38K views · 3.1K reactions | Women are joining the IDF as combat soldiers in greater numbers... WATCH  Women served as combat soldiers during Israel’s War of Independence, when the fledgling country needed all the fighters it could get. But following the 1948 war, it took half a century before they were allowed back into combat. | StandWithUs | Facebook

1.3K views · 102 reactions | This #InternationalWomensDay, Tel Aviv-Yafo is highlighting our women heroes for all to see! We've put up signage throughout public spaces to shine a spotlight on some of the prominent women shaping the unique character of our city through their contributions to nearly every sector of public life. | Tel Aviv City | Facebook

🇨🇳 🇮🇱 “When you killed women & children you lost legitimacy… No one believes this propaganda except a few Israelis.” Yan Xuetong, dean of the Institute of International Relations in China, faces off with Israeli officer Elad Shoshan in Beijing. | The Tennessee Holler

In the Middle East, 2 more elderly Israeli women hostages were suddenly freed by Hamas and were immediately rushed across the Gaza border into Egypt. But that hasn't slowed the Israeli Air Force from carrying out its most devastating day of airstrikes since the war began. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/sydney #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney