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UN accepts Israel’s invitation for peacekeeping forces to be trained in field medicine by IDF

 

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said, “We are very proud to invite U.N. peacekeeping forces to Israel…We hope U.N. personnel will be able to implement our methods and save lives worldwide.”

By Shlomo Cesana

 

United Nations peacekeeping forces are scheduled to participate in a special emergency field medicine seminar headed by the Israeli military and local medical professionals, Israel Hayom learned Sunday.

IDF and U.N. troops on the northern border [Illustrative] | Photo credit: Eyal Margolin / JINI

IDF and U.N. troops on the northern border [Illustrative] – Photo: Eyal Margolin/JINI

The seminar, to be held in the next few weeks, aims to address one of the fundamental challenges U.N. peacekeeping forces face in their assignments in conflict zones worldwide: saving lives on the battlefield. Continue Reading »