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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: February 8, 2006 |
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Israel's army dogs are moving to a new base, where they'll have training runs, a hospital and a fancy cemetery, according to an army publication.
The current edition of "Bamahane," the soldiers' weekly, reports that the canine unit, called "Oketz," is moving to a base in the center of the country, and new facilities are being built for the dogs.
Many of the dogs' missions are classified, but published reports reveal that dogs have been sent in to houses in West Bank during army attempts to arrest terror suspects. Also, dogs are used for a variety of "sniffing" tasks like finding explosives.
The new Oketz home base will feature a canine hospital with operating rooms, X-ray facilities and recovery areas. A new training run is being built.
Then there's the cemetery. The magazine shows a picture of a model of the burial ground, a respectful brick-walled plaza where 132 dogs can be buried, with room for expansion. There will be a stage for ceremonies complete with a flagpole and a monument representing the unit. The cemetery construction will cost about 500,000 shekels ($106,000).
"When an Oketz soldier is killed in action with his dog, the soldier's relatives and friends also visit the grave of the dog," Lt. Col. Eyal Lehr, in charge of building the new canine facility, told the weekly. |
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