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7/24/2025, 8:58:15 PM
The Al-Qassam Brigades ambushed the Israeli 99th Division operating in the Shujaiya neighborhood, where they blew up a building that collapsed completely on them, killing and wounding 8 soldiers. It took the rubble removal forces more than an hour to retrieve them.
7/15/2025, 2:01:51 PM
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"Although the army began sending thousands of draft orders to young Haredi men after years of exceptions that allowed for institutionalized evacuation of service, the Haredi
continues to promote the draft exemption law, and the IDF has failed to significantly expand its runs, two years into the war. "Even at the height of the war, when the situation
was much more dire than now, the adult personal in the unit still only did four months of regular service," explains one of the fighters.
The fighters make it clear that they are not presented to longer permanent service in principle, but demand that it be done "for the right reasons." "There are many reasons to
make a permanent year for the fighters, but not because of a shortage of power," emphasizes one of them. "You can't take advantage of the morale of the fighters in the
commando and say - well, they are good fighters anyway, great guys, let's take advantage of their kindness and keep them for a permanent year because they will agree to it."
"One of the main problems raised by the fighters is the mismatch between the primitive training they have undergone and the actual missions. "At the same time that they are
talking to us about extending the permanent one-year term, they are also talking to us about the missions. They are telling us that there is no power and they want to refresh
the reserves, so a special unit needs to come up and take over, "describes a fighter in the commando brigade. "We have to say that it is not in our DNA, and we also do not
have the power for it."
The practical result is that fighters in elite units who have completed a demonstration training course and specialize in specific combat professionals are assigned to serve as
a full-fledged infantry battalion, due to the shortage of fighters and the attitude of reservists. "What actually happens is that people do 12-12 (12 hours of guard duty and 12 hours
of rest, AA).
"Although the army began sending thousands of draft orders to young Haredi men after years of exceptions that allowed for institutionalized evacuation of service, the Haredi
continues to promote the draft exemption law, and the IDF has failed to significantly expand its runs, two years into the war. "Even at the height of the war, when the situation
was much more dire than now, the adult personal in the unit still only did four months of regular service," explains one of the fighters.
The fighters make it clear that they are not presented to longer permanent service in principle, but demand that it be done "for the right reasons." "There are many reasons to
make a permanent year for the fighters, but not because of a shortage of power," emphasizes one of them. "You can't take advantage of the morale of the fighters in the
commando and say - well, they are good fighters anyway, great guys, let's take advantage of their kindness and keep them for a permanent year because they will agree to it."
"One of the main problems raised by the fighters is the mismatch between the primitive training they have undergone and the actual missions. "At the same time that they are
talking to us about extending the permanent one-year term, they are also talking to us about the missions. They are telling us that there is no power and they want to refresh
the reserves, so a special unit needs to come up and take over, "describes a fighter in the commando brigade. "We have to say that it is not in our DNA, and we also do not
have the power for it."
The practical result is that fighters in elite units who have completed a demonstration training course and specialize in specific combat professionals are assigned to serve as
a full-fledged infantry battalion, due to the shortage of fighters and the attitude of reservists. "What actually happens is that people do 12-12 (12 hours of guard duty and 12 hours
of rest, AA).
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