A world away from the carnage in Gaza, Aaron Boures, IDF soldier, described the moment his life changed forever.
ByJosh Einiger has details on a Long Island IDF soldier who returned home from combat.
"I wanted to be in squad. I trust him. Great smile, contagious personality. Great leader," Boures said. "His comms person went down as well so it was "fff fffft" very quickly one, two, now both of them are on the ground I was in a state of shock for a few seconds.And then bam! It feels like a cannonball just ripped my leg right off, I start to crawl back to the house as fast as I can. As I'm doing that one of the bullets from an AK strikes me in my left leg.
Five soldiers, killed in friendly fire, while Israel's seizure of the Rafah crossing has stunted humanitarian assistance to civilians."We have to stop the military operation, make a deal with Hamas to return the hostages," Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, said. "I think most IDF soldiers I know are pro peace."
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