The usually secretive Alpine unit of the Israel Defense Forces met the media this week to share a four-year-old program in which they they ski down Mt. Hermon together with disabled IDF veterans.
The project is a cooperative effort with the Disabled IDF Veterans' Organization and the Hermon site. About 400 disabled vets have taken part in the project to date, and 40 of them are "hooked" and come back for more every year.