IDF Women

Captain Ella trades desk for the field as IDF's new Arab spokesperson

Lt. Col. Ella Waweya, aka ‘Captain Ella,’ was recently named as the next army spokesperson for the Arab world

Head of the Arabic media desk at the IDF Spokesperson Unit Major "Captain" Ella Waweya; highest ranked Arab Muslim IDF soldier. 20.7.2024.Premium
 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Women's integration into IDF 'disaster': Rabbis send letter to Netanyahu demanding intervention

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Smotrich doubles down on refusal to enlist daughter, claims IDF is 'no place for women'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (RZP) speaks at a Religious Zionist Party press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 16, 2026.

Finance Minister Smotrich says he won't educate his daughter to enlist in the IDF


Meet the next right-hand woman to the Commander of the Homefront Command

Col. Liron Donnell will be promoted to Brigadier General, making her the 7th woman to hold such a rank in the IDF

 Col. Liron Donnell

Female pilot to become IAF combat squadron deputy commander

N. will be promoted to the rank of Lt.-Col. when she takes up her role next year.

 An Israeli Air Force soldier looks on at an Apache helicopters belonging to the Israeli Air Force 113 Squadron Unit (also known as the Hornet Squadron Unit) at an airforce base in Southern Israel. The unit was formed on October 4, 1955. The Hornets were the first squadron to fly 24 MD450B Dassault

United Torah Judaism MK: Women serving in the IDF is not 'human nature'

The issue of women serving in the IDF has been a long contested subject for the ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset.

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

Noam Party leader calls for closure of IDF Gender Affairs Department

In a letter to the IDF chief, MK Avi Maoz demanded that the Gender Affairs Adviser to the Chief of Staff unit be closed immediately, saying that it weakens Israel.

A female IDF soldier shaking out a blanket during a week-long survival course for women in the infantry at an undisclosed location in Israel

IDF: Female soldiers who came to rescue in Meron were attacked

The female soldiers, who came to rescue and evacuate those who were wounded, were attacked verbally and physically.

Jews descend upon Mount Meron in the North to attend Lag Ba'omer celebrations, April 29, 2021

Int'l Women's Day: IDF aims for 50% increase in female senior officers

Some 37% of Israelis support opening all IDF combat roles to women.

IDF event in honor of International Women's Day.

Teens appeal to High Court for IDF to open all combat units to women

"We are not asking for the conditions to be changed for us, but just let us try – and if we are found to be compatible, to have us join," Mor Lidani told N12.

The cadets at the infantry instructor's course at the Squad Commanders and Infantry School took part in field week. The soldiers learned survival skills, slept and trained in the field, and took one step closer to completing the prestigious course.Southern Israel

Female tank commanders petition Supreme Court to serve in Armored Corps

The petition by the two women is the second one to be filed against the decision to bar women from serving in tanks.

Israeli female soldiers walk in front of a tank during an exercise at the end of their tank instructors course at Shizafon base

IDF increases number of female combat soldiers in co-ed units

While co-ed battalions used to be considered an exception, the situation today is different, and the IDF's current need for female fighters is described as a critical operational need.

Women in an IDF combat unit help one of their fellow fighters during a training exercise

IAF Air Traffic Control Division: The eyes of the sky

‘For pilots, their missions are the most important thing, and we help them complete their missions’

On shift at the Hatzor Air Force Base.