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Friday, July 25, 2014
Israeli UFC fighter to join reserves unit after match
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMMA fighter Noad Lahat, who hails from Alfei Menashe, has an Ultimate Fighting Championship martial-arts fight in San Jose, California, Saturday night.
After the match, Lahat won’t spend time at home resting and icing his bruises. He’ll hop on a plane to Israel to join his reserve unit fighting in the Gaza Strip.
He is clear about the importance of the mission.
“The only way we will be a safer, stronger country is for all of us to be united and fight together to protect our country. And so that’s what I’m going to do,” he says.
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