Military service

  • An American soldier has died after being injured during Washington’s problem-plagued operation to establish a temporary aid pier on the coast of Gaza, the US military said Tuesday (Nov 5). The pier effort aimed to boost deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian assistance into the war-wracked Palestinian territory as Israel held up shipments by land. But…

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  • Israeli man jailed twice for avoiding military service

    An 18-year-old Israeli man who was jailed for 30 days for refusing to serve in the Israeli military has been sentenced to another 30 days in prison. Mr Mitnick is the first Israeli to be jailed as a conscientious objector in the Israel-Hamas war.  He was released from an Israeli military prison last week after…

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  • 24-year-old Ukrainian marries cousin, 81, to avoid military service

    A 24-year-old man allegedly married his 81-year-old cousin “to avoid doing military service”. Alexander Kondratyuk has denied that he tied the knot with his disabled relative just to skip a stint in the army, which is required of every Ukrainian man. The only exceptions are if someone is disabled or the carer of someone with…

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