The Israel army’s Hevra Katlisha is burying enemy dead, a military reporter wrote over the weekend. The burials conform to International Red Cross rules and to Israel army procedures regarding identifying bodies and burying them. The burial squads are made up of army rabbinate members. They place markers over the graves. The officer in command. Major Mike, told the reporter that burial of enemy dead in itself raised the moral standards of Israel’s army.
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