Israeli Robots to Patrol Borders Instead of Soldiers

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - After 12 years of abducting "Israeli" soldiers in Shebaa Farms, and after 8 years of returning their bodies and burying them in "Israel", the families of Avraham, Avitan and Sawaid are developing robots that will replace IDF soldiers on patrols along "Israel's" borders.

Haim Avraham, father of Benny Avraham, told Arutz Sheva on Wednesday that the revolutionary project is being developed in collaboration with the IDF's Engineering Corps and the College of Management in Rishon LeZion. "The project aims to develop robots to fill the roles of soldiers patrolling the border and so far the college has developed six robots," Avraham said. Avraham hopes other institutions will join the project, "The institute which is creating the robots will not be able to evolve unless additional parties, other than the three families, support it as well," he said. "It requires many resources, and the "IAF" is collaborating with us. We are making efforts to get more resources and have so far distributed 160 scholarships to students participating in the project. We also received a large donation from an anonymous donor for the project."

Avraham said that he believes the robots will be able to provide a partial solution to kidnappings of soldiers, noting, "It's not a solution to all the kidnappings, just for border patrols. Terrorist organizations take advantage of the proximity to the border and examine our soldiers' routines. Our robots will move along the border and, based on a decision of the commander stationed at the control point, they will also be able to shoot."

In the interview, Avraham also spoke of "Israel's" decision to transfer 100 bodies of Palestinian Authority "Arab terrorists", as a goodwill gesture to PA Chairman Abbas. According to him, the gesture was "a scandal", adding, "All these gestures only encourage them to continue to kill us. They release bodies of "terrorists", whose hands are stained with blood. They do not sit with us for negotiations, they refuse to accept invitations from us, so what's the point of these gestures? Our families waited three and a half years without receiving information about their children, in the end we received dead bodies in exchange for living terrorists, and here we again succumb to the whims of the Palestinians."

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