Amid the?Israel-Palestine war that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people leaving millions displaced, Israeli actor and screenwriter Lior Raz known for his role in Fauda has joined the front lines against Hamas (the Palestinian militant group which wants to govern Gaza).?
He recently shared a video fromsouthern Israeli town of Sderot in which he can be seen along with the president of the Israel Democracy Institute Yohanan Plesner, and journalist Avi Yissascharov.?
He posted on social media, "Accompanied by Yohanan Plesner @yplesner and Avi @issacharoff , I headed down south to join hundreds of brave ¡°brothers in arms¡± volunteers who worked tirelessly to assist the population in the south of Israel. We were sent to the bombarded town of Sderot to extract 2 families".
In fact, Fauda was loosely based on his real life experiences. Lior Raz?was a part of Israel Defense Forces. He worked as an undercover agent for an elite Israeli counter-terrorism unit known as Sayeret Duvdevan as well as? Duvdevan Unit in the reserves for 20 years.?
His girlfriend Iris Azulai was stabbed by a?Palestinian Arab with a 15-inch knife in Jerusalem.?
In 1993, after his military service, Raz moved to the United States and there, he was hired by a security contracting firm as Arnold Schwarzenegger's bodyguard.?
When he came to India to promote season 4, Lior Raz said that he wanted to work with Rajkummar Rao.
The war began on Sep 30 after Israel witnessed a surprise attack by Hamas which killed 700 Israelis and left 2,300 others injured. Now, Israel has begun its retaliation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that though Israel did not start this war but will finish it, thus giving a stern warning to Hamas.
As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel called up 400,000 reservists, Times of Israel reported.
"Israel is at war. We didn¡¯t want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. But though Israel didn¡¯t start this war, Israel will finish it," said Netanyahu in an address to the nation.
Hamas said civilian hostages would be executed without warning and the killings broadcast if Israel targets people in Gaza. The group claims to be holding more than 100 hostages, including Israeli army officers, according to CNN.
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(With inputs from ANI)??
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