Hamas militant group has started a war that ‘Israel will win,’ defense minister says

[Tall Timbers]

Defense chiefs take blame for hostage killings, note complexities of Gaza battlefield​

Israel’s defense chiefs said they accepted responsibility for the accidental killing of three hostages attempting to escape captivity in Gaza, vowing steps to ensure no repeat of the tragic incident but also noting the difficulties soldiers face in Gaza’s “complex” urban battlefields.

Yotam Haim, Samar Talalka and Alon Shamriz were killed on Friday morning as they attempted to approach a group of soldiers in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood while waving a white cloth and yelling for help in Hebrew. The trio had escaped their Hamas abductors, but soldiers feared they were an attempt to lure troops into a trap and opened fire, killing them before realizing the mistake, according to an initial Israel Defense Forces probe.

“The IDF, and I as its commander, are responsible for what happened, and we will do everything to prevent the recurrence of such cases in the continuation of the fighting,” he said.

Defense chiefs take blame for hostage killings, note complexities of Gaza battlefield

Halevi, Gallant and Netanyahu reject calls to halt fight for deal freeing remaining hostages, promise changes as some say liberal open-fire policies responsible for tragic outcome

www.timesofisrael.com

It's good to see the people at the top accept the responsibility that is their's rather than condemn those on the ground performing the best they can within the fog of war.

 

[Tall Timbers]

10 IDF soldiers, including battalion commanders, killed in Gaza battle​

Ten IDF soldiers, including several senior officers, were killed and six wounded in one of the bloodiest battles of the IDF’s invasion of Gaza, the army announced early Wednesday.

The ambushing Hamas forces had video surveillance of the area and were deployed at multiple high points in multiple structures.

An initial force of four IDF soldiers was completely cut off and lost communications with general IDF forces.

Israel-Hamas war: 10 IDF soldiers killed in fierce Gaza battle

Ashdod supermarket hit by rocket shrapnel • Tensions continue in North, W. Bank

www.jpost.com

 

[Work4Peanuts]

IDF conducts operation in Hamas-controlled hospital, apprehends 90 terrorists​

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) successfully concluded a strategic operation in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital, previously exploited by Hamas as a central command and control center in Jabalya.

Over the past few days, IDF and ISA (Israel Security Agency) units carried out targeted actions, resulting in the apprehension of 90 terrorists and the discovery of a cache of various weapons.

Among the captured militants were approximately 80 individuals directly involved in the October 7th massacre, showcasing the IDF's commitment to dismantling key elements of terrorist infrastructure. The operation included the destruction of terror-related facilities in the area.

i24NEWS

www.i24news.tv

This was a nice way to wake up this morning. Good news!

 

[Tall Timbers]

IDF shows Yahya Sinwar's brother driving through giant Gaza tunnel​

The IDF on Sunday issued a video of Muhammad Sinwar, the right-hand man and brother of Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, being driven in a car through the massive four-kilometer long and 50-meter deep “strategic” level tunnel it revealed earlier Sunday.

The tunnel is the largest and longest in Gaza that the IDF has ever found, directly linking the tip of northern Gaza to Jabalia toward the southern end of northern Gaza while running almost exclusively through civilian areas.

The IDF first started to identify and clear the tunnel over a month ago, but it was so extensive and had so many levels and obstacles, such as blast doors, that it was not ready to be presented to the media until recent days.

IDF shows Yahya Sinwar's brother driving through giant Gaza tunnel

In a silent video, Sinwar can be seen giving instructions to the driver as they travel through the tunnel at a significant speed in a fairly modern-looking vehicle.

www.jpost.com

The article has some interesting tidbits about this particular tunnel. I wonder what percentage of the cost of the gaza tunnel network Americans unwittingly paid for via taxation and debt accumulation... I would venture to guess we paid for most of it.

 

[Margery]

I wonder what percentage of the cost of the gaza tunnel network Americans unwittingly paid for via taxation and debt accumulation... I would venture to guess we paid for most of it.

With some assistance from the Canadian tax payer too. What a bunch of idiots our leaders are to keep funding terrorism and then when war breaks out, tie Israel's hands.

I hope Trump WINS BIGLY and brings back the Taylor Force Act. I hope Pierre Poileivre wins Canada the next time Trudeau lets us have an election. If the Lord tarries.

If we have liftoff before the elections then the left behind can just put up with Biden and Trudeau!!!

 

[Tall Timbers]

Evangelical Christian IDF Soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, Falls in Battle in Gaza​

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that an evangelical Christian solder, Urija Bayer, 20, a commando serving in the Maglan reconnaissance unit, had died as a result of wounds sustained in combat on December 14 in the southern Gaza Strip.

Ynet News noted that Bayer’s parents, who are German, were on a mission to Israel to support elderly Holocaust survivors when they heard the news. “His grandparents dreamed of atoning for the Nazis’ atrocities against Jews … He left behind his parents, Gideon and Nili, a brother and two sisters.”

Bayer’s death was one of five announced on Monday, in a country where the names of fallen soldiers are the top news headline every day.

