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At the end of an IDF ‘Stop Learning’ that took place earlier this week following the deaths of two IDF officers, the Walnut unit resumed training in a northern outline, as part of its annual training program. The unit specializes in raiding and guerrilla warfare, and has practiced tangle fighting and built-up area in a team format alongside the practice of guerrilla warfare in live fire.
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Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi visited the unit in the Upper Galilee today (Tuesday) and held a dialogue with the unit’s commanders and fighters about the unfortunate shooting incident and the obligation to conduct a professional and thorough investigation as a condition for progress. The visit was attended by the commander of the Central Command, Major General Yehuda Fox, the commander of the commando brigade, Colonel Manny Liberty and the commander of the Egoz unit, Lt. Col. A.
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‘Last week the unit experienced a very difficult incident in which we lost two excellent commanders. “Losing a soldier as a lieutenant colonel and losing a soldier or officer as a chief of staff or commander-in-chief is the same thing, my heart was heavy that night just like your heart,” Kochavi said.
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“The Walnut unit is a strong and professional unit, composed of quality and experienced people, I understand the difficult feelings and at the same time – you must take the difficult event and come out stronger, all of you together,” he added. “Walnut was a great unit, and I trust you that following this event you will be even more excellent.”
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From the words of the commander of the Walnut Unit, Lt. Col. A.: “The unit, like the walnut – is hard and tough on the outside and soft with a heart of gold on the inside. A unit with high mental strength, whose fighters and commanders are characterized by exceptional resilience and are capable of complex combat challenges. “Despite the difficulty in losing commanders and close friends, we are returning to training and operational activities this week.”
“The unit is saddened by the fall of two of its commanders, the best of the best, the late Major Ofek Aharon and the late Major Itamar Elharar. The entire IDF and the Egoz unit in particular share in the grief of the bereaved families, support them and continue to accompany them.
The Egoz unit will continue to lead complex and covert operational activities in the various sectors in order to ensure the security of Israeli residents in routine and emergency situations. “
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