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SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE Full Video [57:00] A documentary film on the sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7th, Screams Before Silence is a documentary film led by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, that explores the sexual violence by Hamas during the Hamas-led attack on Israel, on 7 October 2023, including events at the massacre at the Nova Festival and abductions to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli MK EXPOSES Bad Gaza “Peace” Deal As a Victory for Hamas [33:38] Yishai Fleisher
Oct 16, 2025
Amit HaLevy (MK on the Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee) unpacks the Gaza deal to expose potential disaster.
MK Amit Halevi is also currently a member of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.
🕑 October 16, 2025 — 4:30 PM Israel Realtime
🇮🇱 Israel’s Conditions and Warnings: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel agreed to give peace a chance but made clear that the agreement is not solely about recovering hostages. “The issue is not limited to the recovery of the hostages, but also includes disarmament and the removal of Gaza’s military infrastructure. It must be ensured that no weapons factories remain in Gaza,” he said.
The Prime Minister’s Office reiterated that Hamas must fully comply with commitments made to mediators and return the bodies of hostages. “We will not compromise on this and will spare no effort,” the statement read.
Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism about the next stage: “I hope we can do the second part peacefully, otherwise Trump said that all hell breaks loose. I hope it does not; I hope we can do this peacefully.” He warned, however, “If the second phase is not carried out peacefully, I heard President Trump say that the gates of hell will open.”
🇺🇸 U.S. Position and Leverage: President Trump said he had direct communication with Hamas regarding disarmament: “I spoke to Hamas, I said, ‘You are going to disarm, right?’ They told me, ‘Yes sir, we are going to disarm.’ That is what they told me.”
He made it clear that the ceasefire depends on Hamas’s compliance: “Israel may resume fighting in Gaza with just a word from me if Hamas does not adhere to the ceasefire agreement. I will consider allowing Netanyahu to resume military operations if Hamas refuses to adhere.” [Emphasis added because the statement is so revealing. Trump will “allow” IINO… Trump will sic his Jewish proxy dogs on them… We ARE a banana republic, metaphorically speaking!]
Trump added: “If Hamas refuses to disarm, Israel will return to these streets—they want to hit them hard. We want Hamas to give up its weapons — it has agreed to do so, and if it does not, we will take care of it.”
He also said he is monitoring the internal situation within Hamas: “Hamas is currently intervening and eliminating violent gangs. I am currently examining whether Hamas is executing innocent civilians as part of its purge of opponents.”
🇬🇧 UK’s Role in Disarmament: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed support for a peaceful resolution, saying: “The UK could play a leading role in helping to disarm Hamas, drawing on its experience in encouraging militant groups in Northern Ireland to lay down their arms.”
🎗️ Hostage Remains and Intelligence Findings: Israeli officials believe that while a few bodies may be difficult to recover, between 15 and 20 could be returned quickly. According to Israeli intelligence shared with the U.S., Hamas likely has access to more remains than it claims. One senior Israeli official told Axios: “We don’t see Hamas making maximum effort regarding the bodies. We know they can do more, and we don’t think anybody should give them any discounts.”
An Israeli source told Channel 12: “Hamas knows very well where additional deceased hostages are.” Another security official told Israel Hayom: “Hamas is aware of the location of more hostages’ bodies. If Israel sees that Hamas indeed does not release additional bodies, Israel will consider its next steps.”
To assist the process, a senior American official announced that the U.S. will offer financial rewards to Gazans who help locate the bodies of deceased hostages.
⚔ Internal Political Tensions in Israel: Both Israeli and U.S. officials are concerned that elements within Israel’s coalition—especially far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir—could use the issue of hostage remains to undermine the agreement and push for the resumption of war.
Despite internal divisions, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated clearly: “For every violation, there will be an immediate response, and our policy is to enforce the agreement decisively.”
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Gaza’s Clan Architecture: The Only Alternative to Hamas’s Resurgence Gregg Roman
The October 2023 Hamas Attack on Israel Exposed a Fundamental Truth: Hamas’s Control Masked but Never Eliminated Deeper Tribal Loyalties
October 15, 2025 Middle East Forum Online
The October 13, 2025, announcement that Hamas has received American approval to conduct security operations in Gaza represents a catastrophic strategic error that undermines the long-term objective of excising the terrorist organization from Gaza’s governance. President Trump’s statement that “we gave them approval for a period of time” to address lawlessness fundamentally contradicts his own 20-point peace plan’s core principle: Hamas must have no role—direct, indirect, or in any form—in Gaza’s future governance. While the remaining 19 points of the framework continue to be negotiated and implemented, this premature legitimization of Hamas’s security role virtually guarantees its complete reconstitution.
The strategic imperative remains unchanged: empowering Gaza’s clan structures, which represent 72 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents through 608 registered mukhtars and six major Bedouin confederations, to fill the governance vacuum as Hamas is systematically removed.
Fatal Miscalculation of Hamas’s Security Role
The partial destruction of Hamas’s military infrastructure has created what should be a unique opportunity for fundamental governance restructuring. However, as the American brokered ceasefire demonstrates, Hamas has survived as an organizational entity despite military degradation, retaining approximately 10-15 percent of its rocket arsenal, maintaining its external leadership in Doha, and preserving its military command structure under Izz al-Din al-Haddad. The organization’s recruitment of 15,000 new fighters during the war, according to U.S. intelligence assessments, means it enters this transition period with renewed human resources eager to demonstrate commitment to the cause.
Every individual accepting this amnesty becomes a Hamas operative, expanding the organization’s intelligence network and territorial control under the legitimate cover of maintaining public order.
The Hamas Interior Ministry’s October 13 offer of amnesty to gang members who join its security forces reveals the organization’s strategy for rapid reconstitution. Every individual accepting this amnesty becomes a Hamas operative, expanding the organization’s intelligence network and territorial control under the legitimate cover of maintaining public order. The ongoing clashes in Sabra and Shuja’iyya neighborhoods between Hamas forces and independent actors demonstrate that Hamas is not preventing lawlessness, but systematically eliminating alternatives to its authority.
President Trump’s justification that “close to 2 million people going back to buildings that have been demolished” requires immediate security fundamentally misdiagnoses the problem. The security vacuum exists precisely because Hamas’s totalitarian control prevented alternative power structures from developing over 18 years of rule. Filling this vacuum with the same organization that created it, even temporarily while other framework elements are negotiated, guarantees the perpetuation of the underlying pathology that led to October 7.
Proven Capacity of Clan Forces
The October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel exposed a fundamental truth about Gaza’s social architecture: Hamas’s control masked but never eliminated deeper tribal loyalties. When Israeli forces offered partnership opportunities to 12 major clans in early 2024, 11 rejected collaboration not from ideological commitment to Hamas, but from calculated self-preservation against an uncertain future. This demonstrates both the clans’ strategic autonomy and their potential as rational actors capable of pragmatic decision-making based on shifting incentives.
Clan forces focus on protecting economic activity and humanitarian operations that directly benefit their constituent populations.
