Israel's reservists drop everything and rush home following Hamas bloodshed

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NEW YORK/ Some were on their honeymoon, others were studying abroad, many were building new lives in foreign countries. But when Israel called up its reservists and declared war this week, the response was swift and overwhelming. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FILE PHOTO: Israeli military drive on a road in southern Israel, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, outside Sderot October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

"Everyone is coming. No one is saying no," said Yonatan Steiner, 24, who flew back from New York, where he works for a tech company, to join his old army medical unit. Nimrod Nedan, a 23-year-old studying medicine in Lithuania, said friends and relatives died or were missing as a result of the surprise Hamas attack, spurring him to action.

He was in India when Hamas struck and despite not being obliged to return, Bunzel nonetheless packed his bags and headed home, five months ahead of schedule.

 

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