Israeli military officials jailed a soldier for four weeks for refusing to serve in southern Lebanon. Tank technician Yigal Ben-Moshe, who had served before in the region, reportedly refused to return because he became frightened by recent Hezbollah attacks that killed seven Israeli soldiers.
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