The emergence of effective clan-based security forces during the conflict provides concrete evidence of their capability. Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, with 400 fighters, successfully secured humanitarian corridors for six consecutive months. Hossam al-Astal’s Counter-Terrorism Strike Force demonstrated the ability to clear neighborhoods of Hamas cells while maintaining civilian protection. When Hamas’s Arrow Unit attempted to reassert control in October 2025, al-Mujaida clan fighters, supported by al-Astal’s forces and Israeli air cover, successfully repelled the attack. These achievements occurred despite minimal resources and constant Hamas intimidation, proving what becomes possible with proper support.
The March 2025 success of clan forces in securing World Food Programme convoys to Gaza City warehouses, ending months of systematic looting, demonstrates their ability to provide the practical security that Gaza’s population desperately needs. Unlike Hamas, whose security provision always served military objectives, clan forces focus on protecting economic activity and humanitarian operations that directly benefit their constituent populations.
Economic Foundations
The clans’ control of Gaza’s economic activity through established commercial networks, agricultural holdings, and trade relationships positions them as indispensable stakeholders in reconstruction. The Tarabin confederation’s members across Gaza, Egypt, and Jordan provide cross-border commercial networks essential for economic recovery. The Tayaha confederation’s clans controlling eastern territories offer agricultural expertise crucial for food security. The Barbakh clan’s members engaged in commerce represent an entrepreneurial capacity that no technocratic committee could replicate.
When reconstruction funds flow, clan leaders will prioritize projects that employ their members and develop their territories rather than preparing for the next military confrontation.
These economic networks evolved through seven centuries of external rule—Ottoman, British, Egyptian, Israeli, Palestinian Authority, and Hamas—by adapting to each regime while preserving core commercial functions. Unlike ideologically-driven movements that subordinate economic rationality to political objectives, clans operate on pragmatic calculations where prosperity trumps ideology. When reconstruction funds flow, clan leaders will prioritize projects that employ their members and develop their territories rather than preparing for the next military confrontation.
The pre-2023 reality where Dughmush-controlled tunnels supplied goods distributed by Tarabin networks demonstrates that economic incentives can overcome traditional rivalries when mutual benefit exists. This pragmatic cooperation, impossible under Hamas’s ideological framework, becomes the foundation for sustainable economic development that serves civilian needs rather than resistance narratives.
Administrative Capacity
The 2007-2011 period demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating clan structures into formal governance. Hamas’s General Administration for Clan Affairs successfully incorporated 608 mukhtars and established 41 reconciliation committees processing over 19,000 disputes through 2010. This proves clan structures can function within modern administrative frameworks when properly organized. The critical difference now lies in orienting these structures toward constructive governance rather than supporting terrorist infrastructure.
Clan structures can function within modern administrative frameworks when properly organized.
The 320 registered mukhtars as of 2011, organized through family, tribal, and area-based jurisdictions, maintained detailed knowledge of their communities’ political affiliations, economic activities, and social dynamics. This granular intelligence capability, developed over generations, exceeds anything an external technocratic committee could develop in years. The mukhtars’ traditional role in handling dispute resolution allowed them to manage 70–90 percent of disputes outside formal courts’ infrastructure during the transition period.
Historical precedent supports clan administrative capability. Sa’id al-Shawwa’s successful administration of Gaza Municipality from 1906-1916 combined traditional authority with modern governance, building hospitals, schools, and infrastructure while maintaining public order through clan networks. Gaza’s notable families like the Abd al-Shafi and Rayyes, despite wartime losses, retain networks of professionals—doctors, lawyers, engineers, educators—who can staff technical positions while maintaining clan legitimacy that foreign technocrats could never achieve.
Preventing Fragmentation
Critics correctly warn that empowering clans risks creating competing warlords and fragmenting Gaza into hostile fiefdoms. This concern requires serious engagement, but should not paralyze action when the alternative is Hamas reconstitution. The key lies in creating institutional mechanisms that channel clan competition constructively while preventing destructive fragmentation.
Supply chains must deliberately cross traditional boundaries, while commercial licenses should mandate multi-clan partnerships.
The framework should mandate joint clan operations for all major security and reconstruction initiatives, preventing any single clan from achieving dominance. Major families, including Astal, Sikik, and Abu Warda in Khan Yunis, must collaborate on governorate administration. Gaza City’s various clan territories require coordinated management. This forced cooperation, initially maintained through Israeli military oversight, creates habits of collaboration that will persist as external supervision decreases.
Economic integration provides the strongest bulwark against fragmentation. Every reconstruction project should require workers from multiple clan territories. Supply chains must deliberately cross traditional boundaries, while commercial licenses should mandate multi-clan partnerships. The reconstruction budget’s magnitude—likely exceeding $50 billion—provides sufficient resources to make cooperation more lucrative than conflict. Hamas’s Palestine Scholars’ League demonstrated how institutional frameworks can channel competitive energies, growing from 20 members processing 1,000 cases in 2004 to 500 members handling 13,408 cases in 2010.
The Israeli military, as the current security guarantor, must maintain clear hierarchical control during the transition period. Clan militias operate under Israeli oversight, preventing autonomous action while building coordination capabilities. This temporary arrangement, though imperfect, provides the stability necessary for institutional development while preventing both Hamas’s reconstitution and clan warfare.
The Failure of Alternative Models
The Palestinian Authority’s comprehensive inadequacy makes it irrelevant to Gaza’s immediate needs. Its security forces failed to prevent Hamas’s 2007 coup despite international training and equipment. Its administrative apparatus remains thoroughly corrupted, with international aid routinely diverted to personal enrichment rather than public service. President Abbas, at 89 years old and serving the 20th year of his four-year term, commands no legitimacy in Gaza.
Technocrats can advise and plan, but they cannot compel compliance from a population that views them as foreign impositions lacking legitimate authority.
International administration without local partners would require massive military deployment that no country will provide. The technocratic committee envisioned in the Trump plan, while theoretically appealing, lacks enforcement capacity without armed forces loyal to its authority. Technocrats can advise and plan, but they cannot compel compliance from a population that views them as foreign impositions lacking legitimate authority.
The Israeli experience with the Village Leagues in the 1980s failed because it attempted to create artificial leadership structures rather than working with existing social organization. The current opportunity differs fundamentally: clans are not being asked to collaborate against a popular resistance movement but to replace a terrorist organization that brought unprecedented destruction upon Gaza. This distinction changes both the moral and practical calculations that clan leaders must make.
The Transition Period
The current period, while the framework’s remaining 19 points undergo negotiation, represents maximum vulnerability for Hamas’s reconstitution. The organization will exploit its temporary security role to rebuild capabilities that required two years of warfare to degrade. Success requires acknowledging that excising Hamas is a gradual process demanding sustained pressure rather than premature accommodation that enables reconstitution.
Israeli military operations must continue targeting Hamas infrastructure and leadership despite ceasefire restrictions. While large-scale operations have ceased, precision strikes against Hamas commanders organizing security forces, weapons specialists rebuilding capabilities, and political operatives reestablishing governance networks must persist. The message must be unambiguous: Hamas members conducting “security” operations remain legitimate military targets regardless of American statements about temporary approval.
