"IDF Soldiers Newspaper" became a digital magazine three years ago • From now on consolidated with IDF website • IDF Spokesman: "We adapt the media to our day"

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The IDF closes the newspaper "in the camp", and this time it is final - so it has been decided in recent days. "In the camp" first appeared in 1934, as the defense organization's newspaper. In 1948 he became "the IDF soldiers newspaper" and since then appeared regularly every week. Its main target audience was soldiers and permanent servants, who for years were also required to be subscribers to the newspaper, sent to their homes.

In December 2016, the IDF decided to close the paper in its printed format, but continue to maintain it in a digital edition. "They pledged that the paper would not close but would only undergo a transformation:" Adjusting to the target audience and the digital age will allow it to succeed, "it said then, as the IDF website wrote.

Indeed, for three years, the paper appeared in its new, monthly format, with each issue devoted to a different subject. The last issue of the site, September, dealt with the Northern Command. Previous issues have, among other things, dealt with women's service and reserve.

But now the IDF has decided to withdraw from its commitment to continue holding the "camp" newspaper, which has been accompanied by it since its inception. "Soldiers, like most civilians, get the information from us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and civilian media," said one source. "There was no value anymore." Therefore, "in the camp" is expected to close in the coming days. The newspaper - among its graduates included a D. Olmert, Yair Lapid and hundreds of journalists - no longer appears in some form.

IDF Spokesman: "For about three years, the camp has been distributed mainly digitally as part of the IDF website. Recently, the IDF decided to unite the camp site with the IDF site, thus stopping the newspaper's operation in its current format, with the understanding that the means must be adapted. The IDF media for today's era, and that the IDF does not need two parallel media and must be united. Next month, a ceremony is expected, and the last printed issue of the camp will be released. The IDF commemorates the camp's many years and legacy, but we must renew. And adjust ourselves to the current reality. "