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2023-06-10 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

After Egyptian border attack, Bardelas Battalion soldiers refuse to work under current conditions

[Jpost] The current shifts for those operating in the battalion were shortened from twelve to eight hours.

Soldiers from the IDF's mixed-gender Bardelas Battalion have refused to go on their standard 12-hour shift at the Egyptian border following the attack in which two of the battalion's soldiers, Sgt. Uri Itzhak Ilouz and Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, were murdered while on duty, and Sgt. Ohad Dahan, who was killed while pursuing the terrorist.

The soldiers, while also having their parents' support in their complaints,

...betcha the elite Golani Brigade troops don’t go whining to their mommies, or the Sayeret Matkal commandos, which gave Israel Bibi Netanyahu and both his brothers as well as Naftali Bennet...

made it clear to their commanders that they were unable to perform such long shifts.

The soldiers criticized the command of their battalion, which made them work these shifts despite the poor weather conditions, and claimed that they felt useless while they were in the field for so long.

SHIFT HOURS SHORTENED TO EIGHT FOLLOWING ATTACK
It was ultimately decided to shorten the shift hours from 12 to eight and to reduce the guarding of the border by one post.

Additionally, an IDF spokesperson said that "following an assessment of the situation and the incident at the Egyptian border, it was decided to convert the single guard position to a two-person job during night hours."

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