Most critically, regular salary payments to clan fighters must exceed anything Hamas can offer, creating economic incentives for clan loyalty that persist regardless of political developments.
Clan forces require immediate capacity building even as Hamas conducts parallel security operations. Israeli military advisors should embed with clan militias, providing training, intelligence, and operational planning support. Communication equipment, vehicles, and defensive weapons must be provided immediately. Most critically, regular salary payments to clan fighters must exceed anything Hamas can offer, creating economic incentives for clan loyalty that persist regardless of political developments.
The 84 percent of Gazans who trust customary law over formal courts demonstrate a deep preference for familiar authority structures over foreign impositions. This social reality means clan governance enjoys inherent legitimacy that neither Hamas’s extremism nor international technocracy can match. The sulha reconciliation process, with its established procedures for truce negotiations, compensation agreements, and public accountability, provides conflict resolution mechanisms that maintain social cohesion while addressing grievances.
The Path Forward
The long-term objective of completely excising Hamas from Gaza remains achievable despite current setbacks, but requires strategic discipline and methodical implementation over years rather than months. Hamas’s temporary security role, while profoundly problematic, need not become permanent if clan alternatives are carefully developed during the framework’s implementation period. The key lies in recognizing that Hamas’s removal is a process requiring sustained pressure across military, economic, political, and social dimensions.
If Hamas successfully transforms its temporary security role into permanent authority, the precedent validates terrorism as a successful long-term strategy.
The immediate priority must be preventing Hamas from translating its security role into permanent authority. Every day Hamas operates checkpoints and patrols streets, it rebuilds the legitimacy that two years of war were meant to destroy. The framework negotiations must establish clear, enforceable timelines for transferring security responsibilities from Hamas to clan structures, with specific benchmarks and consequences for non-compliance. Vague language about “transition periods” provides Hamas with the ambiguity it needs to transform tactical accommodation into strategic victory.
Gaza’s clan architecture represents the only viable Palestinian alternative capable of providing immediate security, administrative capacity, and economic management without ideological extremism. Their deep roots in Gaza’s social fabric, proven operational capability during the conflict, and pragmatic orientation toward prosperity rather than perpetual resistance make them indispensable partners in preventing Hamas’s resurgence. The international community must overcome its discomfort with traditional authority structures and recognize that in Gaza’s current reality, the choice is not between ideal and compromised solutions, but between manageable challenges with clan governance and guaranteed catastrophe with Hamas’s reconstitution.
The cost of failure extends beyond Gaza’s borders. If Hamas successfully transforms its temporary security role into permanent authority, the precedent validates terrorism as a successful long-term strategy for any organization capable of surviving military pressure. The framework’s success requires recognizing that peace in Gaza will be built not with the partners we wish existed, but with the traditional structures that command loyalty, control territory, and possess the pragmatic orientation necessary to choose prosperity over perpetual conflict. The clans offer that path—if the international community demonstrates the strategic patience and moral clarity to empower them while systematically excising the terrorist organization that brought nothing but destruction to Gaza’s long-suffering population.
Gregg Roman Gregg Roman is the executive director of the Middle East Forum, previously directing the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. In 2014, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency named him one of the “ten most inspiring global Jewish leaders,” and he previously served as the political advisor to the deputy foreign minister of Israel and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. A frequent speaker on Middle East affairs, Mr. Roman appears on international news channels such as Fox News, i24NEWS, Al-Jazeera, BBC World News, and Israel’s Channels 12 and 13. He studied national security and political communications at American University and the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and has contributed to The Hill, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, and the Jerusalem Post.
🔘DEAD HOSTAGES – MAYBE 2 BEING RETURNED, OTHERS “LOST”, US CENTCOM THREATENS, and DEF. MIN. ORDERS
[4:10 PM, 10/15/2025] +972 54-668-0334 Israel Realtime
🎗️DEAD HOSTAGES BEING HELD – in violation of the agreement: 21 remain, which include Hadar Goldin (from before the current war) and 3 foreign civilian workers.
.. Qatar says Hamas will hand over 5 hostage bodies tonight, though the time of the supposed hand over has already passed. A few hours laster, Hamas says 2 hostage bodies, not 5.
.. Hamas says ’that’s all you get’. Hamas officially declares: “We have fulfilled our commitment and returned all the living hostages and those killed by us.” In other words, the murdered hostages that Hamas is handing over this evening are the last ones the terrorists are releasing. Israel says Hamas clearly knows where another 10 bodies are located.
.. At 22:30, word that the Red Cross received 2 bodies.
.. Yesterday’s returned murdered hostages, funerals being held this evening. May their families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may G-d avenge their blood!
.. US President Trump: The IDF can return to fight in the Gaza Strip the moment I give the signal, if Hamas does not comply with the deal. ( Banana republic? )
.. i24NEWS: During the war, Hamas used Israeli SIM cards—originally distributed by the IDF to gather intelligence on hostages —to carry out psychological harassment of families just before hostages were released. Hamas collected numbers from the cards, including those of Einav Tsengauker and Sylvia Cuneo, and activated them for the operation. The IDF and media were reportedly aware of Hamas’ move in advance.
.. Senior officials in Israel: Contrary to reports, negotiations on phase B have not started, and will not start until phase A is completed – the return of all the fallen soldiers’ bodies.
.. Reports now say the release of the living hostages almost ended in disaster, as a crowd of Gazans stormed Hamas’s convoy.
.. Hostage mother attacks a soldier: Einav Tsengauker slapped a lieutenant colonel officer in the families’ compound in Re’im on the day her son was released. Tsengauker was furious that the officer allowed her ex-husband, Matan’s father, to talk to their son on the phone when Hamas called. At the same time, her daughter Natali punched the officer. Sources said Tsengauker spoke to the officers there in a shocking manner and even cursed the officers with very harsh curses.
🇺🇸US CENTRAL COMMAND THREATENS HAMAS? The US Central Command (CENTCOM) is threatening Hamas to stop murdering Gazans and immediately disarm. An important statement when it comes from the US military leadership: the US military will not enter Gaza to dismantle Hamas, but the message is that another army will. ( The US threatening others with the long arm of ISRAEL is becoming a regular thing – previously used in Lebanon. )
▪️TARGETED ASSASSINATION IN ISRAEL? Shooting from a motorcycle at a civilian vehicle filled with passengers on Road 443. Several people shot, reports say 2 critically injured, 3 others injured. A gag order has been imposed on the investigation.
▪️PM IS ILL – Prime Minister’s Office: Prime Minister Netanyahu is suffering from bronchitis, which does not endanger him or those around him. He went to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital clinics last night for medical tests. He is resting per doctors orders.
▪️INTERNAL POLITICS – LIKUD – Likud leadership elections will be held on Nov. 25. No one is expected to run against Netanyahu for the leadership position.
▪️SANITY CHECK – A 46-year-old resident of Rishon Lezion was arrested and has now been indicted after threatening to kill the Prime Minister and other public officials at a military base in central Tel Aviv.
▪️GENERAL ECONOMY – The Sept. cost of living index fell sharply to an annual rate of 2.5%. Interest rate cuts considered likely.
