IDF female soldiers
Israeli female soldiers patrol along the Israeli-Egyptian border near Nitzana in the western Negev desert, on August 17, 2021. The women in this story are not pictured.
  • Female soldiers with the Israeli Defence Forces fought back Hamas militants on October 7. 
  • The soldiers killed around 100 Hamas militants, their commander told the Jerusalem Post
  • The commander said the soldiers "emerged as heroes."

An Israeli commander told the Jerusalem Post that her battalion, made up of mostly female soldiers, killed around 100 Hamas militants during the terrorist attacks on October 7.