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IDF Medical Corps adapts to knife intifada
[Ynet] Following six months of knife attacks targeting both civilians and military personnel, the IDF has invented a neck collar for its soldiers to wear to reduce the risk of their dying if attacked.In the past six months, Paleostinian attackers have stabbed dozens of Israeli civilians and soldiers. While civilians have usually been attacked in the stomach, soldiers are stabbed either in arms and legs, or in the neck as the assailants know they are wearing bullet-proof vests. So the Israeli army has developed a neck collar made of the same material as the bullet-proof vest, an invention that has cut down on fatal attacks of soldiers, Col. Hagay Frenkel, the chief medical officer of the Central Command, an area that includes the West Bank, and its 2.5 million Paleostinians, told The Media Line in an exclusive interview. He said that soldiers don’t always like to wear it in 100 degree heat, but it has already saved lives. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-05-23 |
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