IDF chief: A society that shuns its troops will discover it has nobody to fight for it
In a letter addressed to army commanders following the death of Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi writes, "The readiness to sustain loss of life [in the defense of Israel] is crucial to national resilience, and that resilience is vital to the continuation of our very existence."










