Jerusalem, Israel. 25th January, 2017. Amid heated debate on mixed gender military service and integration of ultra Orthodox Jewish men into the army, the IDF conducts its first mixed gender swearing in ceremony for November 2016 recruits of the Caracal Infantry Battalion at the Western Wall. Caracal is one of only two full combat units in the Israeli military that is composed of both male and female soldiers. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News

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