{"id":2067370,"date":"2023-10-14T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-serving-in-idf-captured-by-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:10:52","slug":"american-serving-in-idf-captured-by-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-serving-in-idf-captured-by-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"American IDF Soldier Captured by Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Famerican-serving-in-idf-captured-by-hamas%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=2067370&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--><h2>Among \u200dthe dead and missing in Israel\u200d are some of our own.<\/h2>\n<p>In Israel,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-lays-out-his-middle-east-policy-supporting-israel\/\" title=\"DeSantis backs Israel in Middle East policy.\">military\u200c service<\/a> is compulsory\u200d once citizens reach 18 years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-serving-in-idf-captured-by-hamas\/\" title=\"American IDF Soldier Captured by Hamas\">age \u2014 men serve<\/a> for three years and women for two.<\/p>\n<p>This requirement \u200balso\u2062 applies \u2064to Americans \u200cholding \u200ddual citizenship and residing \u2063in Israel. Individuals \u2062with U.S. citizenship have a\u2064 long history\u200d of \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-bryan-mast-shows-congress-idf-uniform-message-rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serving<\/a> in the Israel \u200bDefense \u200dForces.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals living outside of Israel, whether \u2064they hold \u2064Israeli\u2064 citizenship or not, can also apply to join the IDF, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/07\/23\/world\/meast\/israeli-military-americans\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That is what Omer Neutra from Plainview, \u2062New York,\u200d did.<\/p>\n<p>Neutra, \u200c22, deferred his acceptance to college \u2064so he could follow in \u2062the footsteps of\u200b his parents and join\u2064 the Israeli armed forces,\u2064 eventually\u2062 rising to the \u200bposition of tank\u2063 commander, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/13\/new-york-native-confirmed-as-hostage-taken-by-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> \u2064 reported.<\/p>\n<p>His \u2062father described \u200chim to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/omer-neutra-abducted-hamas-plainview-long-island-k2q9frlx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsday<\/a> \u200b as \u2062\u201ca good\u2063 Jewish boy who loves both the American country and the Israeli country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On\u2063 Monday evening, a representative from the Israeli\u2062 consulate visited the home of his parents, \u200bRonen and Orna Neutra,\u200d to give them the devastating news \u2014 \u2064their son had been taken hostage by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The\u200d family later found out \u2062that Omer \u200bwas in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-reporter-learns-firsthand-dont-stand-close-israeli-tank-rolling-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tank<\/a> trying to defend the Gaza border when Hamas terrorists abducted\u2064 him.<\/p>\n<p>They are now imploring authorities, including the Biden administration,\u2063 to intervene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should the U.S. do everything possible to rescue hostages?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2062poll entitles you \u200bto The Western Journal news updates free \u200cof charge. You may opt \u200dout at\u2063 anytime. You also \u2063agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u200bPolicy<\/a> \u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (3 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar \u200bname=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3498485\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden \u200bsaid in \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/10\/11\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-second-gentleman-douglas-emhoff-at-roundtable-with-jewish-community-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks<\/a> on\u2063 Wednesday that there\u2019s\u200d \u201ca lot we\u2019re doing. I have not given up\u200c hope of bringing these folks home.\u201d He went\u2063 on to\u200d say, however, that it would be\u2063 \u201cbizarre\u201d to disclose what exactly the administration\u200c is \u200ddoing on that front.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated on Tuesday that the\u2064 U.S. has \u2064\u201cpeople on \u200bthe ground\u201d who will\u2062 assist Israel with \u201cintelligence and \u2063planning\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-us-assisting-in-hostage-recovery-efforts\/\" title=\"US aids Israel in hostage recovery during war.\">hostage rescue efforts<\/a>, \u2064according to <a href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/news\/us-sends-special-operations-israel-hostage-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Messenger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the U.S. can help in the rescue \u200dof not just the Americans, but\u200c the Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hamas-announces-will-begin-executing-hostages-live-broadcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostages<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>This conflict \u200dis \u2064not confined to Israel \u2014 it involves the \u2064safety and lives \u200cof American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven Americans were killed in the Hamas attack, and 14 are still missing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/11\/us\/israel-americans-missing-killed-hostage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York\u200d Times<\/a> reported. It is unclear\u2063 how\u200c many have been\u2064 taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. needs to fight for its citizens and bring\u2062 them\u200d all safely home.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A\u2062 Note from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every morning, we at The Western Journal wake up and pursue our mission of giving you \u200dthe important information you need \u200dabout\u2063 what\u2019s happening in \u2064America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t\u200c do that without \u200dyour help<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">America has been on the receiving end of false narratives.\u2063 The purpose of these\u2063 false\u200c narratives is to make you \u2062feel\u2063 powerless. The Western Journal empowers you by\u200c breaking these \u2063false narratives.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I wouldn\u2019t be honest with you today if I \u2063didn\u2019t let you know \u200bthat the \u200dfuture of The \u2064Western Journal is in jeopardy<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">without your help<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Silicon Valley and the \u2062Big Tech tyrants have done everything they can to put The Western Journal out of business. 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Our country hangs by a\u2062 thread, and\u2064 The \u200cWestern Journal stands for truth in this difficult time.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please stand with us\u200b by donating today.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Floyd G. Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post \u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-serving-idf-captured-hamas\/\">American Serving in IDF Captured by\u2063 Hamas<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is\u2062 the requirement for military service\u2062 in Israel,\u200d both for Israeli \u2064citizens and Americans holding dual citizenship?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062Among the dead and missing \u200din Israel are some of\u2063 our own.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200bIsrael, military service is compulsory once citizens reach 18 \u200byears of age \u2014 men \u200dserve for three\u200c years and women for two. This requirement also applies to\u2064 Americans\u2063 holding dual citizenship and residing in Israel. Individuals \u200dwith U.S. citizenship have \u200da long history of serving in the Israel\u2062 Defense \u2063Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals living outside of Israel, whether they hold Israeli citizenship or \u2063not, can also apply to\u200c join the IDF, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>That is what Omer Neutra from Plainview, New York, did. Neutra, 22, deferred his acceptance to college so he could follow\u2064 in the footsteps\u2064 of\u200d his parents and \u2063join the Israeli \u200darmed forces, eventually\u2062 rising to the position of tank commander, the New York Post \u2063reported.<\/p>\n<p>His father described him to Newsday as &#8220;a good Jewish boy who loves\u2063 both the American country and \u200bthe \u200cIsraeli country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, a representative \u200bfrom the Israeli consulate visited the home of \u200bhis parents, Ronen and Orna Neutra, to give them the devastating news \u2014 their son had been taken hostage by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The family later found out that Omer\u200c was in a\u2063 tank trying to defend the Gaza border when Hamas terrorists abducted him. They are now imploring \u200cauthorities, including the Biden administration, to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>Should the U.S. do everything possible to rescue hostages?<\/p>\n<p>Yes: 100% (3 Votes)<\/p>\n<p>No: 0% (0 Votes)<\/p>\n<p>Completing this\u2062 poll\u200b entitles\u2063 you to \u2062The Western Journal news updates free \u2063of charge. \u200bYou\u2063 may opt out \u2064at any time. \u200bYou also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of\u200c Use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the dead and missing in Israel are our own, including Americans with dual citizenship. Military service is mandatory for Israeli citizens at 18, with men serving three years and women serving two. This obligation extends to Americans residing in Israel. 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