IDF Women

Inside the IDF’s female field intelligence unit spying deep inside Syria – exclusive

Commander hints that the IDF is not leaving Syria any time soon, despite US-sponsored talks

NOVEMBER 28, 2025|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

ISRAELI/SYRIAN border fence near IDF Position 720 at the Israel-Syria-Jordan tri-border.

IDF's women Operational Hummer Driving Instructors seen at a gas station in the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on February 8, 2024.

The women shaping Israel's front line strategy against Iran: Inside the IDF's war bunker

From Yemen to Tehran, these lieutenant-colonels lead critical operations while balancing family life and military duty.

JULY 20, 2025|BySHIRLY GOLAN

(L) STAFF SGT. NOA COHEN, 21, was wounded on Oct. 7, 2023.

Wounded IDF soldiers: ‘At this home, we choose life’

Capt. (res.) Liam Spielman and St.-Sgt. Noa Cohen, wounded while fighting for the State of Israel, discuss the importance of Beit Halochem

MAY 15, 2025|ByLIOR NOVIK, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IDF DISABLED VETERANS ORGANIZATION

Female combat paramedic soldiers, September 24, 2024.

Knesset c'mtee to discuss female soldiers' rights, haredi IDF integration

The session comes as the coalition moves forward with legislation that would regulate exemptions for haredi yeshiva students from mandatory military service.

MAY 8, 2025|ByAVRAHAM BLOCH

Grapevine: Lonely in Likud

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

NIR BARKAT at a rally supporting him on Thursday night, June 10 2021

Tzipi Livni: Israeli attacks against IDF soldiers likely to increase

The former foreign minister warned of a growing phenomenon of attacks by Jewish Israelis against soldiers after a female soldier was attacked in Hebron over the weekend.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

SECURITY PERSONNEL inspect the scene where a female soldier was shot yesterday in Hebron.

In a first, Israeli general opens up about IDF use of armed drones

The armed drones not only provide Israel with additional firepower but also allow for quick detection and attack against targets.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByREUTERS

First female IDF paratrooper Yocheved Kashi dies aged 93 - report

“She is an example and model of groundbreaking pioneering.” Brig.-Gen. Yehiel Gozel, chairman of the Paratroopers' Legacy Association, said.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF begins drafting women to elite combat units in historic first

Female recruits will undergo various physical and mental screenings to draft into combat positions in the elite search and rescue unit.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite 669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

IDF to draft women into Border Defense Corps tank crews

Israeli military deems the latest pilot program with women in tanks a success

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

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

First-of-its-kind program will guide IDF women into hi-tech jobs

Meshuchreretec, the first-ever collaboration between the IDF and the Israeli business sector, aims to increase female tech representation.

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY

A SELECTION of photos of women in the IDF from inside ‘Women on the Front Lines.’

Female IDF fighters arrest 3 suspects trying to break into military base

The police said that the three suspects, including a Palestinian from Hebron, a resident of East Jerusalem and a foreign worker from Thailand who lives in Jerusalem, were taken for questioning.

OCTOBER 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF