446 mines exploded as part of the monastery land cleanup • The area will soon be finalized and open to the public • Yael Sgt: "The results speak for themselves"

• Photo: From the IDF website

IDF elite fighters and officers detonated a huge number of mines this week as part of the Abbey Land Area (Qassar al-Yehud). Over the past two years, the unit has cleared more than 2,000 mines, including no fewer than 446 mines this week, Significant beat in the project.

"The mines found in the ground were planted there after the Six Day War," explained the unit's deputy commander of the unit's Lieutenant Colonel Yael, "if the mines used to be anti-tank (anti-tank), today they have been swept or restructured - so they Therefore, one of the most important goals is to keep travelers safe in the area. He says that soon, once the area has been finalized, it will re-open to the general public and return to tourism and settlement development.

Photo: From the IDF website

The fighters seize the extraordinary opportunity to practice and improve the mine blasting technique as well as train the unit's future officers. Therefore, the "Arrow" cadets, the cadets of the Corps of Engineers, also joined the operation. "For a week, they were trained by Yael Patrol fighters and made the explosions with them. The cooperation was successful. I was exposed to a very high level of fighter operations, a decline in detail and accuracy. The results speak for themselves. So long. "

For the past two years, the unit says, they have been launching a "Clean Israel Mines" project. "The significant professional challenge was the design - because the prescriptions we had on the mine location did not match reality, so it was difficult to rely on them. I hope this area proves itself later and the ground can be prepared for more positive things mined."