1,000 IDF soldiers to help police enforce lockdown

Defense Minister Benny Gantz says he has instructed the army to dispatch another 500 Israel Defense Forces soldiers to help police enforce a nationwide lockdown beginning Friday.

The reinforcements bring the total number of soldiers tasked with enforcing the closure to 1,000.

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