On Patrol With Israel's Female Fighters

On Patrol With Israel's Female Fighters: The Hardened Battalion Made Up Mostly Of Women Based On The Restless Egyptian Border -- Daily Mail

* Mixed-sex unit was formed in 2000 following mounting public pressure to allow women to serve in combat positions
* Pictures offer revealing insight into battalion as soldiers prepare for a graduation march near the Egyptian border
* While the unit, named after a desert cat, is a mixed gender unit, in 2009, about 70 per cent of the unit was female

These revealing images off a unique insight into the hardened Israeli battalion, made up mostly of woman, tasked with patrolling the restless Egyptian border.

Based in the Negev desert, the battalion was formed in the year 2000 following mounting public pressure to allow women to serve in combat positions within the Israeli armed forces.

Now, these images have offered an insight into what life is like within the battalion as the soldiers prepare for a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Azoz, Israel, this week.

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