▪️MILITARY ECONOMY – The Pentagon signed a multi-year deal worth about $982 million with Uvision (Moztar Yigal) to purchase the Israeli made Hero 120 loitering UAV. The system has already been purchased previously by US special forces ($73 million last year), the Marines, Gulf countries, and customers in Europe.
⭕SAMARIA – TMON – a bomb was set off in the area, IDF forces investigating. No injuries.
♦️IDF TARGETED ELIMINATION IN LEBANON – UAV attack in the Sidqin area.
.. Reports in Lebanon about a Samsung cell phone belonging to a Hezbollah terrorist that exploded in southern Lebanon in the last hour. According to reports, this is the fifth cell phone of Hezbollah terrorists that has exploded in Lebanon in the past week.
♦️IDF ACTIVITY NOTED – along northern areas. Concerns of the area heating up, though it could be unannounced drills.
♦️IDF DEFENSIVE ACTIVITY IN GAZA – Yesterday, about 20 Hamas operatives were arrested while in possession of about 50 SIM cards, after crossing the yellow line near the European Hospital area in Gaza. The suspects barricaded themselves inside a house and a pressure cooker procedure was applied to them (surrounded, threatened), after which they came out with their hands raised and were taken to an interrogation facility.
Also, the day before yesterday near the European Hospital area, 3 more terrorists were arrested, who were lookouts sent by Hamas to gather information and photos of forces in the field, 2 of them professional tunnel diggers.
♦️DEF. MIN ORDERS – Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to prepare a comprehensive plan to defeat Hamas in Gaza in case of resumption of the war.
🇸🇾PRESIDENT OF SYRIA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISRAEL – defending itself after being attacked again and again: “Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967 and is now looking for areas in southern Syria to ‘protect’ the Golan, which it originally conquered to protect northern Israel.” After a few years, Israel may aim to conquer central Syria to protect the south, and if the process continues, it may eventually reach Spain.”
🌎WORLD NEWS OF NOTE – Kabul, Afghanistan, the capital of the Taliban run country, suffered a major belt-of-fire style airstrike, likely by Pakistan.
[4:16 PM, 10/15/2025] +972 50-997-7784:
🕑 October 15, 2025 · 11:00 PM
🎗️ The International Committee of the Red Cross has transferred two caskets, believed to contain the bodies of slain Israeli hostages, from Hamas in Gaza City to IDF troops. A brief military ceremony, led by an army rabbi, will take place before the remains are brought to Israel for formal identification.
Hamas has not disclosed the identities of the two bodies it returned. The IDF stated that “Hamas is required to abide by the agreement and make the necessary efforts to return all the bodies.” According to the military, Hamas has handed over only a fraction of the hostages’ remains while claiming that others are missing or inaccessible.
In a statement, Hamas asserted it has “adhered to what was agreed upon” after releasing all living hostages and “the bodies it can access.” It added that locating additional remains “requires significant efforts and special equipment.” Israel, however, believes Hamas still holds the bodies of 21 fallen hostages, knows the whereabouts of at least 10 more, and is deliberately withholding information.
⚠️ Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned Hamas’s failure to fully comply with the terms of the agreement. He warned that if Hamas does not return all the bodies as required, Israel—working in coordination with the United States—will resume full-scale military operations aimed at the total defeat of Hamas.
During a high-level meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and senior commanders, Katz instructed the army to prepare a “comprehensive plan” for renewed combat in Gaza. His office explained that the plan would be activated if Hamas refuses to implement President Trump’s peace framework, which calls for the return of all hostages’ bodies, the disarmament of Hamas, and the destruction of all terror tunnels and infrastructure under an international, U.S.-led coalition to ensure Gaza’s demilitarization.
Katz’s statement emphasized: “If Hamas refuses to implement the agreement, Israel, in coordination with the U.S., will return to fighting and act to achieve the complete defeat of Hamas, change the reality in Gaza, and attain all the objectives of the war.”
As of tonight, Hamas remains in possession of 21 bodies but has agreed to hand over two more to Israel later this evening, leaving 19 hostages still unaccounted for.
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Hamas Brutally Executing Gazans: Turning on the People They Claim to Protect
Why No Female Israeli Hostages Are Coming Home by Amy Mek
Will the West ever face the truth about why?
October 14, 2025 Front-page Magazine
The media won’t say it, but here is the truth.
Some of the male Israeli hostages are finally coming home. All were tortured. Most were murdered.
And the women… they were ALL slaughtered every last one of them. I can not even begin to comprehend the horror they endured. Yet the media refuses to explain why Hamas terrorists act this way.
Because the answer leads straight to Muhammad himself — Islam’s founder and the model for jihad.
Historical fact: After the Battle of Badr, Muhammad’s followers slaughtered defenseless prisoners — fathers and sons hacked to pieces. Muhammad personally ordered the beheading of captives, mocked the dying, and even celebrated their deaths. He “revealed” Quran 8:67, declaring: “It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land.”
From the 800 men and boys executed at Qurayza, to women like Umm Qirfa torn apart by camels… This is not a distortion of Islam.
This is Islam’s origin story. So when Hamas tortures, rapes, and executes hostages, they are not betraying Muhammad’s example. They are imitating it.
And that’s why the media stays silent. Because telling the truth would expose the ideological root of Islamic terror.
Pro-Tip: Expose Islam like your life depends on it…
Short thoughts as the live hostages are now home in Israel. Avi Abelow
It is miraculous to see hostages come home, and for that I am thankful.
Netanyahu defied all odds in succeeding in getting all the live hostages out of captivity without succumbing to the dangerous pressure of the opposition, the hostage protest movement and even the top echelon of the security/intelligence establishment.
Still, it’s a horrible deal.
Tragic that it came at the cost of releasing hundreds of despicable and dangerous terrorists, all who should have been given the death penalty.
This is a repeat of the disastrous Shalit deal. I remember being adamantly against it, knowing it was a mistake. Yet I still sat my young children in front of the TV to witness his return from Hamas captivity. It felt historic… but deep down, I knew the price was too high.
Not PC to say it, but true: the victims of Oct. 7 paid the price for that deal. Now we’re repeating the same mistake, again 😞
Heartbroken for the families of terror victims, whose murderers are going free in this deal.
Heartbroken for the IDF soldiers who fought and were killed or injured, only to be told the war is over while it definitely is not, as Hamas still rules Gaza.
And no, business deals and investing money into Arab Muslim countries that support jihad against Israel and the West, won’t erase 1,400 + years of jihadist ideology to subjugate all infidels and take over the world.
I know Trump and Netanyahu have big plans to change the Middle East, but so long as our enemies are not called out for what they are, Islamonaz*is, and not treated as such, then we will continue to have challenging times ahead.
Still, God has a plan. We’re in the days of redemption. The light is coming. But this war didn’t remove nearly enough evil as we had hoped.
Strengthen your faith. Despite the mistakes of our leaders, the Lion of Zion has been awaked. We are on the path to fulfilling our destiny as the Jewish people in our ancestral homeland.
