ISRAEL (IINO)
“Every second seemed like an eternity” says former Hamas captive Amit Soussana i24NEWS
Amit Soussana
Amit Soussana speaks out on her experience in Hamas captivity for the first time since her return
January 29, 2024 at 02:00 PM – Amit Soussana, who spent 55 days in Hamas captivity, has spoken for the first time to foreign media, shedding light on the traumatic experience of her abduction and subsequent detention in Gaza.
“They tied my hands and feet and dragged me to Gaza. It was very violent. I continued to resist until they finally tied my hands and feet and dragged me to the ground. It took them more than an hour to take me to the border. I was beaten. My whole face and body were swollen,” revealed Soussana on Israeli media.
Soussana, who was taken on foot from the kibbutz Kfar Azza to the Gaza border, emphasized the intense physical and emotional toll of the ordeal. “I was emotionally and physically terrorized during my 55 days in captivity, feeling like every moment could be my last. Every second seemed like an eternity,” she shared with the foreign media.
She recounted the challenging living conditions in the tunnel where she was held, describing them as “inhumane.” Soussana expressed the constant fear and tension associated with being a prisoner of Hamas. “Being a prisoner of Hamas means being afraid to smile at every moment. When you are a prisoner of Hamas, you are always on edge. It’s forbidden to talk, it’s forbidden to cry, and even to comfort each other in hard times,” she said.
She also disclosed the demolition of her house by Hamas terrorists, adding another layer to the distressing narrative of her captivity. “I hope the hostages can keep their faith alive and stay strong. But even the toughest souls can only last so long,” she concluded.
While Amit Soussana has been released from captivity, over 130 people remain detained in Gaza, enduring the uncertainties and hardships associated with their situation. Sosna’s courageous testimony sheds light on the human cost of such actions and serves as a stark reminder of the challenges faced by those held against their will.
Report: Defense Minister Gallant promised US not to let Jews return to Gaza Strip Israel National News
During a meeting with US Ambassador and Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs, the Defense Minister stressed the buffer zone would be temporary and for security purposes only.
Jan 29, 2024, 6:02 PM (GMT+2) – Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told US officials last week that he and the Israeli military will not allow the rebuilding of Israeli communities inside the Gaza Strip, Axios reported, citing US and Israeli officials.
According to the report, during a meeting with Gallant, US Ambassador Jack Lew and US Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs David Satterfield asked whether the planned buffer zone along the Israel-Gaza border was a basis for building Jewish communities. They stressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s public remarks that rejected any change in the territory of Gaza and opposed any harm to civilian infrastructure.
Gallant committed that he would not allow the rebuilding of communities in Gaza and stressed the buffer zone would be temporary and for security purposes only.
The report adds that Oded Basyuk, the head of the IDF Operations Branch, said at the meeting that the IDF would not allow Israeli civilians to enter the buffer zone because it would contradict the security purpose, a senior Israeli official said.
Gush Katif, Israel-US, Jack Lew, Buffer Zone, Yoav Gallant
[Ed.: There is no way IINO could ever win a war with Defense Ministers promising to give away land to the enemy…]
Benny Gantz to residents of southern Israel: The war could last an entire generation Israel National News
In closed meeting with residents of Gaza border region, Min. Benny Gantz stresses hostages need to take priority, warns war against Hamas may last years.
Doesn’t have a clue
Jan 29, 2024, 12:16 PM (GMT+2) – Minister Benny Gantz (National Unity), a member of Israel’s War Cabinet, warned that the war against Hamas may take even a “generation” to complete.
Speaking to representatives of the Otef Israel Forum, which represents over 2,000 residents of the Gaza border region, Gantz stressed that while Israel may be waging the war against Hamas for years, time is short for those held hostage in Gaza.
“This war could last a year, ten years, or even an entire generation,” Channel 12 News quoted Gantz as saying. “We have time to destroy Hamas. The hostages have no time – right now, that is the priority.”
“A complete removal of the threat will take time,” he added. “Hopefully there will be relative safety in the summer. We will soon reach Rafah.”
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On Sunday night, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Likud) said, “As long as there are hostages still held in the Gaza strip, we have no right to stop looking for the women, the children, the soldiers who are there – we have to go all the way. And military action does not necessarily result in an operational outcome, but also in the fact that at the end there are those who are ready to talk to us.”
Benny Gantz, hostages, Swords of Iron
[Ed.: Dick-head Gantz is being over-optimistic! It wont take “years” at all! With our loser ‘leaders’ like Gantz the shwantz, we will be wiped out within a month or two!!]
Heavy rocket barrage targets central Israel, direct impact reported | LIVE UPDATES
Hamas has accepted responsibility for the rocket fired from Khan Yunis, northern Gaza strip Matthias Inbar, Jonathan Regev, Ariel Oseran
January 29, 2024 at 10:21 AM – 09:53 AM
🚨Incoming rocket alert sirens sound in Tel Aviv area and central Israel
Very heavy rocket barrage across central Israel [greater Tel Aviv area], direct impacts reported [Emphasis added]
MDA has reported that following the alarms teams “went out to search the scenes where a report was received. At this point, no casualties have been reported”
Man orphaned in the 7/10 massacre: ‘It’s all up to us; we need a fundamental change’ Yoni Kempinski
Daniel Weiss of Kibbutz Be’eri, who lost both parents in the Oct. 7th attack, tells how he finds solace in music and talks about the change he believes needs to happen in Israeli society.
