The Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Command awarded the fighters of the Armed Forces Company a certificate of appreciation, after capturing shepherds who spied on the IDF during peak hours • Warrior: "It all stems from the value of Torah study"
Fighter Company fighters
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"We saw the shepherds enter the security area again and again, and we knew they were not innocent," said the commander of the Hatz (Haredi paratroopers) company, Capt. Omar Anglovich. The border.
We took the opportunity and ambushed, which usually only elite unit fighters do.
We did it alone, with unprecedented simplicity, and the results accordingly. "
A month after dropping out of operational employment on the Syrian border, today the ultra-Orthodox fighters will receive the Northern Command Medal of Merit for capturing four shepherds in just one month.
These shepherds, who are mostly observers of Hezbollah or Iran, eventually led to the release of the young Israeli woman who crossed the border.
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The award's reasons stated that "the company identified a significant operational challenge of bringing shepherds closer to its sector and initiated in cooperation with the Spatial Division and the division a number of quality operations, which led to the arrest and investigation of four of them.
"She has always been faced with the task of not turning southern Syria into southern Lebanon," Anglowicz clarified. "The goal is to preserve our sovereignty on both sides. Hezbollah is failing to carry out operations in southern Lebanon so it is trying to infiltrate Syria, along with Iran, to take advantage of the fact that the population is very poor to gather intelligence and carry out hostile terrorist activity." The fighters repeatedly entered the security area, an Israeli territory for all intents and purposes, aimed at dividing Israel and Syria, ambushed and as soon as the shepherd passed by, they jumped on him and arrested him.
Englowitz says that he is not a religious or ultra-Orthodox person, but that he is convinced that the fact that these are ultra-Orthodox fighters leads to their courage.
"They have a different connection. Share because they come from an ultra-Orthodox home, and also because they have a lot of common problems.
Many of the fighters were forced to leave the house, and the military is their refuge before they reach less good places.
Here they stand out, work together and achieve amazing achievements.
These are amazing people, the strongest thing about them is the spirit.
"Because they have experienced difficult childhood and adolescence, they do not break down and push forward."
One of the fighters in the Hatz Company is Corporal Netanel Cohen (24), who says that in the eyes of the fighters this is a mission on any scale.
"There are guys here who had to fight to get to the company, so they have a lot of spirit. We had an option not to enlist, and we decided to give up a lot of things to enlist."
Cohen, who was defined as an outstanding paratrooper brigade several months ago, says that the company is exceptional in terms of its desire to stand out and operate within the entire Red Brigade as well. "We want to be more operational, better, and it all stems from the value of Torah study and reverence for God. We pray and learn, and prove that the spirit brings the warrior at the edge to greater strengths. We prove that it is possible not only to be in the beit midrash ".