Since October 7, reserve soldiers from the Alexandroni Brigade have been stationed along the northern border, safeguarding communities from potential infiltration by Hezbollah terrorists; They seldom see their own homes and are often unaware of the day of the week, yet nothing, not even the arrival of winter disrupts their motivation
A deafening explosion startled me as I approached the concealed trenches where Amichai Shomron and Nadav Avraham, soldiers from Platoon A in Battalion 7012 of the Alexandroni Brigade, were stationed. The two smiled at me with understanding. "It was our tank firing toward the Lebanese village over there," Amichai explained, and they burst into restrained laughter. "We've become experts in explosive noises, able to identify any type of gunfire and distinguish whether it's from our forces or Hezbollah's firing," they boasted.
The two burrowed deep into the position, waiting on the agricultural road adjacent to the nearby border fence. They serve as a barrier against infiltration attempts from Lebanon. Anticipating the winter storm expected to hit us with full force in the Galilee overnight, they arranged more sandbags, improved the makeshift plastic shelter they had set up, and hoped that tomorrow morning they wouldn't wake up in a pool of mud.
Within 12 hours, on October 7, he and his soldiers were already fully prepared for defense against the possibility that Hezbollah would attempt an unexpected attack on the Galilee. Since then, he has seen his wife, Yael, now in the eighth month of her pregnancy, and his two children perhaps six times. The constant sounds of machine guns and artillery fire have turned into daily background noise, obscuring the cooing of the birds that once filled the air with almost forgotten serenity.
"We conduct daily fire and eliminate the enemy. They cannot infiltrate; they can only use sporadic small-arms and anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) fire in an attempt to harm us. Of course, we make great efforts not to give them any successes," he says, asking Carmi Yogev, his infantry brigade commander, to add more gas and accelerate along the threatening route we are traveling.
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