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Section 1 of חוק־יסוד: הצבא, מהות.
1. מהות
צבא־הגנה־לישראל הוא צבאה של המדינה.
The text on this page is adapted from the entry חוק־יסוד: הצבא in the Open Law Book of Hebrew Wikisource, read on 1 November 2026, and is shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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