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Israel repatriates military instructors from DRC after Hamas attack

Published on 15.11.2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on 25 October 2023. © Elad Malka (IMoD)/Handout/Anadolu

The mass mobilisation of Israeli reservists after the Hamas attack led to the recall of dozens of instructors employed by private military contractors in DR Congo.

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Spotlight | DRC
Israel repatriates military instructors from DRC after Hamas attack

The mass mobilisation of Israeli reservists after the Hamas attack led to the recall of dozens of instructors employed by private military contractors in DR Congo.

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Spotlight | DRC Israel repatriates military instructors from DRC after Hamas attack

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Spotlight | DRC
Israel repatriates military instructors from DRC after Hamas attack

Eswatini
Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce hopes to return to continent next year

Egypt
Hamas demands discussed in Cairo

Kenya
Amid Gaza war, tea sector braces for Lipton boycott

DRC
Army combat aircraft get makeover in Georgia

DRC
Tshisekedi prepares for his second coming

DRC
Portfolio Minister Kayinda set to decide on Gécamines embezzlement allegations

DRC
DRC's Tshisekedi delays decision on who will take over Gertler's former oil blocks

DRC
DR Congo security chief seeks to reboot Paris-Kinshasa relations

DRC
Police beef up resources as presidential elections approach

In Focus | DRC
Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

DRC
Beni Tal Security trains and equips Tshisekedi's Republican Guard

DRC
Israelis provide covert training for Tshisekedi's Republican Guard