8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

8th GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport July 30 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-two GSDF members are departing this time and 21 will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent that has been assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months.

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