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Israel is getting a sharp increase in volunteer soldiers from around the world, in order to help fight terror, according to news media reports.
Young people from around the world, who served in the Israeli army and returned to their home countries have contacted the Israel Defense Forces asking if they can return to Israel to join the fight against the terrorists in Gaza, an Israeli newspaper reported.
Tziki Aud, 59, founder of the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Sgt. Michael Levin, who died in the 2006 war in Lebanon II, which supports soldiers overseas, said on Sunday it had received more than 100 inquiries from former soldiers who are trying to help their peers in Israel. Fourteen have come to Israel so far on their own to join their combat units, Aud said.
On Monday, Aud went to the airport with Yoav Ziskind, a board member of the Lone Soldier Center to greet two soldiers who flew in from New York: Sgt. Shmulik Lazarov, 24, and Sgt. Shalom Leikin 21.
“I heard what was happening and decided to come here,” Lazarov said. “I feel a sense of belonging here, responsibility and the desire to contribute to the war effort.”
Leikin said: “Every Jew in the world has a responsibility to protect Israel. I had to go back to Israel, there is nothing that will prevent me from coming.”
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