And help me pressure for the death penalty to finally be instituted in Israel so no horrific deals like this can even happen again.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
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The Hidden Details of the Gaza Ceasefire Deal: Key Points from My Interview with Israel Radio [Audio 1:16:59] Tamar Yonah
⭕️ The Gaza Strip is now under the direct control of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and the American presence there will be permanent.
⭕️ Hamas will never govern Gaza again, and its top leaders have already started leaving the Strip quietly.
⭕️ Senior Hamas officials and their families are being resettled in four countries, including one Western nation. Each family will receive a house and a $250,000 payment.
⭕️ Two Arab nations have pledged $120 billion in aid for Gaza’s reconstruction, along with more than $300 billion in investments—funding major projects like developing Gaza’s massive offshore gas fields. These efforts are expected to bring real economic improvement to everyday Gazans.
⭕️ British and Indonesian forces will play a key role in keeping security across the Strip, under full U.S. supervision and oversight.
⭕️ Israelis will return to northern Gaza, where there will be a permanent civilian Israeli presence.
⭕️ The deal came together after former President Trump met with Arab leaders who had backed Hamas in New York, warning them they’d face serious consequences if they kept pushing for war.
⭕️ Many Arab governments had actually wanted the Gaza conflict to drag on for another decade to serve their own political interests and distract their citizens from domestic problems. Ending the war, however, delivers a major blow to Jordan’s king, who has been indirectly managing Hamas through his Muslim Brotherhood allies.
Sexual Exploitation of Gazan Women by Palestinian Aid Workers, Including UNRWA Staff By Hugh Fitzgerald
October 12, 2025
It’s not the settler-colonial ethnic-cleansing genocidal Israelis who have been offering aid in exchange for sexual favors; it’s Palestinian men in Gaza, including those who work for UNRWA. More on this scandal, which will not receive the coverage it deserves in the mainstream media, can be found here.
Some Palestinian men have been exploiting the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, using resources as a way to pressure women into sexual interactions they would not have otherwise consented to, six local women told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
The women, who remained anonymous due to fears of retribution from the men or their own families, told AP that some of the men were associated with humanitarian aid groups, such as UNRWA.
A 35-year-old widow reported giving her number to a worker while receiving aid from UNRWA, which resulted in her receiving late-night phone calls. While the conversation began as harmless, she described how it quickly devolved into him questioning her on the color of her underwear and whether her husband had satisfied her. He asked her to come to him for sex, which she refused, and she said she never received any humanitarian aid.
While the woman submitted a complaint to the UN agency, she stated that she was informed she needed to have a recording of the call to have it further investigated – a requirement that was not possible with her older phone model and contradicted the agency’s own policy.
UNRWA communications director Juliette Touma told AP that the UN agency has a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment and doesn’t require proof, though wouldn’t say if staff were aware of the widower’s complaint.
The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff in 2023, together with related personnel and partners, according to a March 2024 release. One hundred allegations were reported in peacekeeping and special political missions.
Center….
“Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip and the restrictions on humanitarian aid are what’s forcing women to resort to this,” said Amal Syam, director of the Women’s Affairs Center.
Of course. Palestinian men in Gaza sexually exploit Palestinian women either, by promising or withholding aid, and some of those men are on the UNRWA staff, so Amal Syam blames Israel. Makes sense.
Israel and the United States have expanded efforts to see aid enter the Gaza Strip and bypass Hamas, as the terror group has repeatedly been accused of stealing resources as a means of wealth.
The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has received notable pushback from groups like the United Nations, though, despite authorities regularly pointing to the UN’s own inadequacy in delivering aid to the Gaza Strip.
The GHF has managed since it began operations in mid-May to provide 175 million meals to Gazans, all without Hamas being able to steal any of it, as it did so easily when UNRWA was in charge of humanitarian aid deliveries. Nor are there any reports of members of the GHF staff exploiting women the way UNRWA staff have repeatedly been charged with doing.
Many of the Palestinian women who have been subject to sexual exploitation by Palestinian men in Gaza, including staff members of UNRWA, are keeping quiet, because they want the focus to stay on Israel and its supposed misdeeds. So that exploitation continues, the malefactors can engage in sexual assaults, including rape, with impunity, and focus is kept on those terrible Israelis, who had nothing to do with that sexual exploitation of women in Gaza. Indeed, in the past, Israel has been accused of “racism” by the Palestinians because the Jewish soldiers never rape Arab women.
In the midst of this topsy-turvy moral atmosphere, it comes as no surprise at all that the senior religious adviser to Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, has clearly explained that what the civilized world sees as atrocities — the torture, rape, mutilation, and murder of 1,200 people — he sees, as do almost all Palestinians, as “legitimate resistance.” The only objectionable aspect of that Hamas attack on October 7 in his view is not moral, but practical — too many Palestinians were killed by the IDF in the aftermath. As long as Palestinian leaders continue to hold that perspective, they will continue to turn a blind eye to the sexual exploitation of Palestinian women by Palestinian men. It’s for the cause.
Newly Empowered Hamas Conducting Mass Executions As it Re-Seizes Power in Gaza By Pamela Geller
October 12, 2025
Hamas has also taken control of Gaza’s Interior Ministry, fully restoring its rule over the Strip. And their first order of business is to slaughter those with whom they disagree.
Trump Gives Hamas a New Lease on Life
Hamas is currently killing Palestinians all over Gaza, and there is overwhelming silence from much of the world.
Almost no headlines. No marches. No campus protests. No UN outrage.
https://twitter.com/HowidyHamza/status/1977365573194424780
🚨President Trump Adressses Israeli Knesset In Historic Speech on Gaza War! [Live] Yishai Fleisher
October 13, 2025 – Trump arrives in Israel to give a historic speech on the occasion of release of the hostages, ceasefire and a new era of life in the Middle East for Jews and Arabs and all peoples who want to make good life and health for their children and families.
The below is Trump’s 20-points plan. Today, points 4 and 5 will be implemented. from Amir Tsarfati
1. Gaza will be a deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors.
2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
3. If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli forces will withdraw to the agreed upon line to prepare for a hostage release. During this time, all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment, will be suspended, and battle lines will remain frozen until conditions are met for the complete staged withdrawal.
4. Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.
5. Once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context. For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.
6. Once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.
7. Upon acceptance of this agreement, full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip. At a minimum, aid quantities will be consistent with what was included in the January 19, 2025, agreement regarding humanitarian aid, including rehabilitation of infrastructure (water, electricity, sewage), rehabilitation of hospitals and bakeries, and entry of necessary equipment to remove rubble and open roads.
8. Entry of distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent, in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party. Opening the Rafah crossing in both directions will be subject to the same mechanism implemented under the January 19, 2025 agreement.
9. Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people in Gaza. This committee will be made up of qualified Palestinians and international experts, with oversight and supervision by a new international transitional body, the “Board of Peace,” which will be headed and chaired by President Donald J. Trump, with other members and heads of State to be announced, including Former Prime Minister Tony Blair. This body will set the framework and handle the funding for the redevelopment of Gaza until such time as the Palestinian Authority has completed its reform program, as outlined in various proposals, including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French proposal, and can securely and effectively take back control of Gaza. This body will call on best international standards to create modern and efficient governance that serves the people of Gaza and is conducive to attracting investment.
