Druze IDF soldiers breaking into song in the snow on Mount Hermon

A clip racing around social media shows Druze IDF soldiers breaking into song in the snow on Mount Hermon. A rare, candid slice of service you don’t get in official statements.

Hermon isn’t just scenic. It’s strategic high ground overlooking Syria and Lebanon, and the winter up there is punishing.

Israel’s Druze community has long carried real skin in the game. Druze citizens are among the groups required to serve in the IDF, and the army has pushed integration across units, including closing the Druze-only Herev Battalion so Druze recruits could serve everywhere.