[tps_header] 5) Israel Army [/tps_header]
Israel is the only nation to conscript women and assign some of them to infantry combatant service which places them directly in the line of enemy fire. All Israelis are forced to carry out national service when they turn 18 – meaning the nation’s military is packed with female recruits. According to current figures as many as 31 per cent of IDF soldiers are women – three times more than the UK. But does that mean Israel has the world’s most attractive armed forces?