IDF appoints first female officer to lead light infantry battalion

By Emanuel Fabian

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13 July 2022, 9:18 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Then-Cpt. Or Livni in an undated photo published by the military. (Israel Defense Forces)

An officer wounded during a gun battle with smugglers in 2014 has been tapped to head the co-ed light infantry Caracal battalion, the military says.

Or Livni will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the coming months, and will be the first woman to head one of the military’s four co-ed light infantry battalions.

In October 2014, Livni, while serving as a company captain, came under fire from both machine guns and anti-tank missiles on the Egyptian border, leaving her and another soldier wounded. Three of the assailants were killed.