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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/From-Kauai-to-Zion-the-Hawaiian-warrior-who-trains-IDF-Special-Forces-617633

The Hawaiian Warrior Who Trains IDF Special Forces

(Jerusalem Post) Former IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi describes Nadav Tzadok Yair as "an expert in jungle warfare, night operations, sneak attacks and survival. The IDF owes him a lot for what he taught us," the Hebrew website Mako reported on Friday. Yair was born in Hawaii and trained in the local martial art of Kapu Kuialua from age nine. He enlisted in the IDF at age 31 and became a Special Forces trainer.

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