The war, he said, had ripped him away from the life he knew. His plans to become a doctor have also been set back by a year.

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef supports freeing hostages in exchange for dangerous convicted terrorists, claims his words on drafting haredi yeshiva students were misunderstood.

It was a large-scale military operation from the Israeli side, with the country deploying a significant number of aircraft.