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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a cadets' graduation ceremony at the Bahad 1 officers' school in southern Israel, June 25, 2026. (Screenshot/Israel Defense Forces)
June 26, 2026, 12:56 am
IDF chief says military needs ‘every male and female combat soldier’
Alternately booed and cheered at military ceremony, Netanyahu touts wartime achievements, insists troops will stay in southern Lebanon ‘for as long as necessary’
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Eyal Zamir (center) monitors Israeli strikes on Iran from the IAF war room on June 8, 2026. (IDF)
June 24, 2026, 4:27 pm
IDF chief to rabbis: We’re short thousands of troops, need female combat soldiers
In meeting with religious Zionist leaders angry over women’s inclusion in tank crews, Zamir says integration is ‘of tremendous operational importance’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 10, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 17, 2026, 10:38 pm
IDF chief stresses men and women won’t serve in same tanks as part of pilot program
Zamir repeats IDF’s pledge women will serve in a separate framework to men after yeshiva rabbis said they will no longer send their students to Armored Corps due to integration
By Emanuel Fabian
A group of female soldiers take part in a training exercise in the tank commanders' course, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 11, 2026, 1:39 am
After rabbis’ threat, IDF says men and women won’t serve in same tanks
Army says options for integrating women don’t include putting them in same vehicle as men, after Hesder yeshiva rabbis vowed to bar students from Armored Corps units
By Emanuel Fabian
Female soldiers operate a tank in the Negev Desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2026, 12:28 pm
Yeshiva rabbis say they won’t send students to tank units due to integration of women
Leaders of 12 yeshivas in ‘hesder’ joint study-service program reject plan to allow women to serve with men; IDF source says army in ‘impossible situation,’ critics pan it as refusal to serve
By ToI Staff, Rossella Tercatin and Emanuel Fabian
A group of female soldiers take part in a training exercise in the tank commanders' course, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 29, 2026, 7:41 pm
Religious Zionist rabbis say students will not enlist in Armored Corps with women
Heads of yeshivot from both liberal and hard-line sides of the Orthodox community express concern about co-ed tank units after High Court instructs military to start pilot program
By Rossella Tercatin and Emanuel Fabian
Female soldiers operate a tank in the Negev Desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 13, 2026, 11:04 pm
High Court orders IDF to allow women in Armored Corps tanks by November 2026
Military twice delayed pilot program during war; justices cite legal obligation to give equal opportunities when assigning men and women to combat roles
By Emanuel Fabian
Staff Sgt. Itay Chen (IDF)
November 20, 2025, 7:59 pm
Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, 19: American-Israeli tank gunner loved basketball
Killed battling Hamas near Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, his body taken captive to Gaza and returned in November 2025
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Oz Daniel (IDF)
October 21, 2025, 10:10 pm
Staff Sgt. Oz Daniel, 19: Talented guitarist was ‘a boy of integrity’
Killed battling Hamas near the Gaza border on October 7, his body taken captive and returned in November 2025
By ToI Staff
Cpt. Omer Neutra (Courtesy)
October 21, 2025, 10:06 pm
Cpt. Omer Neutra, 21: Tank commander sought to ‘make an impact’
Killed while battling Hamas along the Gaza border on October 7, his body taken captive and returned in November 2025
By ToI Staff
Cpt. Daniel Perez (IDF)
October 2, 2025, 10:23 pm
Cpt. Daniel Perez, 22: South African immigrant and tank commander
Killed battling Hamas at the Nahal Oz IDF outpost on Oct. 7, his body taken captive to Gaza and returned Oct. 2025
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Shay Levinson (Courtesy)
September 14, 2025, 10:10 pm
Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson, 19: Volleyball player and ‘soldier of hope’
Killed battling Hamas on October 7, his body taken hostage to Gaza and retrieved in June 2025
By ToI Staff
Maj. Yair Zloof (IDF)
August 26, 2025, 10:38 pm
Maj. Yair Zloof, 32: IDF physician who ‘lit up the world’
Killed on October 10, 2023, near the Gaza border
By ToI Staff
Master Sgt. (res.) Zechariah Pesach Haber, an alumni of Yeshivat Har Etzion, who was killed in northern Gaza on January 16, 2024.(IDF)
August 21, 2025, 11:18 pm
Master Sgt. Zechariah Haber, 32: Dad of 3 was promising plant scientist
Killed while battling Hamas in northern Gaza on January 16, 2024
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Maj. (res.) Rabbi Elisha Loewenstern (IDF)
August 4, 2025, 10:50 pm
Sgt. Maj. Elisha Loewenstern, 38: Rabbi, software engineer and dad of 6
Killed battling Hamas in southern Israel on December 13, 2023
By ToI Staff
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