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Jewish women of the Yishuv in training at Mishmar HaEmek during the 1947–1949 Palestine War. Before the formal establishment of Israel in 1948, women served in combat roles within the Jewish paramilitary groups of British Palestine that would later become the central component of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); [6] the rate of women who were enlisted in combat organizations stood at 20 ...
A group of United Nations experts expressed alarm regarding the increasing volume of allegations of sexual violence reportedly perpetrated by armed groups against women and girls in Israel on October 7, 2023, and reports of sexual assault and threats of sexual violence against women in the occupied Palestinian territories since October 7. [7]
IDF Women's Affairs Advisor Brigadier General Gila Kalifi-Amir practices her marksmanship skills, 2010. The Gender Advisor (GENAD) to the Chief of Defense Staff (Hebrew: יועצת הרמטכ״ל לענייני מגדר, abbreviated to יוהל״ם Yohalam) is a female officer in the Israel Defense Forces that is in charge of "promoting conditions that allow for the optimal use of the ...
2 Israeli women and an 80-year-old male hostage, along with 5 Thai nationals, were released in Gaza, but Israel delayed its part of the exchange, accusing Hamas of "shocking scenes" at one handover.
Hamas has handed over four female Israeli soldiers, while 200 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons have been released in the second such exchange under the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Karina ...
Women in the Israel Defense Forces; 0–9. 2023 Israeli female tank crew fight; C. ... Women in the Israel–Hamas war; Gender Affairs Advisor to the Chief of Staff
She was later transferred to the Israel Defense Forces. ... In the first phase of the ceasefire, Hamas is set to release a total of 33 Israeli hostages, including women, children, older adults and ...
Five years later, in 2000, the first defense Caracal Battalion was created. [4] On 27 October 2022, the Israel Defense Forces announced that they had formed all-female tank crews, who had successfully completed two years of testing. [5] The company is armed with Merkava IV tanks and is defending the Egyptian border. [5]