Jan 28, 2024, 11:09 PM (GMT+2) – Daniel Weiss, a resident of Be’eri whose parents were murdered by Hamas terrorists, spoke to Arutz Sheva – Israel National News at the signing of the Bereshit Treaty, about how he finds the strength to continue forward, despite the terrible tragedy that befell his family.
“We all have strengths, the question is whether we want to deny them, or flow into them. For me, pain is a drive and I use it to find healing through singing. Everyone does it in a different way. Singing has always been strong for me and was a tool of expression. My mother always sang in choirs and also when we were children before going to sleep. My father also liked music. I was the only one who took it a few steps further, but our home was very musical. Music did us good and brought us together,” says Weiss.
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According to Weiss, “The strongest goal is for us to be together with a very clear message, and to act in such a way that we take responsibility and do not blame anyone. Everything depends on us and if we do not act for ourselves, first of all, then no one will do it for us. Many of us feel that they were abandoned, and it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. It’s clear to us that something needs to undergo a fundamental change.”
Bereshit, Kibbutz Be’eri, Swords of Iron
[Ed.: This guy’s got it. We need to fundamentally change the structure of Israel’s government, fundamentally change those in charge of Israel’s Defense Forces, and fundamentally change Israel’s Judicial structure. But, there’s little hope of accomplishing that, and little time left to do so. ‘Our ass is grass’ – as the expression goes.]
Report: Soldiers not permitted to open fire at suspicious persons on Gaza border Israel National News
IDF’s rules of engagement do not make it possible to enforce new security zone that was announced at the beginning of the war.
Jan 29, 2024, 3:41 AM (GMT+2) – At the start of the war, the defense establishment announced a new security zone in the Gaza Strip, at a depth of one kilometer from the border with Israel, to prevent Palestinian Arabs from approaching the fence due to concerns they could be terrorists in disguise, as occurred before the Hamas attack on October 7.
However, as Kan 11 News published on Sunday, the IDF’s rules of engagement have changed in the last month in such a manner that they do not allow the new parameter to be enforced.
Due to this, Palestinian Arabs are approaching the area of the border fence with the Gaza Strip, while the soldiers stationed there are not allowed to shoot at them.
The IDF said in response, “The IDF is prepared along the border fence with many forces and is working in a variety of ways to protect the area. The rules of engagement are orderly, and allow the forces to remove any threat, with all the tools to protect their lives.”
[Ed.: You don’t have to be a prophet to see the outcome of this war. You also don’t have to be a political scientist, or a military strategist to observe the lack of leadership in the IDF and the IINO government. You can just take out the popcorn, tune in, and witness Israel orchestrate its own demise. You know how some people just can’t step on the line in the sidewalk? IINO just will not decimate the enemy and win the war. IINO will not listen to, or follow the clear instructions of The God of Abraham. (That’s why we call it IINO!) Every time we fail to follow His instructions, we suffer the consequences. What is coming next is the inevitable result. and it will be coming swiftly (prophetically speaking) …]
[Ed.: Israel has condoned and enabled the education of Palestinian children to kill Jews for the past thirty years. What were they thinking the results would be?]
King Saul’s Failure and Bibi’s Decision: The Future of Gaza ELIE MISCHEL
JANUARY 25, 2024 – Last fall, soon after Bibi Netanyahu was elected to his fifth term as prime minister, journalist Bari Weiss asked him to name his favorite biblical character. Netanyahu replied with a fascinating answer: “King Saul. He was tragic.” Left-wingers who have spent decades trying unsuccessfully to defeat Bibi laughed at his response, predicting he would end up just like King Saul, who tragically died in battle. But the truth is that Bibi’s kinship with King Saul runs far deeper than they realize.
Only a few weeks after the horror of October 7, as the IDF prepared to launch its ground invasion of Gaza, the Prime Minister invoked God’s command in Deuteronomy 25:17 to wipe out Amalek: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you.” Bibi appropriately compared today’s murderous Hamas terrorists, who revel in the torture and murder of Jews, to the ancient tribe that heartlessly attacked the women, children and elderly of Israel in the wilderness.
But as Saul would later learn, fulfilling God’s commandment to wipe out Amalek is easier said than done. Saul’s failure to fulfill God’s will led to his downfall as king and his replacement by King David, his “fellow who was better than him” (I Samuel 15:28). Today, the most pressing question for the Prime Minister is whether he truly understands the tragedy of Saul and the lesson of Saul’s failure – for his own future depends on it.
The Sin of Saul
When God commanded Saul to destroy Amalek, He left no room for doubt; Amalek must be utterly destroyed. “You shall not have pity on him: and you shall slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass” (I Samuel 15:3). Saul dutifully gathered the people of Israel for war, and destroyed the Amalekites. But as he neared the completion of his mission, he stumbled: “And Saul and the people had pity on [King] Agag, and on the best of the sheep and the cattle, and the fatlings, and on the fattened sheep… and they did not want to destroy them” (I Samuel 15:9).
Saul’s failure to kill Agag and all of Amalek’s cattle was his undoing. God regretted anointing Saul as king of Israel and dispatched the prophet Samuel to inform Saul of his fate. “Since you rejected the word of the Lord, He has rejected you from being a king” (I Samuel 15:23).
