Israel’s Many Wars Lead to First Combat Unit of Religious Women
- Unit to have all-female command, female religious adviser
- Shortage of combat soldiers is motivating force for recruits
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Religious girls don’t belong on the battlefield. That’s been the traditional view of most of Israel’s modern Orthodox community, and young women have generally gone along with it.
The October 2023 attack by Hamas and the subsequent war have changed that.