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Roee is a 21-year-old Israel Defense Forces soldier who has been on a six-month endeavor of teaching tennis in the Bronx after serving three years in the IDF. 

Julia Joseph introduces us to a 21-year-old who has been on a six-month endeavor of teaching tennis in the Bronx after serving three years in the Israel Defense Forces. He told News 12 he is ready to go back to Israel to defend his country against Hamas.

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Way towards the weekend and one day definitely better than the other. We got to let you know what's going to happen on Sunday because it's definitely going to impact things, maybe heading even into Monday. Hope, what are we looking at here? Yes, a lot of travel woes starting Sunday evening and lasting into Monday morning. So here's the travel timeline. As early as 9 a.m. on Sunday, we'll be dealing with some scattered showers and throughout the day, it is going to turn windy and even gusty 25 35 MPH after 8 p.m. through at least 4 a.m. on Monday, expect windswept downpours that can reduce visibility and also just bring some hazardous travel conditions with any of the flooding concerns that we have across the boroughs. Now Monday morning, around 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. we're still going to be dealing with some standing water. But thankfully, the rain is coming to an end. It is turning drier and colder with temperatures in the mid 40. So here's where we're starting our weekend, the sunshine and the chilly temperatures are with us on Saturday and then we'll be climbing into the mid fifties throughout the day, a blend of sun and clouds really gonna be a nice time to go outside and enjoy the conditions while we have its Sunday, excuse me, starts off dry and then we're seeing some scattered showers during the late morning, early afternoon and then it gradually begins to ramp up in intensity again, steady rainfall, moderate to heavy downpours will be possible even through the overnight. This is around 1 a.m. On Sunday night, we are seeing those temperatures crashing from the sixties to the forties and the rain doesn't even take us into early Monday morning. So your Monday morning commute will still be impacted by the storm and we will notice that chilly gusty wind throughout the day, highs will be in the mid forties and this is what's new. We actually have a slight risk for some scattered flash floods across portions of the city.

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Israel Defense Forces soldier in NYC ready to return and fight for country

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You saw Julia Joseph sat down with 21 year old Ro, he, he is thousands of miles away from his family while his country, as of course, we know is at war. And he tells us how he plans on helping them. That's the shelter where my family is like in, when the sirens saw on Roy's family has made this trip over 15 times since Friday. My parents called me and they said that we are in a shelter. And I said, like what's going on now in Israel, surprise attacks by Hamas as they raided the entire country of Israel after the napping of over 150 Israelis and launching attacks on civilians. Israel declared war. Once I got that, I knew that something horrific is going to happen to my citizens, to my people in Israel. But Rai is here in the Bronx on what's been a six month endeavor of teaching tennis. After serving for three years in the Israeli Defense Forces, he never expected it to end so soon and I've lost two of my friends. The first one is my former commander and now these daily facetime calls, checking in on his family. Inchon Lezion. Hey, mean everything, what the Hamas did to Israel and to the people of Israel. It's something that's unforgettable the way that the atrocities that we have been looking. Rai has already served his time in the army, but he is ready to go back for his country. That's my obligation to defend my country and to help those citizens to overcome this obstacle. Over facetime. Rai's father tells me these days are hard. It's very hard those days because we never had such a terror attack like this. But Roy recites a phrase in Hebrew that keeps him and his family going. Ha ha. It means that our country is alive, that Israel, the country of Israel is alive and I would and I hope that everything is going to be fine after that after this war in Park Chester, Julia Joseph News 12.

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