An Israeli exchange student's first-ever trip to San Francisco was interrupted by violence back home after the surprise attack by Hamas in his homeland.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yuval Appelboim, a 26-year-old Israel Defense Forces combat officer reservist, has been called to fight for the first time. He was supposed to spend last week studying the Middle East with students at UC Berkeley and Stanford. Instead, he attended pro-Israel rallies, connected with the local Jewish community, and tried to get a flight back to Israel as quickly as possible.
Israel has called up more than 360,000 reservists to active duty after the Oct. 7th Hamas attack. It's one of the largest mobilizations in the country's history.'Of course, I don't want to die. Of course I want to keep on my life, and I don't want to be stretched mentally. I don't want to be hurt physically,' he said when asked if he was scared. 'But I know this is about the future of my people. This is about the future of democracy here in the Middle East.
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