Word: seigelman
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...Leaving home for war duty was a wrenching experience for reserve officer Ariel Seigelman. A youth counselor, he and his wife were savoring their first trip to a café after the birth of their son when Seigelman's cell-phone rang. He recognized the caller's number as the Israeli Defense Forces. "Your nation needs you," an unknown voice said...
...soon as my wife saw me take a deep breath, she knew it was from the army, that I was being called up for Gaza. And she started crying," says Seigelman, 30, a wiry reserve officer who has faced combat before. "She didn't want me to go. Our baby is only a month old." For Seigelman, there was never any doubt; "I knew what I was in for, but it has to be done," he says grimly...
...jobs - anything but what awaits them in Gaza. Once they cross over, the soldiers are forbidden from calling home on their cell phones. "So after I go in, the next call my wife gets will either be from me telling her I'm safe, or from the IDF," says Seigelman...
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