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January 6, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/04/ST2009010400746.html

Wounded Israeli Troops Yearn to Be in the Fight

[Washington Post] Griff Witte - Sgt. Natan Weitzman was creeping through Gaza on Saturday night with his Israeli army platoon when a mortar shell landed in their midst. Hours later, his brother said, Weitzman was in the intensive care unit of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba having shrapnel removed from his heart. "Even now, he says he wants to go back," his brother said. Weitzman's desire to fight reflects a broader consensus in Israel that the offensive in Gaza against Hamas is necessary and just. There is little hand-wringing in Israel over whether putting troops in harm's way is the right thing to do. It is widely accepted that Israel's adversaries must be confronted with force.

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