A senior commander in the Nahshon unit, the Israeli prison service's elite operations and riot control force, has been accused of repeated sexual abuse against a female subordinate, in a case that has ...

In November 2023, Kan reported that two women joined Unit 669, the IDF’s elite combat search and rescue unit, which is responsible for rescuing soldiers and civilians from high-risk combat zones.

Female soldiers are entering the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria in ways many previously thought impossible.

In 2024, the IDF launched pilot programs to integrate women into special forces units, including Unit 669, Sayeret Matkal, and Yahalom – the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite unit.

Hamas said on Monday that the Israel Defense Forces carried out a covert operation, claiming that special forces entered Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, disguised as women, and tried to ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has ended a pilot programme under which female soldiers due to health and fitness concerns. The trained women were to serve in "combat mobility units" that deliver ...