In the video: documentation of the activity of the forces in the Judea and Samaria Division/photo: report
For the first time since the establishment of the YSR battalions, the reconnaissance battalions of the Military Rabbinate Corps, the battalions began to occupy operational lines in Yosh.
The first battalion to occupy an operational line is the YSR Golan Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Nahum Nathanel Kinan.
The battalion already began occupying a line in Hetmar Ephraim last Thursday.
The HSR battalions are made up of reserve fighters, with 07 rifle training, who came from the regular field brigades and were converted in their reserve service to the scanning units, whose job it is to scan and collect for casualties and other finds in the field.
Since the outbreak of the war, the various Israel Defense Forces have been deployed at the disaster sites of the outbreak of the war, as well as within the Gaza Strip, with the aim of locating the dead and bringing them to burial. To this day, the Israel Defense Forces have not occupied operational lines as part of their duties.
Behind the change are the YSR soldiers themselves, who asked to go on operational activity like their comrades from their previous units, who remained in the reserve units of the fighting brigades from which they came. These requests began to arrive several years ago. BSR, since that was their original training in the army" say sources familiar with the details.
The tours of the Military Rabbinate Corps in the space detection facilities at Shura/Haim David base
The initiative to use YSR soldiers to occupy operational lines was promoted since the outbreak of the war by Kenan and his soldiers in Sr. Golan, and received assistance from the staff of the Military Rabbinate. At the outbreak of the war, two of Kenan's companies were sent to the south of the country and he was assigned to Sr. South.
As part of this activity, YSR Golan soldiers took part in the searches that were carried out in the surrounding settlements. Later, the same YSR Golan soldiers, together with YSR Darom soldiers, entered the scans carried out in the Shifa Hospital area. Two of Kenan's companies remained in the Golan Heights, to respond At this point
in time, and while he was in command of a battalion spread out from the Egyptian border to Hermon, Kenan and the officer of the military rabbinical corps realized that the IDF lacked a large number of personnel for ongoing operations, in light of the rabbinical reserve forces sent to fight in Gaza and to prepare in the north. The meaning was that the soldiers, regulars and reservists, who usually occupy the operational lines in Yosh, were busy, and will be busy, in other arenas in Israel.
The members of the rabbinate assigned the various YSRs to rounds of operational activity in the Yosh, and as mentioned, starting last Thursday, YSR Golan, for the first time since the battalions were established, began to take a line in the Yosh.
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The tours of the Military Rabbinate Corps in the space detection facilities at Shura/Haim David base
This is a particularly dramatic event, which consists of two parts.
The first is a large-scale change of mind, since until today the Military Rabbinate Corps was not seen as a fighting force, and now its fighting units are going into operational activity.
The second part is the need to create a broad logistical infrastructure that did not exist until now in the Military Rabbinate Corps, since logistically it is a much broader procedure than the current deployment of the YSRs. Preparing a battalion for operational employment usually takes about three months, but YSR Golan was trained for the job in only about a month .
On January 11th, the YSR soldiers were released after being recruited into the reserves at the outbreak of the war, and on the same day they were assigned to start the activity in Yosh.
Since then, the IDF has been working to build the system and the training program for the battalion, so that its entry into the line will be done in the most smooth manner. The
main challenge was the establishment of a headquarters company, which for the battalions who are used to operational activity of this kind is something that cannot be operated without. In light of the fact that to date the battalions have not operational lines, such a company did not exist, and therefore the need arose to establish it from scratch and within a rather tight schedule. Those who mobilized to help establish this company are the men of ALMAR (Regional Logistics Division) Golan, who sent some of his soldiers from all ALMAR units for the headquarters company of the YSR.
Colonel Golan is the unit where YSR Golan is stationed on normal days.
IDF activity in Judea and Samaria September 12, 2022/IDF spokesperson
"These are soldiers who were thrown into the deep waters and since then they have been doing an excellent job. In the few days since they began their activities in the sector, they have already managed to act in a long series of events, including multiple arrests throughout the area. At first there was a little concern, because this is a battalion that has never done anything like this until today, but we quickly realized that they know the job very well" say military officials.
Since the outbreak of the war, the IDF has been operating extensively in the Yosh sector, when hundreds of terrorists have been arrested to date and many have been eliminated.
This is a sector that has not received extensive public focus since the outbreak of the war, in light of the fact that most of the attention is directed to the Gaza Strip and the northern front, but at the same time it is an arena where the activity does not stop for a moment.
The biggest challenge facing the security forces is the battle month of Ramadan.
"This is a challenge that every year is complex, but this year in light of the circumstances it is especially complex. It's not just that the IDF is preparing in depth for this period.
There are all the time trainings designed to prepare the forces for a particularly explosive period," say IDF officials.
The various YSR battalions have been assigned to operational activity in Yosh for the coming months, with sources in the military rabbinate saying to the mood that according to the state of affairs today, in light of the new reality since the outbreak of the war, this is a permanent change.
"Everyone who was exposed to the data and the plans realized that more fighting personnel were needed. The Military Rabbinate has a series of battalions that can carry out this task, so it is a natural move and it is requested that it get under the stretcher and contribute in this arena as well," say sources in the Military Rabbinate Corps.
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