Female israeli soldiers

‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families

“Olim (immigrant) soldiers who come from abroad to Israel do it purely out of a sense of Zionism and because they really want to take part in helping Israel and helping the IDF.”

Staff Sergeant Oren Metzuyanim, a 21-year-old lone soldier at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.
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

IDF women's tank unit program to start in November, Zamir announces

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

Soldiers from an artillery unit stationed near the Israel-Lebanon border during the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026; illustrative.

In first, woman completes IDF Sayeret Matkal course, set to join operational service


First all-female tank crew to be stationed on Egyptian border

Making history, Israel's first all-female tank crew is set to be stationed on the Egyptian border, with a female commander.

Female soldiers of the Bardales Battalion preparing for urban warfare training, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel.

Int'l Women's Day: Still fighting gender bias in Israel

Gender equality neither begins nor ends in the Knesset, despite the fact that Israel is a country in which everything is political.

Golda Meir, Israel’s only female premier, Labor's new leader Merav Michaeli and Bayit Yehudi leader Hagit Moshe

Female combat soldiers to cross enemy lines, face Hezbollah in IDF first

Ten female soldiers from the IDF's field intelligence corps will make up a drone operating team within the previously all-male field intelligence battalion.

Female IDF soldiers of the Bardales Battalion

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

History in the making: Female cadet from Ivory Coast to graduate elite Air Force course

Lt. T's father moved to Israel 20 years ago from the West African nation.

IAF cadets of course 179.

IDF promotes first female officer to artillery corps battalion commander

This is not Major Efrat Kikov Levi's first time making IDF history; she was the first woman to be deputy battalion commander in Eged (artillery brigade) 282 and operations division 215 commander.

IDF officer Efrat Kikov Levi will be the first female artillery corps battalion commander.

Health charity concert canceled after refusing to include female artists

Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer, head of Ezra LeMarpe NGO, requested that women not sing at a benefit concert for his charity due to the religious prohibition on men listening to women sing.

Shlomo Artzi

Female recruits petition Supreme Court to let them serve in Armored Corps

Or Abramson and Maayan Halberstadt claim military is violating their rights by not allowing them to serve in tanks.

Female infantry soldiers of the Caracal Battalion carry a comrade on a stretcher during a 23-kilometer march marking the end of their training

Grandfather to IDF: Make prayer for soldiers' welfare for females, too

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau told the grandfather that his request would be evaluated by the Chief Rabbinate.

Israeli soldiers rest during a training session in Ben Shemen forest, near the city of Modi'in May 23, 2016.

What it's like to be an Israeli female combat soldier? - Photographer's Notebook

I was curious to see what the women actually did during their service, how happy they were with their choices, what motivated them, etc.

A female Israeli soldier takes part in a training session in Krav Maga at a military base in the Golan Heights, March 1, 2017