PHOTO ALBUM: IDF Female combat soldiers mark end of training with 20k march

The IDF’s Caracal Battalion is a combat infantry battalion charged with patrolling the Israeli-Egyptian border and composed of both Jewish & Arab, male & female soldiers.

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion carry their comrade on a stretcher. (Reuters)

 

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion carry their comrade on a stretcher. (Reuters)

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion help their comrade. (Reuters)

 

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion carry their comrade on a stretcher. (Reuters)

 

An Israeli soldier of the Caracal battalion rests after finishing a 20k march. (Reuters)

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion rest after finishing a 20k march. (Reuters)

 

An Israeli soldier of the Caracal battalion holds an Israeli flag after finishing a 20k march. (Reuters)

 

An Israeli soldier of the Caracal battalion stands next to backpacks after finishing a 20k march. (Reuters)

Soldiers of the Caracal battalion gather to have their photograph taken during a 20k march. (Reuters)

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