Female israeli soldiers

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

The IDF announces its first female soldier to complete the elite Sayeret Matkal course, marking a historic milestone in Israel’s special forces as she prepares for future operations.

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

Hi-tech female artillery unit soldiers aiding in defense against Iran, Hezbollah talk to 'Post'

Female IDF combat soldiers.

Israel Air Force introduces all-women Arad special commando unit

IDF troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 27, 2026.

IDF colonel suspended due to sexual harassment investigation


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

Hands off women conscripts

Just this past week activists posted a large billboard- looking ad alongside the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, which claims that Israel is stronger without mixed units.

IDF female soldiers training

Liberman praises IDF service by religious women, pans Orthodox dodgers

Israeli defense ministers says practice of permanent Torah study by Orthodox Jews at expense of army service, employment reflects "fake reality."

CARACAL BATTALION soldiers march in the Negev in 2014.

Why must women choose between feminism and Zionism, but not any other ‘ism’?

There are many countries and movements throughout the world that treat women as second-class citizens. Israel is not among them.

‘AS THE only democracy in the Middle East, Israel’s legal guarantee of rights has meant that women play crucial roles in all aspects of Israeli society.’ Gold Meir during the 1973 war.

Israeli Pride Times Two: LGBT and female combat soldiers

"It’s all about a person’s ability, not gender or sexual orientation.”

The Israeli Pride Times Two event at Beit HaChayal

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.