The Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, recently completed a visit to the Ephraim Regional Brigade, during which he met together with the Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Amir Baram, the Chief Reserve Officer Lieutenant Colonel Bani Ben Ari and the commander of the brigade Major General Mordi Weiss, with the fighters of the 363rd Reserve Battalion who are currently in reserve service in the sector.

"I see here in the battalion people who come from all over the country: religious, secular, with worldviews from the right and the left, when they get into the uniform and under the stretcher they all work as one."

"Our experience has shown that the IDF, through its regular and reserve soldiers, is the pillar of the State of Israel - it is the most vital thing for the future of the State of Israel and must not be harmed."

"I say this from a long-term view, I saw the demonstrations after the Yom Kippur War fifty years ago, I went through intifadas, there were always social events, but in the face of all of this - the army managed to remain united, to understand the magnitude of the task and the great responsibility placed upon it. In this aspect, the reserve army and the reserve forces have a decisive role.'

*"Any call for disobedience is a violation of Israel's security, no one is allowed to use the unit's symbol, the IDF symbol or the Israeli flag in order to justify one side. Under no circumstances is a call for disobedience anywhere, in any division, in any corps and in any unit."*

"The threats to the State of Israel - Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and other problems will remain with us even after the current problems are resolved, therefore - the IDF should remain the people's army, the army of all of us, united and able to carry out its tasks."

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