From the tank to the helicopter • Dramatic documentation: This is how a wounded soldier is evacuated from the battlefield

November 25, 2024   

Since the beginning of the fighting, the Technology and Logistics Division personnel have been working alongside the fighters to ensure the operational and logistical readiness of the IDF in all sectors. Every day, a logistics operation is carried out in the northern and southern sectors, which provides the fighting forces with equipment, food, and more for the depth of the area. In preparation for winter, the fighters are also provided with winter equipment and hot food, along with heating equipment and adapted shelters. To date, more than 2,000 logistics operations have been completed for the depth of the fighting and 6 additional operations in cooperation with the Air Force of the Hits Supply in the Gaza Strip. As part of these operations, approximately 100 tons of water, food, ammunition, and fuel were parachuted from aircraft. In addition, equipment was also transported in operations by sea. The Technology and Maintenance Corps personnel in the Technology and Logistics Division ensure the suitability and maintenance of the armored vehicles for activities under fire - so far, 90% from armored vehicle malfunctions Fixed in the battlefield. In the medical field - about 6,000 wounded have been treated since the beginning of the maneuver, and evacuation times have been shortened. Reaching the hospital by airlift using Air Force helicopters and fighters from Unit 669 takes about 66 minutes in Gaza and 84 minutes in Lebanon. By mounted means, it takes about 91 minutes in Gaza and about 111 minutes in Lebanon. The IDF published dramatic documentation from Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip of the evacuation of a fighter whose hand was amputated as a result of an anti-tank missile strike. In the documentary, he is seen receiving life-saving medical treatment on the medical armored personnel carrier on the way to the helicopter. As part of the desire to expand the response provided to the wounded who return to the ranks of the IDF, it was decided to establish the IDF Wounded Recovery and Rehabilitation Center. The center will provide a response by building a broad rehabilitation program and will enable social and mental rehabilitation alongside treatment by leading experts in the field. In the field of mental health, approximately 850 reserve and regular military personnel were activated during the war, and dozens of entries were made into the Gaza Strip for the purpose of initial processing of extreme events. The fighters in the field use means developed by the Ground Technology Division: robotic tools, missile drones, energy solutions, fighter transport trucks, blood coolers, supplies in HEATS, printing spare parts on a 3D printer, and more.