“They are very motivated & determined to assume combat roles,” says an Israeli official involved with the 5 young women who recently immigrated to Israel, live on a Lebanese-border Kibbutz and joined the IDF & Border Police.
By Danny Brenner
Kibbutz Hanita, next to the Israel-Lebanon border, is used to taking pride in its avocado orchards and olive groves. But it now has a new source of pride, with five young women who made the kibbutz their home after immigrating to Israel currently serving in combat roles in the Israel Defense Forces and Border Police.
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Hanita became home to eight men and eight women who immigrated to Israel this year as part of the Garin Tzabar program.
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