Nov. 11, 2014 | 3:34 PM |
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Islamic State fighters have taken captive several Kurdish fighters, among them the Israeli-Canadian Gill Rosenberg, blogs and Islamist websites thought to be close to the militant group reported.
The pro-Islamic State blog Samoach al-Islam reported that several female fighters who fought alongside the Kurds have been captured, among them Rosenberg. According to the report, prior to their capture Islamic State fighters made three suicide bombings in Kurdish outposts, killing some and capturing many others.
The Samoach al-Islam blog is considered to be one of the media arms of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Gill Rosenberg, 31, a resident of Tel Aviv, reportedly joined the Kurdish troops against Islamic State in northern Syria earlier this month. According to reports, Rosenberg said she had contacted Kurdish fighters over the Internet before traveling through Iraq to train at one of their camps on the Syrian border.
According to Walla, Rosenberg immigrated to Israel from Canada in 2006, leaving behind a career as a civilian pilot, and served for two years in the Israel Defense Forces.
'They are our brothers. They are good people. They love life, a lot like us, really,' she told Israel Radio, explaining her decision to enter the combat zone in northern Syria.
Israel has maintained discreet military, intelligence and business ties with the Kurds since the 1960s, seeing in the minority ethnic group a buffer against shared Arab adversaries. The Kurds are spread through Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran.
Worried about spillover from the Syrian war, Israel has been cracking down on members of its 20-percent Arab minority who return after volunteering to fight with Islamic State or other rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad's rule.
Israel bans its citizens from travelןng to enemy states, among them Syria and Iraq, and officials did not respond to a Reuters inquiry about whether the woman could face prosecution if she returns to Israel.
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