Female israeli soldiers

High Court says IDF must implement equal opportunity for women in combat roles

The petitions, first filed in 2020, were brought by female candidates and service members seeking equal access to screening and service in elite units, including the infantry and maneuvering armor.

Female IDF combat soldiers.
FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone.

Female IDF soldiers barred from entering base on religious grounds - report

A female Israel Air Force crew member prepares for airstrikes on Iran as part of Operation Roaring Lion, published on March 2, 2026.

WATCH: Female IAF pilots, navigators take part in Iran strikes as Operation Roaring Lion continues

Ultra-Orthodox rioters clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, February 15, 2026.

Tearing Israel apart: Jew-on-Jew violence in Bnei Brak is unacceptable - opinion


Two IDF soldiers rescued after straying into Palestinian village

There were no reports of injuries.

Israeli border police in the West Bank city of Hebron April 24, 2016

IDF denies Kaminer conscientious objector status

Until 2004, the IDF’s policy was to recognize more women than men as conscientious objectors.

TAIR KAMINER is serving a sixth term at Military Prison No. 6.

Center Field: To the father of the female soldier stabbed in the neck near Rachel’s Tomb

Last week, our daughter came home from guard duty during a family party, looking perfectly natural yet dressed anomalously in combat fatigues and lugging an M-16.

A female soldier has mud applied to her face for camouflage in this photo from an IDF Instructors course in 2006.

Or Lachayal delivers thousands of Purim packages to IDF soldiers

The packages included various snacks and candies with a personal message for each solider, costing some NIS 500,000.

Or Lachayal delivering "mishloach manot" purim packages to soldiers

Bayit Yehudi Knesset candidate says IDF not a place for women

The issue of women serving in the army has become a point of contention within the national religious community that Bayit Yehudi represents.

A religious woman and a female soldier pray at the Western Wall.

Security and Defense: IDF’s female operations officers on the watch

In the midst of rising West Bank violence, the IDF’s female operations officers work to keep attacks in check.

Operations officer Lt. Hila Sharabi’s Binyamin territorial brigade has also seen a clear spike in the number of violent incidents

10% of US-Israelis in IDF become officers

The report says a large majority of American immigrants in the army serve in combat units.

Lone soldiers who study at Yeshivat Hakotel take a break from training at their base.

The human spirit: The woman in the Puma

There is a small group of exceptional females that are being counted on to keep our soldiers alive from injury on the battlefield to the hospital.

A female soldier has mud applied to her face for camouflage in this photo from an IDF Instructors course in 2006.

Yesh Atid ready to restart bill-blocking war against Bayit Yehudi

Ariel submitted an appeal against bill that would rescind exemptions from IDF service for girls who were found lying about being religious.

THE LIFE of female IDF soldiers gets a humorous twist in the new film ‘Zero Motivation.’

IDF recruits to attend massive TA event Wednesday

The event will provide the opportunity for prospective soldiers to meet their future comrades and see performances by top Israeli musicians.

Soldiers site on their vehicle as the sun sets over the Negev.