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After occupying the building for over a year, the IDF and border police on Tuesday, 15 Sivan left the Ohd Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar. The soldiers and Civil Administration agents left after occupying the building after being ordered to do so by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon.

Yeshiva officials’ were delighted as they can return to the building without restrictions, as has been the case with the IDF presence.

On Thursday, 17 Sivan, the return to the building will be marked officially at a gathering including the rabbonim and tzibur. The event is set for the evening hours to officially mark the release of the beis medrash from “occupation”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)