An Israel Soldier Describes What It Is Like To Confront Palestinian Protesters At The Gaza Border

The new Haruv unit of the Israel Defense Forces conducting a large-scale drill that simulates warfare in Gaza. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Jewish News Syndicate: An IDF soldier’s description of experience in Gaza

Have you ever seen 4,000 people running towards you full of hate and yelling “Allah Akhbar”?

A place with so much meaning.

Words cannot describe the situations my comrades and I have been through.

The first time we got to the border we couldn’t imagine how the next 4 months would be like.

The first thing my officer told us when we started duty is that “the fence is a metaphor … only where the IDF is, is there a border.”

We couldn’t imagine how right he was.

In the past 4 months, my unit took control over the border, it was at this time the most difficult border in Israel.

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