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BS”D IDF in Gaza tonight
12/24/23 – Drastic Conditions – Here is the IDF resting tonight:
Gaza: IDF Finds Suicide Vests for Children in Clinic, Hamas Terrorist Films Himself being Neutralized by Elite IDF Commandos By Richard Abelson
Dec. 24, 2023 11:40 am – In grueling house-house combat in Khan Yunis, soldiers of the IDF Givati Brigade killed five Hamas terrorists emerging from a terror tunnel. The IDF discovered suicide vests for children in a medical clinic that also held dozens of mortars and hundreds of grenades. A terrorist filmed his last moments on his GoPro before being eliminated by the elite IDF Egoz Unit.
In the northern Gaza Strip, IDF troops located a Hamas weapons compound inside a civilian structure, Arutz Sheva reports. Explosive belts adapted for children, dozens of mortar shells, hundreds of grenades, and intelligence documents were found inside the compound, which was located adjacent to schools, a mosque, and a medical clinic.
IDF troops identified a number of terrorists that exited a Hamas military compound in the northern Gaza Strip, calling in an aerial strike that killed the terrorists. Seven terrorists were killed in Jabalya by IDF troops together with aircraft and artillery, and four Hamas observation assets were destroyed.
The Givati Brigade operating in Khan Yunis has been killing terrorists in close-quarters combat for three weeks.
[Ed.: Suicide vests for children! Target should carry them in small, medium and large next to the LGBTGRSTUV department. American mothers should raise their kids to kill themselves just like the poor, oppressed ‘Palestinian’ mothers do! That would prove that Americans are not Islamophobic, and show our support for global efforts to reduce the population to prevent any further climate change.]
Do you know who the oldest active IDF reservist is? You should Moshe Phillips
Israel’s greatest living folk hero put on his IDF uniform at the age of 95 or perhaps he never stopped wearing it. Meet Ezra Yachin. Op-ed.
Dec 24, 2023, 5:55 PM (GMT+2) – The oldest active Israeli army reservist is a living folk hero named Ezra Yachin. At 95 years old Yachin was hardly known outside of Israel until he was called up to active duty following the October 7th Hamas terrorist massacre. News outlets from all ends of the spectrum such as the New York Post and Al Jazeera ran stories about the elderly IDF soldier who put on a uniform again to defend Israel, just as he had done so for decades before.
Yachin was described by the NY Post as someone who once “served as a combat soldier with Lehi — an underground paramilitary group active during British rule — who fought against the British and the Arabs to create a Jewish homeland” and that he was “called back up “to recount how he survived Arab pogroms in Jerusalem during his childhood,” according to Israel National News.” The article included a new photo of Yachin at the ready holding a modern combat rifle.
While the story of an elderly reservist is interesting in itself and reporters covered a bit of Yachin’s personal history, there is more to the story. What would cause the Israeli army to think that young soldiers, many more than 75 years younger than Yachin, would find anything about him inspiring? What makes him a folk hero?
The articles did not reveal that many senior officers heard Yachin speak when they were recruits (or during their school years as he was a frequent speaker in educational institutions) and want today’s young soldiers to benefit from the same experience. Yachin serves as a link to the fighting heroes of the 1940s. His passion for Zionism and the Land of Israel is infectious. What’s more is that when he tells his stories he makes it plain that he saw miracles multiple times when he was a young fighter.
Ben Gvir: The hostage deal and the ceasefire cost us dead soldiers Israel National News
National Security Minister explains what is the red line that will make him resign from the government.
Dec 24, 2023, 5:26 AM (GMT+2) – National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir told Channel 12 News on Saturday night that the temporary ceasefire which Israel agreed to as part of the deal to release hostages cost Israel in the form of dead soldiers.
“I said before the deal that if there is a prisoner deal and we halt the fire, we will give oxygen to Hamas and it will cost us in fallen soldiers,” he said. “Don’t you see what is happening, that every day more soldiers are falling?”.
Journalist Ben Caspit, who conducted the interview alongside journalist Amit Segal, stressed that “soldiers were killed even before the ceasefire, soldiers are killed in war”.
Ben Gvir then continued, “We are still prisoners of the concept. If we give fuel to our enemy, we are stuck in the concept. If we send the head of the Mossad to the capitals of the world to beg and ask Hamas for a ceasefire, we are stuck in the concept. Why should we beg? They should be the ones begging. We should take an approach of hundreds of thousands of dead terrorists and dozens of destroyed houses. Why should be ashamed to do that?”
