With his uniform sleeves rolled up, Ze’ev Bar Yadin is in Israel, thousands of miles away from his San Antonio home, ready to fight.
“They came to attack civilians,” he said. “They came to attack Israel.”“He had a very, very strong sense of duty that his place is there,” he said. “To do his part.”
Ze’ev’s mother and pregnant wife are having a tough time with his choice, said Reuben Bar Yadin -- but it’s a sacrifice he doesn’t take lightly. “I am extremely proud of him,” said Reuben Bar Yadin, grinning. “I don’t know how else to describe it.”Reuben Bar Yadin said he’s heading to Israel in a couple of weeks for a trip he’d already planned.
“Somebody asked me, ‘aren’t you think about canceling?’” he said. “I said, ‘Hell no, Why would I cancel?’ And I feel a need to be there.” Reuben Bar Yadin said his son is joined in Israel by another man from San Antonio, who also volunteered to fight.Daniela Ibarra joined the KSAT News team in July 2023. This isn’t her first time in the KSAT newsroom– the San Antonio native spent the summer of 2017 as an intern. Daniela is a proud Mean Green alum, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Texas.Before starting at KSAT in August 2011, Ken was a news photographer at KENS.
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