The 98th Division Command completed its mission today in commanding the Judea and Etzion territorial brigades within the Judea and Samaria Division. This comes after it was activated on September 25th with the goal of strengthening command, control, defense, and offense capabilities in the Judea and Samaria region.
During the operational deployment period, the division command implemented the operational experience it gained from fighting in all sectors over the past years, while adapting and integrating lessons learned from the maneuver in Gaza and Lebanon.
Throughout the activation period, the Judea and Etzion territorial brigades, under the division’s command, carried out over 1,500 different counter-terrorism activities, during which they arrested over 140 suspects and located approximately 35 weapons, thereby fulfilling the command’s objective that terror meets the army and civilians live their routine.
In the Judea Brigade, under the division’s command, two IDF soldiers, Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reitman z”l and Sergeant Yuval Shai Suilem z”l, fell in an engagement. In their falling, they prevented a severe attack against Israeli civilians. In addition, hundreds of thousands of civilians visited the Cave of the Patriarchs safely during Sukkot intermediate days and over the past weekend, during the ‘Chayei Sarah’ Shabbat, under strict security and cooperation between the relevant organizations.
During this period, the 98th Division and the Judea and Samaria Division operated in close cooperation, conducting mutual operational learning processes and joint exercises.
The 98th Division will henceforth serve as a General Staff reserve and will focus on strengthening its readiness for additional scenarios.
