Taylor Swift’s bodyguard isn’t the only one joining Israel’s war against Hamas

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fight with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Hamas, The Post has learned that he’s not the only celeb bodyguard to do so.Oded Krashinsky, who has protected celebrities like Nicole Kidman, flew from Los Angeles to Israel to help train IDF soldiers and kibbutz members in Northern Israel.“I came here to help my unit.

The morale is tense. The main threat is invasion — we have to deflect it, fight it, and protect against it,” the 54-year-old head of Los Angeles-based Advanced Security Concepts told The Post.Krashinsky, a veteran lieutenant in an IDF secret service special operations unit, added: “I am who I am because I came from here.

At the end of the day, it’s about experience, decision-making, tactics, and leadership — that’s what I felt I could bring and that’s what I do now.” IDF-trained security guards have long been a high priority for big stars.“The security bodyguard community in Hollywood since the ’70s saw an influx of Israeli combat veterans coming to Los Angeles,” Aaron Cohen — an Israeli special operations vet who served in the IDF in the late 1990s and more recently worked with Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry — told The Post.One of the pioneers, Cohen noted, was Elizabeth Taylor’s late bodyguard Moshe Alon who built a security company hiring Israeli security service members for Hollywood stars.Cohen added that now, “There’s a lot of them going back [to Israel to fight].

These guys are very deeply connected.” It was revealed Monday that Swift’s security guard had also returned to Israel to join the fight against Hamas.