Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with two soldiers out of 120 who were at his residence to receive an award for their excellence.
The film will be about the female observers on the Gaza border who demonstrated great bravery by warning the powers that be about an imminent attack.
Yom Kippur War hero Avigdor Kahalani was confronted about his past comments criticizing the role of women in the Israeli military.
Two women to enter elite air force unit 669 training.
Recruiting female observers has proven challenging for the army.
Attorney Yair Ochayon told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorist had threatened to “hurt her and her family, and to ruin her life."
"Being a female combat soldier is an honorable form of service, and did not always exist as an option," one female combat soldier said.
Immediately after the fly-past, Herzog and IDF Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi will inspect the soldiers, who represent different units of the army, navy and air force.
For the first time ever, 12 women will begin the year-long Yahalom training course after entry to the unit was opened for women earlier this month.
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