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A Canadian-born woman who served in the Israeli military has joined a Kurdish militia fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, according to an Israeli media report.

Channel 10 TV reported Tuesday that Gill Rosenberg travelled to Iraq about 10 days ago. The 31 year-old has served in the Israeli military and had previously worked as a pilot in Canada, it said.

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The station said she spent time in a U.S prison for her part in a phone scam. Speaking in Hebrew to Israel Radio she said she contacted the fighters on Facebook. “I was with the guerrillas in the mountains for a few days and then I crossed the border,” she said.

“They are our brothers. They are good people. They love life, a lot like us, really,” Rosenberg told the radio station.

Facebook photos show her in Israeli army uniform in Jerusalem and what media said were her selfies taken in Iraq.

The Associated Press, with a file from Reuters