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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Military-Affairs-The-IDFs-war-against-an-invisible-enemy-622548
IDF Prepares for World War C
(Jerusalem Post) Anna Ahronheim - The whole country is on lockdown. The only people on the street are police officers and IDF troops. It's World War C - the coronavirus crisis. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett warned: "We are in accelerated growth in patients in serious condition; the number of positive tests is increasing. Severe morbidity levels are approaching. Within 10 days there will be a significant rate of serious patients, but this is not a matter of fate. We can work to change the situation." IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi ordered the military to move to a higher state of readiness, one normally reserved for preparation for an enemy attack. The IDF Home Front Command was ordered to establish quarantine facilities in hotels across the country and provide essential services such as food and medicine to Israel's elderly, in an effort dubbed "Operation Save Grandma."