Women in israeli army

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.

Female IDF combat soldiers.
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

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

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Women's integration into IDF 'disaster': Rabbis send letter to Netanyahu demanding intervention


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

1948 and now: Israeli women in the fight for independence

Women were combat soldiers on the front lines in the Independence Day War.

Miriam Shachor

Int'l Women's Day: IDF aims for 50% increase in female senior officers

Some 37% of Israelis support opening all IDF combat roles to women.

IDF event in honor of International Women's Day.

First US woman to finish Israeli Air Force pilot course is Boston olah

The Air Force's prestigious pilot's course is notoriously difficult, and a vast majority of cadets don't make it to graduation.

Boston-native Lt. O is the first US woman to graduate from the IAF's pilot's course.

Knesset MKs press IDF to open more roles for women

“The IDF should take another step and adopt the law to open all roles to all genders without compromising on set professional standards.”

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

IDF's second pilot to integrate women into armored corps to begin

Decision on the program is expected by mid-2022

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

IDF forms committee to examine allowing women into all combat units

The committee led by Ground Forces Head Maj.-Gen. Yoel Strick comes in response to petition by four teenagers asking High Court to force IDF to allow women to try out for combat units

Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

IDF increases number of female combat soldiers in co-ed units

While co-ed battalions used to be considered an exception, the situation today is different, and the IDF's current need for female fighters is described as a critical operational need.

Women in an IDF combat unit help one of their fellow fighters during a training exercise

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