Female israeli soldiers

In Syria, Israel’s female field intelligence soldiers power the IDF's covert operations

MILITARY AFFAIRS: With Iran actions spiking, pressure from US to withdraw and reduce activities, the ‘Post’ visits female field intel soldiers who say they're operating in Syria to keep Israel safe.

BATTALION 595 intelligence collection soldiers ‘N.’ (left) and ‘R.’ during field operations. The two talked to the ‘Post’ of the challenges of clandestine surveillance missions in Syria, where remaining undetected and maintaining close coordination can be critical to their safety.
St.-Sgt. Agam Naim.

How a playwright transformed a sister’s loss into art for children

The IDF appointed the first-ever female missile boat commander, Lt.-Cmdr. "R."

Israel Navy's first female corvette commander expected to earn further promotions - exclusive

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


Israeli Pride Times Two: LGBT and female combat soldiers

"It’s all about a person’s ability, not gender or sexual orientation.”

The Israeli Pride Times Two event at Beit HaChayal

Two IDF soldiers rescued after straying into Palestinian village

There were no reports of injuries.

Israeli border police in the West Bank city of Hebron April 24, 2016

IDF denies Kaminer conscientious objector status

Until 2004, the IDF’s policy was to recognize more women than men as conscientious objectors.

TAIR KAMINER is serving a sixth term at Military Prison No. 6.

Center Field: To the father of the female soldier stabbed in the neck near Rachel’s Tomb

Last week, our daughter came home from guard duty during a family party, looking perfectly natural yet dressed anomalously in combat fatigues and lugging an M-16.

A female soldier has mud applied to her face for camouflage in this photo from an IDF Instructors course in 2006.

Or Lachayal delivers thousands of Purim packages to IDF soldiers

The packages included various snacks and candies with a personal message for each solider, costing some NIS 500,000.

Or Lachayal delivering "mishloach manot" purim packages to soldiers

Bayit Yehudi Knesset candidate says IDF not a place for women

The issue of women serving in the army has become a point of contention within the national religious community that Bayit Yehudi represents.

A religious woman and a female soldier pray at the Western Wall.

Security and Defense: IDF’s female operations officers on the watch

In the midst of rising West Bank violence, the IDF’s female operations officers work to keep attacks in check.

Operations officer Lt. Hila Sharabi’s Binyamin territorial brigade has also seen a clear spike in the number of violent incidents

10% of US-Israelis in IDF become officers

The report says a large majority of American immigrants in the army serve in combat units.

Lone soldiers who study at Yeshivat Hakotel take a break from training at their base.

The human spirit: The woman in the Puma

There is a small group of exceptional females that are being counted on to keep our soldiers alive from injury on the battlefield to the hospital.

A female soldier has mud applied to her face for camouflage in this photo from an IDF Instructors course in 2006.

Yesh Atid ready to restart bill-blocking war against Bayit Yehudi

Ariel submitted an appeal against bill that would rescind exemptions from IDF service for girls who were found lying about being religious.

THE LIFE of female IDF soldiers gets a humorous twist in the new film ‘Zero Motivation.’