I engage in this debate by emphasizing the voices of women soldiers. Originality/valueInstead of focusing on subjugation and marginalization owing to the unsolvable conundrum of partial military inclusion leading to (partial) political and societal exclusion, I offer an analysis of military combat ...
Based on in鈥恉epth interviews, I argue that Israeli women soldiers in "masculine" roles shape their gender identities according to the hegemonic masculinity of the combat soldier through three interrelated practices: (1) mimicry of combat soldiers' bodily and discursive practices; (2) distancing ...
A wounded Israeli soldier is transferred to a medical center in Safed, northern Israel, on Oct. 2, 2024. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday that eight of its soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in Lebanon. The soldiers were killed in two battles in southern L...
Romi was excited to have a combat role in the army. More women are serving in combat than ever before, and this war has seen unprecedented participation levels by women combat soldiers, as well as new recruits to combat units. For instance, the first women have been chosen to go through ...
Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Northern Gaza Combat, IDF Announces Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that eradication of the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria was "imminent," and that Ankara would not agree to any ...
ISRAEL: Three Israelis killed in WB shooting attack, eight wounded; Two IDF soldiers seriously wounded in northern Gaza ■ GAZA: List of hostages to be released in first stage of potential deal published; Hamas yet to confirm ...
The Israeli defence minister has threatened more strikes on Gaza if Hamas does not stop firing rockets at Israel. This comes as the IDF published a report about the health and well being of its soldiers in the year and three months since the war began. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarno...
fantasies about “robotic management.” Inevitably, such passion leads to disasters. It seems likely that in the months before the October 7 attack, the IDF’s “tight centralistic command” allowed it to ignore the many reports from the women soldiers at the Gaza border about the coming ...
When soldiers surrounded a house in the camp, an explosive device detonated, a gunfight ensued and Israeli troops killed the two Palestinians, the military said. During the raid, armed clashes broke out in the camp as militants hurled rocks and opened fire at arriving troops. The vio...
This comes after a Hezbollah drone attack on an Israeli army base killed four soldiers and injured more than 60 people, in one of the bloodiest assaults on Israel since the start of the war last October. • The foreign ministers of the UK, France, Germany and Italy expressed concern ...