Former IDF spokesperson unit officer Ayelet Kreuzer was appointed as the new spokesperson for Shovarim Shatika Kreuzer, who grew up in the ultra-Orthodox community, said that she canceled her military exemption and enlisted during the war because she believed she was protecting the country. She said that her time in the barge unit showed her the reality in the West Bank and Gaza and how the IDF chooses to present this reality to the public.