10. A Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza will be created by convening a panel of experts who have helped birth some of the thriving modern miracle cities in the Middle East. Many thoughtful investment proposals and exciting development ideas have been crafted by well-meaning international groups, and will be considered to synthesize the security and governance frameworks to attract and facilitate these investments that will create jobs, opportunity, and hope for future Gaza.
11. A special economic zone will be established with preferred tariff and access rates to be negotiated with participating countries.
12. No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return. We will encourage people to stay and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza.
🕑 12 October 2025, 4:30 PM Israel Realtime
🇮🇱 Operational Readiness and Security Measures: Under the ceasefire framework, Israeli Southern Command troops continue to maintain full operational readiness along the newly defined deployment lines in Gaza. Forces from the 99th Division and 401st Brigade remain positioned in the northern part of the Strip, actively working to eliminate any immediate threats to IDF soldiers and nearby Israeli communities, particularly in the western Negev.
🎗️ Hostage Exchange Preparations: Israel has finalized all preparations for the return of hostages, including comprehensive medical facilities, logistics centers, and rapid-response Special Forces units ready to act in the event of an emergency. The IDF estimates that large Palestinian mobs in Gaza may attempt to swarm the convoys transporting freed hostages back to Israel. Military officials have issued stern warnings to Hamas, stating that if mobs threaten the hostages’ safety, the IDF will disperse them with airstrikes—and if necessary—deploy ground troops.
According to Qatari Al-Araby reports, Hamas will release the living hostages tomorrow morning at several points throughout Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Additionally, the bodies of several hostages are expected to be returned tomorrow evening.
🕊️ Diplomatic Context: While Hamas will reportedly not attend the Gaza peace signing ceremony, the President of Iran has been invited to participate in the event scheduled for Monday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The move underscores shifting diplomatic dynamics in the region as Israel and international mediators finalize implementation of the ceasefire and exchange agreement.
🔹 High-Level Military Coordination: Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir conducted a field tour in Gaza alongside U.S. Envoy to the Middle East Steven “Steve” Witkoff, senior adviser Jared Kushner, and CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. They were joined by Israeli commanders including Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor and Maj. Gen. Eyal Harel. The group later visited the Returning Hostages Center at Re’im Base to assess preparations for receiving the hostages.
Zamir and Cooper also held a joint operational panel with senior IDF officers to review the broader security situation across multiple fronts and ensure the smooth implementation of the ceasefire framework. The IDF emphasized its ongoing coordination with the U.S. Central Command to maintain Israel’s security and operational control throughout the process.
🎖️ Tribute to IDF Heroes: At a ceremony marking the conclusion of the Commando Brigade’s operations in Gaza, 98th Division Commander Brig. Gen. Guy Levy stated, “We are prepared for any development and remain ready for action until all our hostages return. We will embrace the living and salute the fallen.” He described this as “a historic moment of strength and victory,” highlighting the resilience and determination of IDF soldiers.
Commando Division Commander Col. M’ praised his troops, saying, “From the deepest point of fracture, we found the strength to rise. With faith in our cause, we fought step by step, rebuilding the people’s trust in their army and their defenders.” The Commando Brigade will now redeploy for defensive missions along the agreed lines as part of the ceasefire implementation.
🚁 Border Security Incident: Late last night, IDF troops intercepted a smuggling attempt near the Egyptian border inside Israeli territory. During the operation, the suspects tried to ram soldiers with their vehicle. Troops neutralized one assailant and apprehended the other. No IDF casualties were reported, and the captured suspect was transferred to security authorities for questioning.
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Hamas Agrees To Release ALL Hostages In Deal, But Gaza Endgame Left Unclear [1:04:10] Yishai Fleisher
Oct 9, 2025 – Yishai live on Trump’s Gaza End Game and Hostage Release – will Hamas take a break to attack again or be defeated? Is regional peace breaking out. General (R) Avivi and MK Simcha Rothman join Yishai to cover all the breaking news and provide in-depth analysis.
A Salute to the Men and Women Who Keep Israel Alive JOSHUA HOFFMAN
In the IDF, we see the Jewish story itself — because, when Israelis fight, they fight for life.
OCT 11, 2025
In the two years since October 7, 2023, Israel has lived through one of the most painful and heroic chapters in its history.
The seven-front war with Hamas and its allies has tested not only the strength of the Israel Defense Forces, but the very soul of the nation. Every inch of Israel’s security, every ounce of its resilience, has been carried on the shoulders of men and women in uniform — soldiers who left their families, their careers, their daily routines, and their comforts to defend their homeland.
Israel’s toll in this war stands at 472 fallen heroes, among them two police officers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors. But behind that number are thousands more who carry wounds, seen and unseen. There are parents who buried their children, children who will grow up without parents, and a nation forever changed by the sacrifices made in the defense of life itself. Each of those 472 names is a universe. Each was someone’s son, daughter, sibling, or best friend. Each represented the unbreakable link between the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
When the call went out for reservists in the immediate days that followed October 7th, hundreds of thousands answered. They came from every corner of Israeli life — engineers, artists, doctors, teachers, startup founders, musicians, and students. Some were abroad and dropped everything to fly home. Others packed their bags in the middle of family dinners or business meetings and kissed their loved ones goodbye without knowing when, or if, they’d return. They left behind newborns, elderly parents, companies they’d built, dreams they’d been chasing. And they did it without hesitation. Because, in Israel, the army is not just an institution; it’s part of the family.
Many of my own friends were called into reserves. Men and women I shared Shabbat dinners with, people whose weddings I danced at, whose children I played with, who laughed with me over a beer — suddenly they were back in uniform, carrying weapons instead of laptops, sleeping in army base beds instead of their own.
It is impossible to describe to an outsider what that feels like. The helplessness. The waiting. The constant checking of the news, multiple times a day, holding your breath as new photos of fallen soldiers appear, hoping you don’t see a familiar face. In Israel, every casualty announcement feels personal, because it almost always is. The distance between “a soldier fell” and “someone I know fell” is heartbreakingly thin.
And behind those soldiers stood mothers — mothers whose hearts broke twice. Once when they sent their children into the army the first time, and again when they watched them go back years later, as reservists, now husbands and fathers themselves. These mothers, who raised their sons and daughters through sirens and fears, found themselves reliving the same anguish all over again. They packed their children’s bags, kissed their grandchildren goodbye, and stood at the doorway with trembling hands and tearful eyes, praying for the strength to let go once more.
Their courage is quiet but immense, the courage of women who have carried generations of Jewish history on their backs, who have lived through the unthinkable and yet still believe in tomorrow. It is the unique anguish and strength of the Israeli mother: to know the cost of life in Israel and still choose to give life to it.
But the IDF does not fight alone. Behind every soldier stands a nation that mobilized as one. Parents turned their homes into logistics hubs; volunteers packed meals and collected supplies; schoolchildren wrote letters to soldiers they’d never met. The lines between the front and the home front blurred — because, in Israel, there is no such thing as “someone else’s war.” When the army goes to battle, the nation goes with it.
