During 2.5-year pilot program, female soldiers joined hundreds of engineering operations in Gaza and northern front, army ...

A recent CNN report on women’s substantial participation in the Israeli army had one U.S. servicewoman feeling somewhat envious. “Maybe I should’ve been a soldier in Israel’s army,” she wrote. Is she ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...

In two years, Katz learned to lead others in uniform. She patrolled the West Bank, deterred attacks on Israelis and engaged ...

The debate over whether women can serve in combat has been settled on the battlefield through two years of war.

Israel’s longest war is leaving a trail of traumatized soldiers, with a growing number suffering from mental health illnesses after two years of war with Hamas. Reports of post-traumatic stress ...

Israel’s military took journalists into Rafah this week. Troops seized the city at Gaza’s southernmost point last year and ...

SDOT YAM, Israel (AP) — Wrapped tightly around his forearms, the former Israeli soldier feels the snakes’ cold skin against his, and for a moment he’s able to breathe. It’s been nearly 18 months since ...