I said please kill her because it would be better than being kidnapped,” Ovadia, 38, told CNN on Wednesday.
He is one of many Israelis returning home from abroad as their country’s long-running conflict with Hamas escalates into a war not seen on this scale for a generation.
But he abandoned those plans on Saturday when he learned of Hamas’ attack while in a mountain village in Nepal.
Ilan FisherIlan Fisher, 29, is another Israeli expecting to be called up for reserve duty, he told CNN on Wednesday.
“Being here is a lot more comforting than being away,” she told CNN.
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