Haredi Soldiers Rescue Palestinians Trapped In Flood
The Netzach Yehuda battalion reportedly rescued almost 40 people, 30 of whom were
trapped in a bus. Many of those rescues were done jointly with the Palestinian
Authority's rescue forces.
Flood in Tayibe
Haredi Soldiers Rescue Palestinians Trapped In Flood
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Yesterday, soldiers of the IDF's haredi Netzach Yehuda battalion rescued three Palestinian men from a flash food, Ynet reports.
The soldiers were called to an area near the Nablus River where cars had been stalled with people trapped inside them by raging floodwaters caused by the massive winter storms battering the region.
Helicopters could not be used to rescue the trapped drivers because of the severity of the storm. The battalion’s commander commandeered a Palestinian's tractor and used it to rescue the trapped men.
The tractor’s owner drove into the floodwater with the army commander, and the commander and the tractor owner rescued three trapped men. A fourth man who was also trapped is reported missing.
The tractor reportedly left the floodwaters just before the asphalt road began to collapse.
The soldiers also reportedly started medical treatment for the three rescued men at the scene.
Today, the Netzach Yehuda battalion reportedly rescued 33 people. 30 were trapped in a bus. Many of the rescues were done with the Palestinian Authority's rescue forces.
These two Haredi soldiers have done more good for the welfare of humanity than ALL the yeshiva students twiddling their pais in yeshiva put together, and yet apparently saving lives (regardless of whether they are Jewish or not) is not as "heilig" as sitting in yeshiva, according to the "gedolim."
It may be "naive" of me to believe that drafting Haredim and exposing them to regular society would fix everything but I still believe it would fix quite a lot.
Posted by: Mike | January 09, 2013 at 08:18 PM
Great story.. But I can't help wondering - if those were WOMEN, would the Haredim have saved them or is that not modest?
Posted by: Dov | January 09, 2013 at 08:33 PM
Dov, do you know what a klutz kashe is?
No it isn't a hard klutz.
Posted by: Jake | January 09, 2013 at 09:49 PM
Great story.. But I can't help wondering - if those were WOMEN, would the Haredim have saved them
Yes.
Posted by: barry | January 09, 2013 at 10:53 PM
A reminder of what normal benevolent coexistence is supposed to look like. Now if only we could figure out to do with all the militant nutcases...
Mike - too true.
Posted by: Atheodox Jew | January 10, 2013 at 01:16 AM