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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-the-frontline-with-gaza-fence-menders-face-nightly-peril/
On the Frontline with Gaza, IDF Fence Menders Face Nightly Peril
(Times of Israel) Mitch Ginsburg - Sgt. First Class Reuven Tautang is a career IDF soldier who, in the line of service, has been targeted by mines and anti-tank missiles, and been struck in the arm and chest by sniper fire. He is deputy commander of the Kometz unit, part of the IDF Ordnance Corps. His task as a frontline fix-it man - tending to the northern half of the Gaza border fence - is unremittingly dangerous, laborious and crucial. For Israel, the fence is the frontline against terror infiltration. And the men tasked with its upkeep are prime targets for sniper fire and IED ambushes. Sgt. Maj. Ran Shlomo, the Kometz unit commander, said he has seen a terror tunnel packed with so much explosives that it blew an empty jeep high into the air, and an RPG anti-tank missile that exploded a few dozen feet from him.