(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - IDF paramedics in the Golan Heights provide first aid to people wounded in Syria's civil war. One soldier who served in the past year as a medic in the sector says, "You will have to carry out authorization checks (procedures in which you make sure the wounded are not terrorists) on dozens of severely wounded people who will be waiting for you at the security fence." Another IDF paramedic said, "An unbelievable amount of wounded people from enemy countries pass through here." Some are "children who you know were not involved in any kind of fighting." One paratrooper said, "The advantage of the work is the operational experience we received in treating the wounded, [that served] us during Operation Protective Edge. It improved the quality of our medical care more than any training exercise, and helped us not suffer from shock when we were inside Gaza, treating wounded soldiers."
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