Evangelical Christian IDF Soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, Falls in Battle in Gaza

An evangelical Christian soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, died from combat wounds; his parents were Germans volunteering with Holocaust survivors.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Work4Peanuts]

Evangelical Christian IDF Soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, Falls in Battle in Gaza​

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that an evangelical Christian solder, Urija Bayer, 20, a commando serving in the Maglan reconnaissance unit, had died as a result of wounds sustained in combat on December 14 in the southern Gaza Strip.

Ynet News noted that Bayer’s parents, who are German, were on a mission to Israel to support elderly Holocaust survivors when they heard the news. “His grandparents dreamed of atoning for the Nazis’ atrocities against Jews … He left behind his parents, Gideon and Nili, a brother and two sisters.”

Bayer’s death was one of five announced on Monday, in a country where the names of fallen soldiers are the top news headline every day.

Evangelical Christian IDF Soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, Falls in Battle in Gaza

An evangelical Christian soldier, Urija Bayer, 20, died from combat wounds; his parents were Germans volunteering with Holocaust survivors.

www.breitbart.com

We'll see him again!

 

[mattfivefour]

Yes, but still sad for his family at the moment. My prayers are for them, for God's sustaining strength, His comfort and even joy to be experienced by them.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son​

Iris Haim, however, said:

Hello to the Bislach Brigade, battalion 17, this is Iris Haim, I’m Yotam’s mother.

I wanted to tell you that I love you very much and I embrace you from afar. I know that everything that happened is completely not your fault, it’s nobody’s fault – except the Hamas, may their name and memory be wiped off the face of the earth.

I ask you to stay safe and always keep in your thoughts that what you’re doing is the best possible thing in the world to help us, as the Jewish people, and we all need you to be safe and sound. Don’t hesitate for a single moment – if you see a terrorist, don’t think that you have deliberately killed a hostage, you need to protect yourselves because that’s the only way you would be able to protect us.

We invite you to come visit us at the earliest opportunity, whoever is willing, we want to see you with our own eyes and embrace you and tell you that what you have done – as painful as it is to say, and as sad as it is – was likely the right thing to do at that moment, and none of us are judging you or angry with you. Not me, not my husband Raviv, not my daughter Noya, not Yotam, of blessed memory, and not Tuval, Yotam’s brother.

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son

The mother of one of the 3 Israeli hostages forgave the soldiers who killed her son, and urged them to keep fighting hard against Hamas.

www.breitbart.com

God bless this lady... and all of Israel.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son​

Iris Haim, however, said:

Hello to the Bislach Brigade, battalion 17, this is Iris Haim, I’m Yotam’s mother.

I wanted to tell you that I love you very much and I embrace you from afar. I know that everything that happened is completely not your fault, it’s nobody’s fault – except the Hamas, may their name and memory be wiped off the face of the earth.

I ask you to stay safe and always keep in your thoughts that what you’re doing is the best possible thing in the world to help us, as the Jewish people, and we all need you to be safe and sound. Don’t hesitate for a single moment – if you see a terrorist, don’t think that you have deliberately killed a hostage, you need to protect yourselves because that’s the only way you would be able to protect us.

We invite you to come visit us at the earliest opportunity, whoever is willing, we want to see you with our own eyes and embrace you and tell you that what you have done – as painful as it is to say, and as sad as it is – was likely the right thing to do at that moment, and none of us are judging you or angry with you. Not me, not my husband Raviv, not my daughter Noya, not Yotam, of blessed memory, and not Tuval, Yotam’s brother.

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son

The mother of one of the 3 Israeli hostages forgave the soldiers who killed her son, and urged them to keep fighting hard against Hamas.

www.breitbart.com

God bless this lady... and all of Israel.

She is doing a good Mitzvot

 

[Margery]

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son​

Iris Haim, however, said:

Hello to the Bislach Brigade, battalion 17, this is Iris Haim, I’m Yotam’s mother.

I wanted to tell you that I love you very much and I embrace you from afar. I know that everything that happened is completely not your fault, it’s nobody’s fault – except the Hamas, may their name and memory be wiped off the face of the earth.

I ask you to stay safe and always keep in your thoughts that what you’re doing is the best possible thing in the world to help us, as the Jewish people, and we all need you to be safe and sound. Don’t hesitate for a single moment – if you see a terrorist, don’t think that you have deliberately killed a hostage, you need to protect yourselves because that’s the only way you would be able to protect us.

We invite you to come visit us at the earliest opportunity, whoever is willing, we want to see you with our own eyes and embrace you and tell you that what you have done – as painful as it is to say, and as sad as it is – was likely the right thing to do at that moment, and none of us are judging you or angry with you. Not me, not my husband Raviv, not my daughter Noya, not Yotam, of blessed memory, and not Tuval, Yotam’s brother.

Mother of Killed Hostage Forgives IDF Soldiers Who Shot Her Son

The mother of one of the 3 Israeli hostages forgave the soldiers who killed her son, and urged them to keep fighting hard against Hamas.

www.breitbart.com

God bless this lady... and all of Israel.

God bless her and her entire family! May they know the Messiah and find peace in Him.