That sense of collective duty, and collective vulnerability, is the DNA of the IDF. It’s what makes it different from any other army in the world. The IDF was born not to conquer, but to defend a people who had known statelessness and vulnerability for 2,000 years. Every soldier carries that memory, whether consciously or not.
The IDF’s ethos is built on three pillars: courage, responsibility, and solidarity. Courage not only to fight, but to make moral choices in the fog of war. Responsibility not only to defend the nation, but to safeguard its humanity. Solidarity not only with comrades-in-arms, but with the entire people of Israel. Every citizen, every community, every child.
And that solidarity extends far beyond Jews. The IDF is not just a “Jewish army”; it is the army of Israel. Serving within its ranks are Jews, Christians, Druze, Bedouins, and Muslims. Shoulder to shoulder, they defend the same land, the same skies, the same people. Christian and Muslim Arabs serve in combat units, Bedouin trackers risk their lives hunting terrorists in the desert, Druze officers command battalions.
Their loyalty is not measured by religion but by shared purpose: the defense of a homeland that protects freedom and human dignity for all. In their unity lies one of Israel’s quiet miracles: that a country so small and so diverse can forge such unity under fire.
In Israel, when something happens — when there’s a threat, a terror attack, a disaster — people don’t ask, “Where’s the police?” They ask, “Where’s the army?” Because the IDF is more than a military; it is the heartbeat of the country. It is there in times of war and peace, in search-and-rescue missions, humanitarian operations, and natural disasters. It is the first responder, the last line of defense, and the constant reminder that the Jewish People will never again be helpless.
And there is something else, something that defines the moral line between Israel and its enemies. When Israelis lose soldiers, we call them heroes. When our enemies lose fighters, they call them martyrs. Do you see the difference? Our heroes die protecting life. Their people die pursuing death. Our soldiers fall shielding civilians; theirs fall hiding behind them. We mourn our dead with tears; they celebrate theirs with parades.
That difference — between a nation that sanctifies life and one that glorifies death — is not a detail. It is the very heart of this conflict. The IDF fights to live. Hamas and its patrons fight so others will die.
Perhaps nowhere was that moral struggle more visible than in one of the most heartbreaking moments of the war: when Israeli soldiers, in the chaos of battle, accidentally killed three Israeli hostages who had escaped captivity in Gaza. It was an unspeakable tragedy, a moment that shook the entire country to its core. These soldiers, already burdened with the impossible weight of combat, suddenly had to carry a pain beyond words.
But what happened next revealed the soul of Israel. One of the hostages’ mothers, instead of expressing anger, went straight to the soldiers. She told them she did not blame them. She praised them for defending the country, for risking their lives to bring others home. In her grief, she gave them grace. In her heartbreak, she reminded all of Israel that the IDF’s fight is not against the innocent, but for the innocent. That moment captured the essence of who we are: a people who mourn our mistakes even as we honor the purity of the intent behind every act of defense.
Many of the soldiers who fell were barely adults, boys and girls who should have been in university lectures, on first dates, or planning trips after the army. Instead, they carried a nation’s safety on their shoulders. They are young in age, but ancient in spirit, heirs to generations who understood that freedom has never been free for the Jewish People.
Behind each of them stand families who carry a burden that words can never ease. They are the quiet heroes who keep living when the world has moved on — lighting candles, visiting graves, keeping the memory of their sons and daughters alive. In their strength, Israel finds its moral compass. They remind us that every soldier’s life was not only lost; it was given.
For soldiers who served in Gaza, the war has been more than a military campaign; it has been a confrontation with the darkest evil. They fought in tunnels and ruins, in cities turned to rubble by the cruelty of those who hide behind civilians and children. They rescued hostages, recovered the bodies of friends, and witnessed horrors that words cannot ain.
Yet, evmid that darkness, they upheld the values that make Israel what it is: striving to protect innocent life, delivering aid even to enemy civilians, and maintaining their humanity when others had abandoned theirs.
The children who watched their fathers and mothers don uniforms these past two years will one day wear their own. They will remember the stories, the courage, the songs sung in the bases, the names whispered at memorials. And when their time comes, they will step forward — not out of hate, but out of love. Because in Israel, to serve is to protect the miracle of life.
During the war, I visited wounded soldiers in the hospital — young men lying in beds with shrapnel wounds, burns, and missing limbs. I expected sadness. What I found instead was a fierce, almost defiant spirit. Every one of them, without exception, said the same thing: “I just want to get back to my unit.” They weren’t thinking about medals or recognition; they were thinking about their brothers and sisters still fighting in Gaza.
Even in pain, even bandaged and broken, they were eager to return to the front lines. There is something indescribable about that kind of courage, the kind born not from glory, but from love. Love of country. Love of comrades. Love of life.
The IDF is not just a defense force; it is a moral force. It stands as a living refutation of the lie that power and ethics cannot coexist. In a region where brutality is often glorified, the IDF has shown that strength can serve compassion, and that the sword of Israel can be wielded with restraint, not vengeance. The soldiers of the IDF did not just defend a country; they defended a principle: that Jews have the right to live freely, safely, and proudly in their own land.
The IDF is the living continuation of a 4,000-year story. The same people who once wandered powerless through the deserts of exile now defend their homeland in uniform, guided by the same ancient faith in life, justice, and hope. Every Israeli soldier is a link in that unbroken chain — from David to today. They stand not only for a country, but for the eternal right of the Jewish People to exist in peace and dignity.
To the soldiers who fought, to the reservists who returned home changed, to the families who bore the weight of absence and fear, to the parents who found the strength to say goodbye again, to the medics, engineers, intelligence officers, and volunteers who made survival possible — Israel owes a debt that cannot be repaid.
The story of the IDF is the story of a people who refuse to give up on life, who turn grief into unity, who fight not for conquest but for existence. And though the cost has been unbearably high, their sacrifice ensures that the light of Israel continues to burn bright.
May the memory of the fallen be a blessing. May the wounded find healing. And may the living carry forward their legacy with pride, strength, and the unshakable conviction that Am Yisrael Chai — the Nation of Israel lives.
🕑 October 11, 2025 @ 7:45 PM Israel Time Israel Realtime
🎗️ Israel is preparing for the return of its hostages under the U.S.-brokered agreement that will see Hamas release the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Petitions against releasing the terrorists have been rejected, clearing the way for the exchange. The hostages are expected to return home by Monday at 12:00 PM, with Arab media reporting that some may be released as early as tomorrow.
🇺🇸 President Trump is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday for a brief but historic visit. During his 4.5-hour stay, he will meet President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the hostage families, and address the Knesset in Jerusalem. His visit will conclude before Simchat Torah, the Jewish holiday that begins several hours after his departure.
🔹 To ensure safety and smooth logistics throughout the visit, the Israel Police has launched Operation “Blue Shield 6,” deploying thousands of police and Border Police officers along key routes and around major sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
⚔ Meanwhile, in Gaza, IDF soldiers report that the withdrawal appears deeper than what was outlined in the official maps and agreement. This includes northern, northeastern, and central sectors where at least two outposts previously under IDF control have been dismantled. The reason for this expanded pullback remains unclear.
