Dani Yatom, the former head of the Mossad intelligence service and security adviser to the former prime minister, Ehud Barak, supports the creation of elite IDF units in which women could serve, Cursor writes with reference to Israel’s 7th channel.

“Women should be allowed to be examined and accepted into the elite units of the Israel Defense Forces,” he said, arguing that “there are such women in the Air Force and in military units that are not inferior to the men nearby”.

“Courage, perseverance and resourcefulness are necessary tools, and in addition, there are suitable girls with excellent physical fitness. The time has come for them to take a place in the elite units of the IDF, ”added the former head of the Mossad..

Recall that last month, the head of the IDF General Staff, Major General Aviv Kokhavi, made a number of decisions regarding the continuation of the consideration of the integration of women in combat units - more precisely, in the tank corps.

60 fighters will be recruited to participate in the next phase of the pilot project over three recruitment cycles, the first of which is expected in November this year, as reported by the CAS news channel.

Female fighters will be trained to drive and conduct combat operations on the Merkava Mark 4 tank during the year.. The chief of general staff also said that he would eliminate exceptions for new tankers from the “threshold indicators” of weight and height (60/165).

Finally, he recently proposed to consider the possibility of creating new places in combat units designed exclusively for women.