Rudy Rochman emphasized this is not a war between Jews and Palestinians, it is a war between Hamas and civilians living in Israel.
NEW YORK - Israel has called up more than 360,000 reservists to active duty after the Hamas attack. The response was immediate and overwhelming after war was declared this week. One of those soldiers who answered the call and is standing by for battle is 30-year-old Rudy Rochman, who graduated from Columbia University. Rochman spoke with CBS New York's Chris Wragge and Mary Calvi from Israel. 'So you have to understand, as reservists, we're no longer in the army.
It's villages. It's communities. It's playgrounds. It's nurseries. They just went in and destroyed everyone,' Rochman said. 'And I think I need to make it very clear to everyone that this is not a war between Jews and Palestinians and Arabs and Muslims. This is a war between Hamas and human civilians that live in the land of Israel. And their goal is to push a narrative for populations to be polarized.
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