppose women serving in the IDF or specifically oppose them serving in any combat units.

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite  669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

Soldiers take note: The clothing revolution in the IDF is underway

Starting in August 2023, women IDF conscripts will be able to choose between two types of pants—cargo pants, or pants with back pockets.

Pants with back pocket

Grapevine: Lonely in Likud

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NIR BARKAT at a rally supporting him on Thursday night, June 10 2021

Tzipi Livni: Israeli attacks against IDF soldiers likely to increase

The former foreign minister warned of a growing phenomenon of attacks by Jewish Israelis against soldiers after a female soldier was attacked in Hebron over the weekend.

SECURITY PERSONNEL inspect the scene where a female soldier was shot yesterday in Hebron.

In a first, Israeli general opens up about IDF use of armed drones

The armed drones not only provide Israel with additional firepower but also allow for quick detection and attack against targets.

 IDF drone

First female IDF paratrooper Yocheved Kashi dies aged 93 - report

“She is an example and model of groundbreaking pioneering.” Brig.-Gen. Yehiel Gozel, chairman of the Paratroopers' Legacy Association, said.

Yocheved Kashi in 1950

IDF begins drafting women to elite combat units in historic first

Female recruits will undergo various physical and mental screenings to draft into combat positions in the elite search and rescue unit.

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite  669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

IDF to draft women into Border Defense Corps tank crews

Israeli military deems the latest pilot program with women in tanks a success

FEMALE TANK CREWS are deployed along  the border as part of a pilot program to  assess whether or not to integrate  women into the IDF’s Armored Corps

First-of-its-kind program will guide IDF women into hi-tech jobs

Meshuchreretec, the first-ever collaboration between the IDF and the Israeli business sector, aims to increase female tech representation.

A SELECTION of photos of women in the IDF from inside ‘Women on the Front Lines.’

Female IDF fighters arrest 3 suspects trying to break into military base

The police said that the three suspects, including a Palestinian from Hebron, a resident of East Jerusalem and a foreign worker from Thailand who lives in Jerusalem, were taken for questioning.

SOLDIERS OF the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training near Nitzanim. Formed in 2014, Bardales is an IDF infantry combat battalion comprised of 50% female soldiers.