The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have released a video on social media in which Israeli army soldiers can be seen performing traditional prayers before launching the ground offensive that this Tuesday allowed them to take control of the Rafah border crossing.
In the images dozens of soldiers appear gathered around another soldier who sing traditional Jewish prayers before ground operation.
Many of the soldiers wear the typical yarmulkes on their heads and are hugging each other as they prepare for the attack. The sentences They end with the sound of shofara wind instrument used in Jewish liturgy and often played at Jewish New Year ceremonies or on Yom Kippur.
Once the Rafah crossing was taken, the Israeli army has proceeded to remove the Palestinian flags and has raised the flag of Israel.
