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Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1wpbqlyr
IDF Veterans Rejoin the Ranks
(Ynet News) Iris Lifshitz Klieger - Following Oct. 7, Lt.-Col. (res.) Itzik Grossman, 71, a combat navigator who fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, re-enlisted. "I received a call that volunteers were needed, and immediately joined the effort," he recounts. "We, as auxiliary officers, mediate between the Air Force and ground forces that require assistance, coordinating support for them with combat aircraft or conducting rescues with helicopters. In this war, the Israeli Air Force provides support unlike anything before." "I'm glad for the opportunity to contribute," he says. "In the first months of the war...an officer approached me and said, 'You don't know what it does to us to see you here. When we see a person your age volunteering, we understand what we're doing here, and it gives us motivation.' I've been thanked many times. My family is very supportive and appreciative of my volunteering, and my grandchildren are very proud of me."