2023 Israeli Female Tank Crew Fight
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2023 Israeli Female Tank Crew Fight
On 7 October 2023, seven female Israeli tank crew members from the Caracal Battalion, Caracal battalion fought against Gazans who they alleged were Hamas continuously for 17 hours. According to the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, the young women were the first ever female tank crews in the West to engage in active combat. According to Israel, they killed 50 militants. The incident was cited by ''The New York Times'' as an important milestone in the integration of women in the army, symbolizing a significant shift after a prolonged struggle for acceptance. Israel has promoted its female tank crews as part of its public relations war within the conflict. Background The recruitment of women into combat positions in the Israel Defense Forces was rather slow. The process accelerated after 1995, when a young soldier, Alice Miller, asked the Supreme Court of Israel to allow her to enroll in pilot training. As a result of the landmark decision, although Miller personally did not make it in ...
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Battle Of Sufa
On 7 October 2023, as part of the Qassam Brigades-initiated 7 October attacks on Israel, a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza Envelope, around 30 militants from Hamas' Qassam Brigades attacked Kibbutz Sufa and then overran a nearby military outpost. Around 7:30am, Hamas militants motorbikes indiscriminately fired guns and rocket launchers at people on the streets before arriving at the gates of Kibbutz Sufa. Once inside the kibbutz, militants went door-to-door shooting anyone in sight, including inside people's homes at point blank range. For an estimated 6 hours, six armed residents of the kibbutz fought off the Hamas militants until the Israel Defense Forces arrived. Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack on the kibbutz. Twenty Hamas militants were killed, and 10 were captured by Israeli security forces. Attack On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel at approximately 6 a.m., firing rockets and conducting a major ground an ...
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