She said how Castleman died - arms raised, knees to the ground - didn’t surprise her given the heightened tensions since the war, coupled with what Palestinians see as the systemic use of excessive force and a drive to have more Israelis carry arms.

She said how Castleman died — arms raised, knees to the ground — didn’t surprise her given the heightened tensions since the war, coupled with what Palestinians see as the systemic use of excessive force and a drive to have more Israelis carry arms.

“But I carried it out with a goal in mind; for the operation to mobilize hundreds of young men to carry arms after me.”

Firefighters are generally considered noncombatants under the rules of war — Moskalets said they never carry arms to comply with Geneva Conventions — but departments like his are fully engulfed by the battle for Ukraine.

“Bruen says pretty clearly you have a right to carry arms in self-defense.”