Women in israeli army

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.
 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

Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Digital Pharaohs: Egypt’s AI sovereignty drive - opinion

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

New IDF record: Over 5,000 women recruited for combat roles last year


Petition calls on gov't to fire rabbis who object to women in combat roles

Video released by Female Combatants Forum calls on rabbis to apologize or be fired.

Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

Co-ed army service in Israel

It’s time for the people’s army to listen to the voice of the people, and not just to the voice of extremists.

Women in the IDF

Eisenkot: Women will not serve in Golani or Paratroopers under my watch

IDF Chief of Staff says there is a limit to integrating women into army's frontline units.

Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

1,800 sign petition supporting outspoken rabbi after IDF service comments

“We, the sons and daughters of religious Zionism, vigorously protest the injury to the honor of the rabbi”.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Israel Air Force appoints first woman to lead aviation squadron

Another woman appointed to lead operational command and control unit.

Israel Air Force planes fly over Tel Aviv.

Why some religious Israelis are saying women are weakening the army

A closer look at the religious sector's disdain over co-ed service, a field Israel is leading in.

Women in the IDF

IDF opens new track for religious women in Cyber Defense Directorate

The first all-female class of 23 students began September 1rst. They will enlist in IDF in June 2019.

Female IDF soldier in the J6/C4I Cyber Defense Directorate.

‘Nothing like it in the world’

“I made the decision in 12th grade, when everyone wanted to go to university. I decided that I wanted something different than my friends.”

Yam Elias, an IDF lone soldier from Mexico.

Two female soldiers drop out of pilot program testing women in tanks

The pilot program began in August with 15 female recruits and is set to finish in March 2018.

An IDF soldier stands atop a tank near Alonei Habashan on the Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria

1 in 6 female soldiers report sexual harassment in IDF

The majority of female soldiers who reported being sexually harassed said they had been harassed more than once during their service.

Israeli soldiers of Caracal battalion