CLEARWATER, Fla. - An Israeli soldier was in Pinellas County to talk to people at the Chabad of Clearwater about his experience in the Israeli Defense Force on October 7, 2023 – the day of the Hamas attacks .

"I can't describe it," said Dr. Yair Ansbacher, an IDF soldier. "And, I don't really want to go back."

Ansbacher was one of the first IDF military personnel to arrive at the Gaza border on October 7, 2023.

"And what happened on October 7 is just one battle in a huge war, which is global over the next future generation of the world," said Ansbacher.

What they're saying:

He said he battled Hamas terrorists and called it the longest day of his life.

"They came on October 7," said Ansbacher. "I was there, I saw, you know, kids and women butchered on the ground."

He told his s

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