\nAs part of their operational role, Yonatan and his soldiers frequently shifted between different fronts of the war, sometimes within days or less; from Lebanon, to Judea and Samaria, to the Gaza Strip and back again, fighting with fortitude and courage. Yonatan himself, a resident of Moshav Metat in the north, has been evacuated along with his family and is literally fighting for his home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt Was Emotional to Hear Them and Understand They\u2019re Okay\u201d<\/strong> \u201cThey told me they returned home to take some things and saw the note we left for them. It was emotional to hear them and understand that they\u2019re okay. They cried and asked me why we didn\u2019t take anything from their fridge,\u201d he adds with a smile. \u201cThat\u2019s a moment that stays with me to this day; it gives me strength to continue and will probably stay with me for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The commander of a fighters\u2019 company from the Haruv Reconnaissance Unit recounts the most dramatic days on all fronts of the war, as well as the emotional meeting with a family he helped save in Kibbutz Be’eri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,85,6],"tags":[2225,2226,1647],"class_list":["post-11104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-positive-moment","category-security","tag-haruv-battalion","tag-kibbutz-beeri","tag-october-7th"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/\u05e1\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05ea-\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05d1-\u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8-\u05e6\u05d4\u05dc.jpg\")
\nIn Lebanon, the Haruv unit dealt with clearing houses from ammunition in villages near the border that posed a threat of anti-tank fire towards northern settlements. According to the fighters\u2019 descriptions, almost every house contained lethal weaponry intended for use against Israeli civilians. A few hours after leaving Lebanon, the unit\u2019s fighters were already deployed in an IDF operation in Jenin, where they engaged in close-quarter combat with terrorists from various factions embedded within the civilian population, in contrast to most Hezbollah militants who fled the battlefield.<\/p>\n
\nWith all the operational excitement and action, Captain Yonatan notes that the most emotional and significant moment in the war was on October 7th when he and his soldiers fought Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri, using one of the houses as an operational command center. \u201cOn that black Saturday, we rushed to Be’eri and stayed there until Tuesday, living in one of the houses,\u201d he shares. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know what ended up happening to the family, and 8 months later, they called me.\u201d<\/p>\n