Israeli Canadian reservist Noy Leyb (32yrs) made a decision to come back to Israel as soon as he heard what happened last Saturday October 7th. Layb was born in Calgary but now lives in New York. He is joining his two brothers who were called up as reservists.
An estimated 360,000 Israeli Defence Forces reservists have been called up since Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 Israelis in a brutal rampage on Oct. 7. A Calgary-born Israeli reservist says he's 'ready to go and not come back until Israel is safe and secure.'Israeli-Canadian reservist Noy Leyb, 32, made a decision to come back to Israel as soon as he heard about the Hamas kidnappings and massacres on Oct. 7. Leyb was born in Calgary but now lives in New York.
Leyb, a tech entrepreneur in his early 30s, was born in Calgary but was living in New York when he heard the news of the Hamas attack. "You know, it's just preparing yourself for war. You're not preparing yourself for an exam in university or a job interview. You're preparing yourself for one of the biggest things in your life."Leyb says he still visits his grandmother in Calgary once a year and like other reservists living abroad he also returns to Israel once a year to refresh his training.
On Thursday, the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, told infantry troops massing along Israel's border with Gaza that they would soon see it "from the inside," a clear reference to an anticipated ground invasion.Israel has already been conducting an air campaign against what it says are Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip, home to more than two million Palestinians living in extreme poverty under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade since 2007.
"We have to try and of course ensure that every civilian life, every innocent Israeli, Palestinian is saved.WATCH | Israeli reservists prepare for possible ground invasion:Israeli military reservists are mobilizing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza. Those combing the aftermath of last Saturday's attack by Hamas say they found evidence of the militant group's meticulous plans and expect the same for any defence of Gaza.
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