IDF Women

In Air Force first, IDF promotes woman to brigadier-general, appoints her Washington attaché

Col. 'G.,' whose full identity remains classified, commanded the Uvda Air Force base since May 2024 and had already broken new ground as the first female base chief in air force history.

Col. G, set to become the Israeli Air Force's first female brigadier-general, is seen in this undated image released by the IDF on July 14, 2026
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.

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

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen on November 3, 2025

Several haredi rabbis protesting women in IDF tank units skip meeting with IDF chief Zamir

Female IDF soldiers work on a tank; illustrative.

Equality NGO Forum Dvorah slams hesder yeshivot boycott over women's integration in tank units


Gilboa Prison Pimping Affair: A symptom of a larger problem?

The pimping affair’s reentry into the spotlight has caused some to question the way young women are treated upon their entry into mandatory service.

 Gilboa Prison

First woman to command an IAF flight school squadron

The first woman squadron commander in the IAF's prestigious Flight School entered her new role on Wednesday, marking yet another broken glass ceiling for women pilots.

 Major Y' prepares to take off with a pilot from her squadron, the 106th Squadron.

IDF officer arrested for allegedly spying on female soldiers

Lt. Col. Dan Sharoni is accused of taking photographs of female soldiers without their knowledge.

Soldiers from the IDF’s “Red Unit”

Orli Markman to be third female IDF Maj.-Gen. ever

Orli Markan is set to become the third female maj.-gen. in the IDF after she was appointed as president of the military court of appeals.

 (Left) Maya Goldschmidt (Right) Orli Markman

Meet Israeli female soldiers operating drones along the Lebanese border

IDF maintains that such operations, which Lebanon regularly complains about, are necessary to track Hezbollah’s hostile activities.

 An IDF combat soldier is seen surveying the sky

Soldier awarded certificate for promoting unit, IDF on TikTok

A Military Policewoman received a certificate on Tuesday for promoting Israel on her TikTok account, which had amassed 1.7 million followers, more than the IDF spokesperson or the prime minister.

THESE SOLDIERS are being trained to become Military Police correction officers.

IDF’s 'Red Unit': All-female unit challenging troops before they go to war

When they aren’t busy drilling with troops who can be from the elite Shayetet 13 to troops from the Golani or Paratrooper brigades, the women of the Red Unit are busy studying Israel’s enemies.

Soldiers from the IDF’s “Red Unit”

Meet the next right-hand woman to the Commander of the Homefront Command

Col. Liron Donnell will be promoted to Brigadier General, making her the 7th woman to hold such a rank in the IDF

 Col. Liron Donnell

Female pilot to become IAF combat squadron deputy commander

N. will be promoted to the rank of Lt.-Col. when she takes up her role next year.

 An Israeli Air Force soldier looks on at an Apache helicopters belonging to the Israeli Air Force 113 Squadron Unit (also known as the Hornet Squadron Unit) at an airforce base in Southern Israel. The unit was formed on October 4, 1955. The Hornets were the first squadron to fly 24 MD450B Dassault

United Torah Judaism MK: Women serving in the IDF is not 'human nature'

The issue of women serving in the IDF has been a long contested subject for the ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset.

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