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Lions of the Jordan Battalion

Illustrative: Female soldiers of the Bardelas Battalion during training, July 13, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 12, 2026, 2:44 pm
Saved from the street, an ex-lone soldier works to lend a hand to IDF vets in her shoes
Drawing on her own experience, Moriya Azulay established Lone Front to fill gaps faced by female combat troops lacking a family support system during and after their army service
By Stav Levaton
A Magen unit police officer inspects weapons seized by Israeli security forces during a gun-smuggling attempt along the border with Jordan on March 11, 2022. (Israel Police)
December 27, 2022, 5:31 am
On porous Jordan border, Israel starts to see success against rampant gun-smuggling
IDF and police field commanders tell ToI they have managed to foil around 80% of attempts this year, seizing nearly 500 guns; but along the eastern frontier, challenges persist
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers search the area around the West Bank city of Nablus on January 11, 2018, as part of a manhunt after the perpetrators of a lethal terror attack outside a nearby settlement. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 29, 2018, 4:21 pm
Military police probes death of Palestinian in West Bank clash
Troops opened fire at 23-year-old man last week during a riot sparked by a predawn raid in Tammun, near Jenin
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers from the mixed-gender Lions of the Jordan Valley Battalion take part in an exercise in the Tze'elim army base on February 5, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2018, 1:19 pm
Arguments rage over IDF’s inclusion of women, but co-ed ‘Lions’ have a job to do
Politicians, rabbis question army’s PR strategy of touting female soldiers; for those women and the men who serve with them, however, the opinions are irrelevant
By Judah Ari Gross and Video by Luke Tress
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein teaching a lesson in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 3, 2017, 4:27 pm
Pre-army yeshiva head who denigrated women goes on leave
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, filmed saying military service drives female soldiers ‘crazy,’ asks students not to contact him
By ToI Staff
Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion rest before a hike as part of their training on September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 30, 2016, 3:36 pm
On Egypt border, mixed-gender unit fights old ideas and new foes
With nightly drug smugglings and threat of IS, the women and men of the Caracal Battalion are on alert for anything coming from Sinai
By Judah Ari Gross
A soldier from the Lions of the Jordan Battalion participates in an exercise on June 8, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)
March 13, 2016, 6:36 am
New combat positions for women in the IDF, same old obstacles
As the army makes strides in increasing gender equality, both physiological and cultural barriers keep female officers from the General Staff
By Judah Ari Gross
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