{"id":1407418,"date":"2022-03-29T13:16:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407418"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:16:53","slug":"report-israeli-ex-commandos-secretly-train-ukrainian-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-israeli-ex-commandos-secretly-train-ukrainian-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Israeli Ex-Commandos Secretly Train Ukrainian Civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-israeli-ex-commandos-secretly-train-ukrainian-civilians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A group of former Israeli commandos has been training Ukrainian civilians at an undisclosed location in western Ukraine, the <em>Yedioth Ahronoth<\/em> newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the local civilians, men and women, have never undergone any military training and have no experience holding weapons. The program started as a rescue mission for stranded Jews but escalated when it became clear that people were needed to fight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe entire country has re-organized itself for war in a very short period of time,\u201d an Israeli instructor told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen them change. After spending a few hours with a group that includes a waiter, a chef and a lawyer, I saw it fall into place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of them threw up because of the effort and the shock; it wasn\u2019t easy for them, but I saw them go aside, throw up, calm themselves down and come back because there\u2019s just no other option,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/no-other-option-israeli-ex-commandos-said-to-secretly-train-ukrainian-civilians\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The ex-commando in charge of the program,\u00a0identified as \u201cDanny,\u201d was in Ukraine during Russia\u2019s\u00a0invasion of Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you first arrive in a country facing annihilation, you realize the responsibility you have to your own country, the importance of joining the IDF\u2026 of protecting your homeland,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur actions here show why our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will also serve in the military. This place is proof of that,\u201d Danny said. \u201cThere\u2019s evil in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One Israeli official told the newspaper Israel\u2019s political and military brass is aware of the program and while it doesn\u2019t condone it, is choosing to turn a blind eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all united in our support and solidarity toward the Ukrainian nation\u2026 which has been exposed to the worst kind of Russian aggression,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we know and choose to look the other way,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by one of the Ukrainian civilians why he would volunteer to do such a thing, another Israeli instructor answered: \u201cWe\u2019re not only fighting for Ukraine, but for ourselves. If Ukraine falls, people who oppose democracy will raise their heads, it will encourage malign forces all over the world and Putin will want to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-putin-must-be-stopped-meet-the-israelis-fighting-in-ukraine-s-foreign-legion-1.10662939\">several<\/a> reports emerging of Israeli ex-soldiers from elite commando units <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/03\/03\/israeli-ex-soldiers-join-fight-against-russia-alongside-ukrainian-forces\/\">joining the fight<\/a> against Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of former Israeli commandos has been training Ukrainian civilians at an undisclosed location in western Ukraine, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said. 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