IDF Women

Only clear rules, command chain, can let IDF avoid internal conflict due to religion - editorial

The IDF's reality, where it wants both women and religious men serving together, demands clear rules, common sense, and commanders who know the soldiers they lead.

IDF soldiers participate in the Arrowhead agility competition on July 8, 2026.
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protester argues with a police officer outside the Jerusalem IDF recruitment center, April 12, 2026.

Givati situation must teach IDF it has no time for diversions by religion, egalitarianism - comment

A Namer APC shows off its abilities traversing steep terrain

Tensions rise in Givati unit after religious soldiers refuse mission involving female medic

 THE ZIONIST identity didn’t overcome the Jewish identity, nor did the opposite occur: An IDF soldier puts on tefillin.

National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds


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.

 IDF drone

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.

Yocheved Kashi in 1950

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.

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

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.

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.

SOLDIERS OF the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training near Nitzanim. Formed in 2014, Bardales is an IDF infantry combat battalion comprised of 50% female soldiers.

The IDF trailblazers making history for Israeli women in uniform

No. 48 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: IDF Maj. Neta Blum and Brig.-Gen. Naama Rosen-Greenberg.

 FROM LEFT: IDF Maj. Neta Blum and Brig.-Gen. Naama Rosen-Greenberg.

IDF names first woman in charge of air defense combat battalion

IDF Lt.-Col. Revital Barazani was sworn in as OC Ram 66 Battalion, the Israeli military's first mobile anti-aircraft battalion.

 Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Gilboa Prison pimping affair: Will there actually be a conviction?

There is nothing slam dunk about a case with so many questions, especially when it is unclear if the victim will show up in court.

 GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Gilboa prison pimping affair: New victim of alleged affair comes forward

Writing under a pseudonym, a new victim has launched a crowdfunding campaign, sharing her testimony of abuse she suffered at the hands of terrorist Muhammad Atallah with her commander's knowledge.

 POLICE OFFICERS and prison guards stand outside the Gilboa jail following the escape by Palestinian security prisoners.