The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion is tasked with patrolling along the Gaza Strip helping to Israeli communities. Composed of mostly Beduin soldiers, they use unique tracking skills to prevent infiltration from Gaza and deal with other threats that arise. Today, setting off from Kissufim, we will be seeing how they carry out their daily mission and speaking with the volunteer soldiers and commanders as well as understanding the threats and innovations used to counter them.
Unit 585 patrols the border with #Gaza and defends against threats and infiltration; #Israel #army #photojournalism pic.twitter.com/5JfUYtAsbV— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}.#IDF #Israel unit 585 poses for a photo near #Gaza border Kissufim area #army #military diverse mostlyBedouin unit pic.twitter.com/lWok3oiM1D— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
This unit 585 of mostly #bedouin #Muslim #IDF soldiers serves along #Gaza strip border defending #Israel communities pic.twitter.com/Sh1JlDEZ1Q— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
.#happeningnow driving along patrol roads and farm land on #Gaza border near Kissufim w mostly Bedouin #IDF unit pic.twitter.com/bkS6e5Kwxw— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
"after 12 years I don't regret 1 second that I came to this unit; the army is the key to #Israel society" - Hussein pic.twitter.com/oGEjEBUa5A— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
"no other country can defend as well as we do; there is no country in the world that does what we do" - Shibli pic.twitter.com/8FpZuYGlNR— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
In this area along #Gaza border the agriculture and #Israel farms are right at the fence almost pic.twitter.com/MrA9J3dcGC— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) 19 בספטמבר 2016
