The ceremony aims to highlight the courage, initiative, and resilience of women who have made significant impacts on the battlefield, and throughout Israeli society amid the ongoing conflict.
Lt.-Col. Or Ben Yehuda, Caracal Battalion, praises her troops' bravery against Hamas, silencing doubts about female combat soldiers with their training, heroism, and life-saving actions.
478 of the new soldiers are recent immigrants, the majority of whom are lone soldiers.
There are about 5,000 such individuals, but it's estimated that there are 25,000 combat soldiers that are not diagnosed, with many of them not receiving sufficient treatment or any at all.
The petitioners argued that women were able to meet the demands of a wide variety of heavy infantry and special units and the law demanded that women be admitted.
The Jerusalem Post speaks to the female platoon commander of the Panther mixed female-male combat battalion about readiness for combat in the West Bank.
The campaign will be integrated into existing Momentum programs like the Momentum Fellowship and the Momentum Yearlong Journey.
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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