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Source: https://www.jns.org/idf-naval-commando-unit-keeps-oxygen-flowing-to-civilian-care-centers-stressing-the-need-of-the-hour/

IDF Naval Commando Unit Keeps Oxygen Flowing to Civilian Care Centers

(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - The IDF's naval commando unit, Shayetet 13, has been making nonstop deliveries of oxygen cylinders to civilian care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic, due to its extensive experience in scuba-diving and the ability to compress oxygen gas into cylinders. Maj. "N" explained: "In Atlit [where the unit is based], there is a kind of small factory for compressing oxygen. We saw that nursing homes and organizations that care for vulnerable populations had a bit of a hard time getting hold of oxygen cylinders.... This is the need of the hour." Civilian organizations send over empty oxygen tanks and the Atlit center compresses oxygen into them and returns them. In the past three weeks, Shayetet 13 has delivered more than 500 oxygen tanks to care centers around the country.

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