The Israeli army announced Sunday it would resume a pilot programme to train all-female tank crews, countering recent reports it had decided to shelve the plan. Following discussions, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi decided “to progress to the next level in the process of examining the integration of female tank crew members in border defence missions,” an army statement read. The pilot programme began in 2017 by training 10 women crew members and two tank commanders, who were returned to their original units after the trial.
