Female soldiers in combat

First female Armored Corps combat company to begin IDF training in November

The IDF has completed preparations for its first all-female tank company designated for maneuvering combat, with recruits set to enter the new track in November.

IDF Armored Corps soldiers deploy; illustrative.
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

Female IDF soldiers work on a tank; illustrative.

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

DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment


IDF appoints first woman to command a brigade

Col. Reut Rettig-Weiss will command the 99th Division's Artillery Brigade.

 Col. Reut Rettig-Weiss was promoted to serve as brigade commander in the 99th Division's Artillery Brigade, the first woman in IDF history to fill such a role.

Shame on rabbis who seek to keep females out of IDF combat units - opinion

All of the ultra-Orthodox politicians have no compunctions about serving in the Knesset and the government alongside women.

 Soldiers of the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training on an early foggy morning, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel, on July 13, 2016. Formed in 2014, the Bardales Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of 50% female soldiers

Following petition to High Court, IDF modestly expands combat roles for women

Unit 669, Yahalom Combat Engineering Corps will open to women, Sayaret Matkal, Shayetet 13 will remain closed.

Female soldiers of the Bardales Battalion preparing for urban warfare training, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel.

The IDF should be able to enable combat roles for women - opinion

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi approved the integration of women into combat roles in the Israeli Air Force’s elite 669 Special Rescue Unit.

 SOLDIERS FROM the coed Bardelas infantry battalion train near the Israeli-Egyptian border.

'Price of women in IDF combat units outweighs benefits' - Minister Kahana

Former fighter pilot and Sayeret Matkal fighter says he opposes integration of women into combat units.

Female IDF soldiers of the Bardales Battalion

Female combat soldiers to cross enemy lines, face Hezbollah in IDF first

Ten female soldiers from the IDF's field intelligence corps will make up a drone operating team within the previously all-male field intelligence battalion.

Female IDF soldiers of the Bardales Battalion

Teens appeal to High Court for IDF to open all combat units to women

"We are not asking for the conditions to be changed for us, but just let us try – and if we are found to be compatible, to have us join," Mor Lidani told N12.

The cadets at the infantry instructor's course at the Squad Commanders and Infantry School took part in field week. The soldiers learned survival skills, slept and trained in the field, and took one step closer to completing the prestigious course.Southern Israel

Female tank commanders petition Supreme Court to serve in Armored Corps

The petition by the two women is the second one to be filed against the decision to bar women from serving in tanks.

Israeli female soldiers walk in front of a tank during an exercise at the end of their tank instructors course at Shizafon base

IDF drafts thousands of new soldiers to combat, field units

The IDF Technology and Logistics unit prepared for the newcomers with tens of thousands of belts, berets, uniforms and kits that include sewing tools, rubber bands, and the like.

“A” in his uniform during shooting practice in the IDF

A lone bat sherut, but not alone

Lone soldier