From Soldiers at remote southern bases released early for weekend amid concerns of Storm Byron flooding
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Following a fresh assessment as Storm Byron hits the country, the military says that soldiers serving in remote bases in southern Israel would be released to their weekend furlough early.
The soldiers are being let off today, instead of on Thursday or Friday, “to ensure their safe return home,” the army says.
Flooding is expected in many areas of the south, where the IDF maintains several large training bases.
Meanwhile, the IDF Home Front Command is on high alert amid the storm, and will assist emergency services with “forming a situational picture and providing a rescue response” if required, the military says.
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