After rabbis' threats, IDF says it may not recruit women soldiers to tank units

After yeshiva heads threatened to halt their students' enlistment to the Armored Corps, the IDF said it would conduct a pilot program to integrate women into the corps, but that they would not serve with men in the same frameworks

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After yeshiva heads threatened to halt their students' enlistment to the Armored Corps, the IDF said it would conduct a pilot program to integrate women into the corps, but that they would not serve with men in the same frameworks

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Yaniv Kubovich

02:46 AM • June 11 2026 IDT

Israel's military denied on Wednesday that the High Court of Justice had ruled it must recruit women combat soldiers to the Armored Corps, saying it only mandated a pilot program be conducted to examine the issue.

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