Major Ella Wa'oya, known in the Arab world as 'Captain Ella', has been appointed IDF spokesperson in Arabic. She will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and replace Avichai Edrei, who is retiring from the IDF after 20 years of service.
Waiya grew up in Qalanswa, and at the age of 22 she decided to enlist in national service, which she performed at the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
Two years later, she decided to enlist in the IDF, and served as a New Media NCO in the Arabic Communications Section of the IDF Spokesperson's Office.
In an interview at the Security and Service Conference of Ynet, Yedioth Ahronoth and the Institute for National Security Studies in July, she said: "The media arena is a battlefield. It's a war that is no less difficult than in other places.".
She spoke about the various media in which she is involved: "On TikTok, it's more the arena of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and on Instagram it's mixed - both from the West, both from Israel, and from Arab society in general, including Lebanese. The target audience is the Arab audience in the Middle East.".
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