These are the voices of the some of our soldiers that took part in the Gaza War last year and the last Lebanon war in 2006. We hear first hand of their experiences during that period. These young men and women that serve in the IDF allow all of us in Israel the opportunity to live our lives as normal as possible while protecting us from constant threats.
Here are just a few of them.
For more information about this group of soldiers go to Soldiers Speak Out
Lieutenant in the Nachal Brigade. He is a medical student in Jerusalem. He tells of a time he and his unit were manning a checkpoint between two Arab cities.
They discovered a taxi carrying children and their mother but was filled with weapons, ammunition, and a sniper rifle. The driver used his family as a human shield because he knew the IDF wouldn’t harm them if they did discover it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOKgY2CxHQ8
Nina is 24 years old and studies government at university. She served as a commander of a combat medical course in the Israeli army for almost three years. She attends IDF reserve duty for more than a month each year at the Medic Division of the Home Front Command and was called up during Israel’s recent campaign against Hamas in Gaza. She says that in training, IDF medics are taught “medicine first,” even when faced with treating a badly injured terrorist over their fellow IDF soldiers.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S16oExseSA
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0Z0yWJeVc
Noam, age 24, is a Law Student in Tel Aviv University. He serves as an officer in the Givati Unit. Noam speaks about the risk he and his soldiers dealt with in order to avoid any innocent casualties. Despite the intentions of the Hamas, he and his team did the best to avoid any unnecessary harm.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0fml4ksYA
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NQFWxog9QI
Jeremy, 24 years-old, fought in the ground war against Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Jeremy describes how his unit discovered a Hezbollah hideout but was ordered not to destroy the hideout because the terrorists were using civilians as human shields inside. The IDF chose to protect the lives of the Lebanese civilians even though it meant letting Hezbollah terrorists go free.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTe1RURP5U
