In the wake of the United States announcing a ceasefire, communities along the confrontation line were ordered to immediately dissolve the alert squads that had guarded the area since the start of the fighting. The move drew a harsh public rebuke from News 12 journalist Almog Boker, who called it a disgrace and warned that residents were being abandoned “from one moment to the next.”
According to the report, members of the alert squads, who had served as the first line of defense for the communities, are set to be released from their official duties as early as the coming weekend. Boker questioned why the decision was being carried out so quickly, before the stability of the ceasefire on the ground had been tested.
“Simply a disgrace, the United States announces a ceasefire, and here they immediately dismantle the alert squad in the communities on the confrontation line, from one moment to the next. By the weekend they will be released from the mission of defending the communities,” Boker wrote. “Can’t we wait a few weeks? See where this goes?”
He also pointed to what he described as a troubling gap between the political and military leadership’s decision and recent warnings raised in closed Israel Defense Forces discussions about the risks of pulling forces back from the border. Quoting the chief of staff, he noted, “If we leave the yellow line, the raiding threat will return,” and concluded that evacuees and residents under fire deserved “a little more than this.”
