A Northbrook native is currently fighting in the Israel Defense Forces at the country’s northern border.
A Northbrook native is currently fighting in the Israel Defense Forces at the country's northern border.
He joined the IDF in 2018, and was on reserve when U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"We’re hearing about what happened, at the very same time I’m getting text messages from him over WhatsApp," his father David Valentine told NBC Chicago.
“My two biggest fears are that he’ll get shot. And the other one is that he’ll have to shoot somebody," he said. “The entire three years my son was active duty, he never had to fire his weapon at anyone else, but last week he did. There were snipers on another hilltop aiming at reservation post so they returned fire.”
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