To Segal’s question: “What is your red line?”, the minister replied, “My red line is the decision. If there is no war and power, I am not in the government. I also told the Prime Minister – my vote is not automatic, he knows when I vote in favor of things. Before the war I voted against the government on all kinds of things. I said that if there are no bombings and they don’t act properly in Gaza – I will have a problem.”
He later clarified, “Netanyahu often adopts Gantz’s approach. I’m trying to turn the tables. Tomorrow I will meet with the Prime Minister and try to convince him again – don’t follow Gantz’s path, look what happened in the years when we acted like that.”
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Later in the interview, Ben Gvir commented on recent reports about the unusual confrontation he had with the Chief of Staff at the Cabinet meeting and said, “I have all the respect in the world for the Chief of Staff, but the defense establishment is captive to the concept. The days are over when it is forbidden to pass criticism. We are not allowed to tell the Chief of Staff that our soldiers should not be suspended? Discipline in the army is indeed none of my business, but when the IDF issues a message ‘We have suspended the soldier who recited ‘Shema Yisrael’ – what tailwind does this give to the soldiers on the battlefield?”
The comment was in reference to the incident in which soldiers recited the Shema Yisrael prayer over the loudspeaker of a mosque in Jenin and later sprayed on its walls, “We came to eat hummus.”
Netanyahu: US is not dictating how Israel should prosecute the war Israel National News
PM says Israel’s operational decisions are based on its own considerations as a sovereign nation, not external pressure.
Dec 24, 2023, 1:07 PM (GMT+2) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the fall of eight IDF soldiers in battle in Gaza during the start of the Government meeting at the Kirya in Tel Aviv today (Sunday).
“This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting in Gaza. On behalf of all members of the Government and the entire people of Israel, I would like to send condolences to the families of our heroic soldiers who have fallen in the war over our home. Our hearts are with the families; our hearts go out for the young lives that were cut short in their prime. We all send best wishes for a quick recovery to our wounded. The war is exacting a very heavy cost from us; however, we have no choice but to continue to fight,” Netanyahu began.
“As of today, our forces have eliminated many thousands of terrorists. We are continuing with full force, until the end, until victory, until we achieve all of our goals: The destruction of Hamas, the return of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will never again constitute a threat to the State of Israel.
“Last night, I spoke again with President Biden. I appreciate the steadfast US position – which supports our war effort – in the UN Security Council. I told President Biden yesterday that we will fight until absolute victory – however long that takes. The US understands this,” he said.
He dismissed reports that the Biden Administration has been handicapping Israel’s efforts to prosecute the war: “I have seen erroneous reports to the effect that the US prevented, and is preventing, us from operational actions in the region; this is incorrect. Israel is a sovereign state. Our decisions in the war are based on our operational considerations, and I will not expand further. They are not dictated by external pressure. The decision on how to use our forces is an independent decision of the IDF and nobody else.”
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“The goal is to accomplish the mission, all of our missions – especially the elimination of Hamas and the return of our hostages, while also doing everything to safeguard the lives of our soldiers.
Netanyahu said that war will continue “until the hostages are returned, Hamas is eliminated and we restore security in both the north and the south.”
“We all support our heroic soldiers in achieving all of these goals. Together we will fight and – with G-d’s help – together we will win,” he concluded.
[Ed.: But…, but…, but, the US IS dictating how Israel should conduct the war, haven’t you noticed!? They’ve been doing it every day since October 7th. That is like saying that the Pope is Catholic!]
Biden Convinced Netanyahu to Halt a Pre-Emptive Strike Against Hezbollah By Vivian Salama, Dion Nissenbaum and Benoit Faucon, WSJ
Urgent call illustrates Washington’s attempts to prevent a widening war in the Middle East
Dec. 23, 2023 WASHINGTON—President Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon days after Hamas militants’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war.
Israel had intelligence—which the U.S. deemed unreliable—that Hezbollah attackers were preparing to cross the border as part of a multipronged attack, pushing some of Israel’s more hawkish officials to the brink, officials said.
Israeli warplanes were in the air awaiting orders when Biden spoke to Netanyahu on Oct. 11 and told the Israeli prime minister to stand down and think through the consequences of such an action, according to people familiar with the call.
The Israeli attack didn’t go ahead. And the conversation between Biden and other U.S. officials and Netanyahu and his war cabinet—the details of which haven’t been previously reported—set a pattern of White House efforts to guard against any expansion of the conflict that could draw in the U.S.