🇮🇱 An IDF spokesperson clarified that the published map was only illustrative, stating: “The IDF is deployed along the lines of readiness in accordance with the agreement. Deployment of forces is determined based on situational assessment and operational needs. Naturally, we will not provide details regarding troop positioning.”
No further comment has been provided by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) or the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit regarding the discrepancies between the official agreement and the current on-ground deployment.
✡️Shavua Tov – a good and blessed week, G-d willing!
✡️Moadim l’Simcha – happy Sukkot intermediate days of rejoicing!
▪️PRIME MINISTER SAYS – Netanyahu: ‘I believed that if we applied heavy military and diplomatic pressure, we could bring back all the hostages, and that is how we acted. It was not easy, and I withstood a lot of pressure from inside and outside. Hamas has never agreed to release all our captives while we do not leave Gaza (until now).’
▪️US ENVOYS – Witkoff and Kushner spotted at the Western Wall, and shaking lulav and estrog, the mitzvot of Sukkot.
▪️ISRAELI PRESIDENT TO PARDON – Following the hostage deal: the president is considering reducing the sentence of Ami Popper, who was convicted of murdering seven Arabs 35 years ago. The reduction of sentences for additional Jewish security prisoners is being considered.
A strong question is being asked: how can Israel release the many Arabs who have attacked and murdered Jews, but not release the small number of Israelis who have attacked Arabs for ‘security reasons’?
▪️TERRORIST TO BE RELEASED ATTACKS PRISON GUARD – as part of preparations in the deportation complex in Ketziot, a prisoner (security detainee) attacked a prison guard. The prison guards subdued him, and he was transferred to detention and investigation by the Israel Police. Will this prisoner be removed from the release list? Unknown.
▪️COURT PETITIONED AGAINST ISRAEL JUDEA PLAN – Peace Now and other left-wing organizations petitioned the Jerusalem District Court against the approval of the E1 plan, which will prevent the ability to establish a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem.
▪️INTERNAL POLITICS – SHAS – Party chairman Deri is considering Shas’s return to the government after the recess.
.. Kahlon – former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon name is rising as a prominent name that can affect party support and may get involved in a party.
▪️EXPLOSION IN KIRYAT SHMONA – it was a controlled explosion of a fallen unexploded enemy warhead, carried out by IDF forces.
⚠️US PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO MESS UP AIR TRAVEL ON MONDAY – Due to security arrangements, extensive traffic disruptions are expected on the routes leading to Ben Gurion Airport, from 6:00 AM until 2:00 PM. The Israel Airports Authority recommends that passengers arrive at and depart from the airport using the TRAIN. The public is requested to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport at least 4 hours before the scheduled departure time.
All international flights scheduled to depart from Terminal 1 from 8:00 AM until the end of the day (October 13) will be moved to depart from Terminal 3.
Taxi and shuttle services to and from the airport will not be available during the day (6:00 AM–2:00 PM) due to road closures.
🎗️DEAL EVENTS –
.. HIGH COURT PETITIONED TO STOP THE TERRORIST RELEASE – that is part of the deal to return the hostages. The High Court gave the govt about 3 hours to respond, reviewed and denied the petition. The question: (1) on what basis does the court have the right to accept such a petition, and (2) could they have actually ruled against the plan, and what would happen if they did? And if they couldn’t, then what are they doing accepting the petition?
.. RED CROSS CHECKS ‘PALESTINIAN’ PRISONERS BUT NOT ISRAELI HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS – Representatives of the Red Cross have arrived at Ofer and Shikma prisons to carry out medical examinations for the prisoners set to be released, but no similar report of checks of Hams held hostages. ( Which begs the question, why does Israel allow ANY such activity with reciprocal activity? )
.. Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip: ‘We received guarantees from the mediators and the American administration that the war has ended completely.’
.. The agreement includes, with Egypt’s consent: there will be no restriction on those leaving Gaza to Egypt. Any Gazan who wants to, without needing a reason, will be able to leave to Egypt starting next week. Hamas and Egypt also cannot limit the number of those leaving.
.. The Hamas policing mechanism published pictures of its members deployed in Gaza with weapons, vests, and masks.
.. Hostages are expected to be released from 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM, all 20 living and 15 dead, per leaks without confirmation.
.. The BBC reports that Hamas has recruited and deployed about 7,000 militants to renew control over Gaza. They also added that Hamas appointed five new district governors, contrary to the deal under which Hamas would hand over control to a technocrats’ committee.
♦️GAZA – Huge numbers of Gazans stream back into the areas the IDF has left, though in many cases to return to neighborhoods reduced to rubble.
♦️IDF SPOKESMAN SAYS – Brig. Gen. Effi Deferin declared that “Hamas today is not the Hamas of two years ago,” saying the group has been defeated in every area where Israeli forces fought.
He announced the military’s assessment that Hamas has been defeated.
Israel is “paying a heavy price for a noble goal” in the prisoner releases, but insisted the military remains strong and capable of defending the state.
He warned that any released individuals who return to terrorism “will pay the price.”
He added Israel cannot accept Hamas ruling the Gaza Strip, and that if objectives are met through negotiations that will suffice — otherwise the IDF is prepared to return to fight and will be able to do so.
( He did not speak to how individuals who returned to terrorism in previous releases paid a price, as opposed to the civilians subsequently attacked, nor how the IDF will be able to act with international forces in place. )
♦️IDF ATTACK IN LEBANON – Israeli UAV attack in the village of Kharbat Salam in south Lebanon, Hezbollah operative Ali Hassin Sultan eliminated.
♦️SYRIAN BASED WEAPONS SMUGGLING STOPPED – as part of an effort to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Israel – wanted individuals were caught in Syria at several locations along with heavy weapons: RPG rockets, fragmentation grenades, Kalashnikov rifles, night vision devices, magazines, vests, uniforms, and additional combat equipment.
♦️BIZARRE ARAB REPORT – of a squadron of Israeli warplanes penetrated deep into the Mediterranean Sea reaching opposite Egypt and Libya, and off the coast of Libya.
💩HAMAS SAYS – Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Qatari channel Al-Arabi that the first phase of the ceasefire is ongoing, with the withdrawal of Israeli forces continuing as agreed. He said Hamas is working with mediators to locate the bodies of abducted Israeli personnel in Gaza and remains committed to the agreed deadlines.
.. Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said on Saturday that the group’s weapons “are not up for negotiation” and will only be relinquished once a Palestinian state is established. Barhoum said Hamas has not been defeated despite two years of conflict, claiming the ceasefire forced Israel and the US “to sit humiliated before Hamas.”
🇪🇬EGYPT TRIES TO CHANGE THE DEAL – Egyptian President el-Sisi: ‘It is important to give international legitimacy to the Gaza agreement through the UN Security Council. There is a need for the deployment of international forces in Gaza.’ ( One, Hamas specifically rejects non-Arab force deployment, and two, Israel would be foolish to accept this, which will prevent Israel from responding to provocations and military build up. )
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