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IDF to the Rescue The IDF not only defends Israel , it also helps people from other countries . For example , in 1999 , when Turkey suffered an earthquake that killed and injured thousands of people , the IDF sent a 200-member team and a field hospital to help in the rescue effort . Two Turkish families were so grateful that one named its newborn son Israel and the other named its newborn daughter Ziona . The Reserves After completing their required military service , Israeli men and women join the reserves , or milu’im . They leave their jobs and their families for about four weeks each year to train and practice their military skills , because reservists can be called into service in the event of a war . Women with no children serve in the reserves until age 34 . Men serve until age 55 . After the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by terrorists in 1998 , the Israeli Defense Forces sent 150 soldiers , doctors , and rescue specialists to help the victims . In response , U . S . congressman Charles Rangel said , “ The Israeli people played an extraordinary role in the search and rescue efforts . … The American people are very grateful for such generous and unselfish assistance . ” Dr . Dan Engelhard treating a newborn baby in a refugee camp in Kosovo . Dr . Engelhard was part of the IDF medical rescue mission to the war-torn Balkans during the spring of 1999 .
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