Women in israeli army

IDF to discipline religious Givati soldiers who refused to board vehicle with female paramedic

The incident comes as the IDF prepares to begin pilot programs allowing women to take on combat roles.

FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone.
Female IDF soldiers work on a tank; illustrative.

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

Female IDF combat soldiers.

Israel Air Force introduces all-women Arad special commando unit

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


IDF Manpower head: Not all combat positions suitable for women

A record breaking 1,000 women drafted into combat positions this summer

IDF Caracal soldier

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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”.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Israel Air Force appoints first woman to lead aviation squadron

Another woman appointed to lead operational command and control unit.

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.

Women in the IDF