[Ed.: Bidens’ orders are actually Obama’s orders. Israel is called ‘The State of Israel’ instead of ‘The country of Israel’ for good reason. We don’t refer to ‘The State of France’, or the ‘State of Germany’, or the ‘State of India’. Israel is more like the 51st US State. The Prime Minister is more like the Governor. Obama is the puppeteer pulling the strings and he runs the show. Israel In Name Only (IINO) is his puppet ‘State’ taking orders from Obama, rather than from our Creator.]
Christmas Celebrations In Bethlehem Canceled Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict OAN’s Abril Elfi
Christmas celebrations have been canceled in Bethlehem as conflict between Israel and Hamas continues.
12:36 PM – Saturday, December 23, 2023 -Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Hanania has announced that the city municipality collectively “decided to limit Christmas celebrations to prayers and worship” without the annual spectacle as a “rejection and condemnation of Israeli aggression and the targeting of civilians, women, and children in the Gaza Strip.”
The decision was first announced in a joint letter on November 10th by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, an interdenominational council of bishops and pastors in charge of churches in the Holy Land.
“Each year during the sacred seasons of Advent and Christmastide, our Christian communities throughout the Holy Land take great delight in their preparations for the commemoration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” the patriarchs wrote in their letter. “In addition to attendance in religious services, these celebrations have normally involved participation in numerous public festivities and the large-scale display of brightly lit and expensive decorations as a means of expressing our joy at the approach and arrival of the Feast of the Nativity.”
“But these are not normal times. Since the start of the War, there has been an atmosphere of sadness and pain. Thousands of innocent civilians, including women and children, have died or suffered serious injuries,” the bishops continued. “Many more grieve over the loss of their homes, their loved ones, or the uncertain fate of those dear to them. Throughout the region, even more have lost their work and are suffering from serious economic challenges. Yet despite our repeated calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and a de-escalation of violence, the war continues.”
The Christian leaders stated that in the midst of more than a month of violence, they have chosen to minimize the glitz and glamor of neighborhood Christmas festivities in order to emphasize the holiday’s spiritual significance.
The Israel Guys: 3 Israeli Hostages Were Shot Dead by the IDF in Gaza – What Really Happened? [Videos] By Richard Abelson
Dec. 23, 2023 10:00 am – 3 Israeli hostages were killed by friendly fire on Friday as they were approaching IDF soldiers. Ben Hilton from The Israel Guys reveals how the 3 young men may have been used as decoys by Hamas. The Israel Guys also revealed how Hamas dresses up Israeli hostages to look like terrorists, and showed a Gaza hospitalk directoir who admitted turning his hopsital int a terrorist base for Hamas.
“Three Isreali hostages were in a building that the (still unnamed) IDF unit had surrounded, three of them came out waving a white flag, and the IDF unit shot all three and killed two. One ran back into the house, ran out the back door and another unit shot him a second time, and killed him,” Ben Hilton explained.
“From our armchair (perspective) it sounds inexcusable”, Ben said. “It’s easy to say, how could you not see that he was waving a white flag, how could you not see that he was in civilian clothes? But this is brutal urban warfare, the stuff nightmares are made of. And these IDF units are some of the best at urban warfare in the world, because they have had to deal with this stuff over and over again, in Jenin, in Shechem (Arab Nablus, from the Roman Flavia Neapolis), in Ramallah and other Arab cities, where they’ve had to go in and fight terrorists house to house. Also, Israel has invested a lot of R&D into developing better urban warfare equipment, training and tactics. These guys really know what they’re doing.”
This means the odds are “this was not a cut-and-dried situation,” Ben said.
“There are reports from other IDF units in those neighborhoods that Hamas has been setting traps in all kinds of ways,” Ben Hilton said, “including waving white flags and baiting the units with wounded Arab women, begging for help, with childen, with children’s toys, the list goes on.”
All the Hamas units are wearing strictly civilian clothes, Ben pointed out, saying it was “not implausible” that Hamas had “baited Israeli units with the promise of rescuing hostages before.”
This may “not have been the first time these (IDF soldiers) had come up against ‘Israeli hostages’ that were in fact Hamas fighters,” Ben observed, “who come out waving a white flag, speaking Hebrew, whatever.”
“These Hamas guys aren’t stupid,” Ben said. “They’ve been fighting this kind of urban warfare for a very long time. They’re also animals. There’s no rules, no sense of decency for them. They hide behind cowardice. So it’s very probable they had baited IDF units with this exact type of scenario before multiple times.”
In another video, Luke Hilton from the Israel Guys showed how Hamas dresses up Israeli hostages to look like Hamas terrorists, to try and get them killed by friendly fire.
Watch: SHOCKING Video Shows Israeli Hostages Being Mistreated by Hamas
