Two women to enter elite air force unit 669 training.
Recruiting female observers has proven challenging for the army.
Attorney Yair Ochayon told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorist had threatened to “hurt her and her family, and to ruin her life."
"Being a female combat soldier is an honorable form of service, and did not always exist as an option," one female combat soldier said.
Immediately after the fly-past, Herzog and IDF Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi will inspect the soldiers, who represent different units of the army, navy and air force.
For the first time ever, 12 women will begin the year-long Yahalom training course after entry to the unit was opened for women earlier this month.
According to an indictment, an IDF officer committed indecent acts against two female soldiers who served under him and with two other female soldiers.
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