The petitions, first filed in 2020, were brought by female candidates and service members seeking equal access to screening and service in elite units, including the infantry and maneuvering armor.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has ordered a halt to a pilot program for female soldiers to serve in combat mobility units in the Ground Forces, citing their limited combat and physical ...

In a response to a High Court petition, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it was delaying a planned pilot program for female soldiers to serve in the Armored Corps. Currently, female soldiers ...

The tentative pilot program in the Armored Corps, which the IDF had previously seen as impractical, was originally meant to start in 2024. Its opening was delayed twice amid the war, and the IDF last ...