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The Truth About Serving In Gaza From An Israeli Soldier

Daily Wire

Jonathan D. is a soldier who served in the IDF. This is his story.

In 2014, after being pounded by Hamas rocket fire, and with pregnant women and senior citizens forced to run to bomb shelters ten times per day, the IDF finally invaded Gaza, both to stop the rocket fire and to destroy the tunnels dug from Gaza into Israel. We, the 101st Paratroopers Battalion, were sent with combat engineers into a neighborhood of Khan Yunis called Khirbet Ekh’zeiah, which has a gorgeous and imposing mosque at its center.

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