Women in israeli army

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

Forum Dvorah, an Israeli women's rights NGO, criticized hesder yeshivot for boycotting the IDF Armored Corps over a pilot program involving women tank units.

|ByJAMES GENN
Female IDF soldiers work on a tank; illustrative.
Female IDF combat soldiers.

Israel Air Force introduces all-women Arad special commando unit

The “Arad” unit is the air force’s new intervention force, created due to lessons learned from the October 7 massacre and Operation Iron Swords.

|ByAVI ASHKENAZI
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, April 27, 2026.

'We won't stand for this': IDF chief condemns soldiers who stole property in Lebanon

Discussing the issue of female recruits, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir added that there will be "no gender exclusion" in the military.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Head of the Arabic media desk at the IDF Spokesperson Unit Major "Captain" Ella Waweya; highest ranked Arab Muslim IDF soldier. 20.7.2024.

Captain Ella trades desk for the field as IDF's new Arab spokesperson

Lt. Col. Ella Waweya, aka ‘Captain Ella,’ was recently named as the next army spokesperson for the Arab world

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

A quarter of young religious women enlisting in the IDF, study finds

Increasing enlistment among young women from national-religious sector flies in the face of a campaign by hard-line rabbis against the trend.

DECEMBER 17, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
The IDF's new coed combat units are the result of a long struggle for the integration of women into fighting roles in the army

‘Sparks’ encourages Bukhari women to join IDF

Program puts candidates through nursing school or other training before serving in military

AUGUST 27, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A female IDF soldier shaking out a blanket during a week-long survival course for women in the infantry at an undisclosed location in Israel

IAF gets first female squadron leader

Maj. G to lead Israel Air Force’s 122 Air Intelligence Squadron

AUGUST 8, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
The first woman to command an Israel Air Force squadron was appointed by IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Nurkin on Tuesday August 8, 2018.

Petition calls on gov't to fire rabbis who object to women in combat roles

Video released by Female Combatants Forum calls on rabbis to apologize or be fired.

MARCH 11, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

Co-ed army service in Israel

It’s time for the people’s army to listen to the voice of the people, and not just to the voice of extremists.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByIDIT SHAFRAN GITTLEMAN
Women in the IDF

Eisenkot: Women will not serve in Golani or Paratroopers under my watch

IDF Chief of Staff says there is a limit to integrating women into army's frontline units.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

1,800 sign petition supporting outspoken rabbi after IDF service comments

“We, the sons and daughters of religious Zionism, vigorously protest the injury to the honor of the rabbi”.

JANUARY 24, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Israel Air Force appoints first woman to lead aviation squadron

Another woman appointed to lead operational command and control unit.

JANUARY 17, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israel Air Force planes fly over Tel Aviv.

Why some religious Israelis are saying women are weakening the army

A closer look at the religious sector's disdain over co-ed service, a field Israel is leading in.

NOVEMBER 9, 2017ByANDREW TOBIN/JTA
Women in the IDF

IDF opens new track for religious women in Cyber Defense Directorate

The first all-female class of 23 students began September 1rst. They will enlist in IDF in June 2019.

OCTOBER 3, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Female IDF soldier in the J6/C4I Cyber Defense Directorate.