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Number of Women in IDF Combat Roles Reaches Record High
(Ynet News) Yossi Yehoshua - In 2017, 2,700 women were recruited into the IDF's four mixed-gender battalions and to the Home Front Command's Rescue Division, up from 600 in 2012. Commander of the Rescue Division Col. Yair Barkat said that the young women's motivation to serve was exceedingly high, as was their quality. The drop-out rate among female recruits was no higher than their male counterparts.