An Israeli Air Force husband-and-wife team revealed they took part in high-risk bombing missions over Iranian skies, targeting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear infrastructure and military assets.
The wife, known only by the alias “Yud” in accordance with strict security protocols, is the first woman to serve as deputy commander of a fighter squadron in Israel’s history. Her husband, “Bet,” commands an air squadron and is slated to take command of a fighter squadron.
The couple, who share two young children, described to Channel 12 how they balanced family life with the pressures of a full-scale air campaign. During the conflict, they did not see their children for two weeks, relying on family and friends to care for them.
Reflecting on what it meant to leave for war as a mother, Yud told Channel 12: “It was a different hug, toward an unknown place. We didn’t know how these two weeks would end. We prepared, we got ready, we knew it would be difficult. And as we saw, unfortunately, we experienced losses on the home front of civilians being killed, civilians who were under rocket fire.”
Iran’s missile salvos killed 28 people and wounded thousands more, devastating residential areas, universities, and a hospital, according to Israeli health authorities.
Still, Yud said she believed in the mission: “On the one hand, it was not simple — knowing the home front was under fire. On the other hand, there is the thought and knowledge that what we’re doing is so that they will have a better future, without an Iranian threat.”
Both pilots acknowledged compartmentalizing their emotions to remain focused. Yud explained that while she worries for Bet when he flies, she draws confidence from firsthand knowledge of their shared mission: “I know what he’s fighting for. I was there yesterday; I know the threat picture, and I’m not worried. On the other hand, I looked at the plane monitors and made sure our jets crossed the line back safely — and then I stayed for another five minutes to watch and make sure he came back safely too.”
For the pilots in the skies, the mission was as personal as it was national. Yud concluded: “We’re doing this so that our children — and all of Israel’s children — can have a safer future.”
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You can be sure they’re not chareidi.
You can be sure that they are genuinely sincere. We thank them for their total devotion.
To AYidIsEhrlich:
Two questions:
1) How do you know?
2) What difference does it make?
From his brainless hashkafaless comment, it becomes apparent that AYidisEhrlich is nisht a yid or ehrlich.
Discuss.
Toayidisehrlich.
YOU are anything but ehrlich!
What kind of despicable & hateful comment did you post?!
And you want to know why Moshiach hasn’t come yet
Get a life! Shame on you!
There’s nothing cool or halacicly permitted about a pants wearing woman being enlisted in an armed forces.
AYidisErlich, I actually know this couple well. they live in meah shearim and no one would guess that they fly fighter jets i their spare time
Which secularized teenager is writing your headlines?
AYidisErlich, AnIsraeliYid, N.S. – all the same (bitter and pathetic) person.
I write as a frum woman who lives and works in the broader world. But this crosses a line and is an entirely different level. This is not the path a bas Yisrael should be taking. The last thing we need is another downed plane with a bas Yisrael taken captive. The story of Ron Arad is heartbreaking enough, but if a woman is taken and forced to bear a child in captivity (to put it gently), we face the unbearable reality of Jewish children left behind. Is this truly a mission that only a woman can do—like Yael, who killed Sisera? I think not. We don’t need to embrace every modern ideal. Equality between the sexes is not an absolute value in our tradition; Torah values guide us differently.
Joseph,
Is there anything cool or halachically permitted about a charedi setting fire to Harav Yitzchak Yosef’s shul:
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2419070/23-year-old-indicted-in-shocking-arson-at-sanhedria-shul-of-harav-yitzchak-yosef.html
or a Vizhnitzer chasid spying for Iran:
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2405929/from-beis-medrash-to-espionage-vizhnitz-avreich-arrested-by-shin-bet-in-iranian-spy-plot.html
I must have missed your p’sak regarding those stories. At least this couple is doing something positive for the Jewish people, unlike your violent and traitorous heroes.
Sense seichel, it’s very easy to sit in your little corner and judge everything. These people didn’t have a choice. They were needed. Also it doesn’t say anything about their religious level. It doesn’t say that she flew planes. And finally, when someone is an expert then they are absolutely critical to the mission, and it’s not about equality, it’s about expertise. I like watching your regular everyday people become military experts overnight.
ujm, someone responsable for the safety of the State of Israel has a greater chelek in olam habah than you can ever dream of having. get yourself an asbestos suit; you will need it where you are going.
It could be a basic halachic divergence. If one rate the Mishna in Sota literally that in מלחמת מצווה even women are mobilized and her training and activities is clearly פיקוח נפש.
I think though you are missing the point entirely…We are living under threat. We have those actively saving lives and those kibitzing on the sides. Kol HaKavod to the heroes who literally do the hard work. You can’t compare the hatzala member doing CPR and the person zugging Tehillim. Both are intentioned to save the life of the person. However it is clear that in an emergency we NEED Hatzala while Tehillim is supplementary.
Chevre, we need incredible hakaras Hatov to those who were מציל. They might not look like us or observe Torah and mitzvot like we do….but how many amoung us are willing to actively be moser nefesh in the most literal meaning of the term? We don’t know שכר מצווה. We do know that putting ones life at risk to save fellow Jews is a pretty big mitzvah. While it is easy to criticize, it is hard to look down on people that saved the Jewish people. This is not about Zionism it is about Hatzala!
@sense sechel: in aviation, a female pilot has to be, at least, 10% better than every available male, just to be allowed in. for fighter pilots, there is no “affirmative action”, so this woman is either very, very good, or she wouldn’t be there, let alone promoted to command in a fighter squadron. she is probably far more aware of the dangers than you or i, but she still wants to fight for her children’s future. maybe you should rethink your opinions.