IDF: We will fulfil any mission assigned to us

By JPOST.COM STAFF
The IDF spokesperson denied on Sunday a report in Ma'ariv that senior army officials had told Defense Minister Amir Peretz that the army would prefer not to take part in evacuating settlers from the West Bank. According to the article, the officials called the evacuation procedure a task "for the police." "The IDF will fulfil any mission assigned to it by the upper diplomatic echelon," the spokesman said.