The ‘Dror’ initiative aims to support the psychological, medical, and financial needs of the returning hostages and their families.
The IDF urged the public to exercise patience and sensitivity and to respect the privacy of the returned hostages and their families.
The IDF said that its forces would be ready to fire on any Hamas or Islamic Jihad forces that violated any of the new security zones.
The IDF added that eight other soldiers from the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Nahal Brigade were also wounded in the same incident.
“This is a devastating tragedy for someone who endured the horrors of combat in Gaza, only to lose his life on a dream vacation,” said one family friend.
The IDF has killed at least 165 terrorists in approximately 110 air strikes in the West Bank since the beginning of the multi-front war.
Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman said that an IDF withdrawal of southern Lebanon by Jan. 26 would be "an abandonment of the northern residents and an extreme act of irresponsibility."
"We all salute them for their choice and see it as a true fulfillment of Zionism," said CEO of Tzofim Tzabar Olami, Daniel Amira.
The IDF has said that it recognizes the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), marking the fifth soldier killed by IEDs this week.
Key players may be seeking to settle the scores in the blame game for the October 7 massacre.
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