 

[Tall Timbers]

WATCH: IDF Destroys Tunnels Underneath ‘Elite Quarter’ of Gaza City​

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a tunnel network Thursday used by the “elite” leaders of Hamas in the area of Shejaiya, in Gaza City, in northern Gaza.

The underground detonation, set by the combat engineers of the Yahalom (“Diamond”) unit, set off explosions underneath several city blocks.

The detonation of the tunnel network is a significant moment for the Yahalom unit, which has lost several members in Gaza. Yahalom engineers are exposed to booby-trapped tunnels and must also fight Hamas soldiers it encounters near the tunnels.

WATCH: IDF Destroys Tunnels Underneath 'Elite Quarter' of Gaza City

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a tunnel network used by the "elite" leaders of Hamas in the area of Shejaiya, in Gaza City

www.breitbart.com

That's the way! I think Israel should destroy all the tunnels without regard to the collateral surface damage.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Senior Hezbollah official says group offered to open all-out war, Hamas didn’t think it would halt Gaza op​

Senior Hezbollah official Nawaf Musawi states the Hamas terror group believes another major front on the northern border would not stop Israel’s campaign in the Gaza Strip.

“We asked our brothers in Gaza what could we do? If to initiate an all-out war in Lebanon. Would that stop the war in Gaza or not?” Musawi tells Lebanon’s al-Manar TV network.

“Their response was no, it would not stop it, the war in Gaza will not end, only with Israel’s victory inside Gaza,” he says.

Senior Hezbollah official says group offered to open all-out war, Hamas didn’t think it would halt Gaza op

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www.timesofisrael.com

I guess satan's hamas minions understand that the gaza war will not end until hamas is wiped out.

 

[Tall Timbers]

IDF reports eliminating 8,000 terrorists in Gaza since October 7​

Israeli army reserve colonel Olivier Rafovitch on Saturday told i24NEWS that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has killed 8,000 terrorists affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. 2,000 of those are said to have been eliminated since the end of the truce at the end of November.

700 were stated detained by the IDF and Shin Bet and transferred to Israel for further investigation in Israel. Israeli security services aim to obtain the intelligence on strategic targets in the Strip.

The Hamas government has most recently claimed 20,057 killed and more than 50,000 wounded in the IDF ground operation.

IDF reports eliminating 8,000 terrorists in Gaza since October 7 - I24NEWS

Security services have detained over 700 terrorists in Gaza and have transferred them for further investigation Israel - Click the link for more.

www.i24news.tv

So, I guess that leaves around 32,000 terrorists yet to eliminate or imprison...

 

[Amethyst]

From Amir:


Following the tragic incident where IDF soldiers accidentally killed three hostages that waved at them with a white flag - Hamas learned and implemented:


An Arab woman and her children waving white flags walked towards the soldiers and the IDF rushed towards them to help when gunfire opened on them. It was an ambush. 5 were killed.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

From Amir:


Following the tragic incident where IDF soldiers accidentally killed three hostages that waved at them with a white flag - Hamas learned and implemented:


An Arab woman and her children waving white flags walked towards the soldiers and the IDF rushed towards them to help when gunfire opened on them. It was an ambush. 5 were killed.

Pure evil. Hamas is rightly named.

 

[spartan sprinter]

From Amir:


Following the tragic incident where IDF soldiers accidentally killed three hostages that waved at them with a white flag - Hamas learned and implemented:


An Arab woman and her children waving white flags walked towards the soldiers and the IDF rushed towards them to help when gunfire opened on them. It was an ambush. 5 were killed.

Yeah crickets on report of this i bet!!

 

[Tall Timbers]

Israel Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Complex, Recovers 5 Hostages’ Bodies​

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to uncover massive Hamas tunnel complexes — some involving the sad discovery of the bodies of Israeli hostages.

On Sunday, the IDF released multiple videos of the tunnels, which were discovered by troops from the intelligence and engineering corps, and which revealed large, cavernous command rooms, toilets, and work spaces.

The IDF reveals a large Hamas tunnel network in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya camp, where the bodies of five Israeli hostages were recovered earlier this month.

WATCH: Israel Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Complex, Recovers 5 Hostages' Bodies

The IDF continues to uncover massive Hamas tunnel complexes -- some involving the sad discovery of bodies of Israeli hostages.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Tall Timbers]

IDF heroes miraculously survive gunshots to heart, brain​

Amid the tragic news of casualties, there are also incredible stories of survival–including testimonies of soldiers miraculously recovering from injuries that are usually fatal.

Major Itai said he remembered feeling a “blow to his face” which was a bullet entering his brain.

With impaired vision in one eye, Major Itai expressed his wish to return and fight in Gaza and also to be reunited at home with his wife and young son.

IDF heroes miraculously survive gunshots to heart, brain | World Israel News

Despite their injuries, both soldiers expressed a desire to return to Gaza and continue fighting with the IDF.

worldisraelnews.com

 

[Tall Timbers]

IDF tells Egypt it will occupy Rafah border crossing​

The IDF said would continue its operations on the Rafah border crossing whether or not Egypt agrees.

The IDF has told Egypt to evacuate its soldiers from the Rafah border crossing and the “Philadelphi’ route and has expressed its intention to occupy the area, According to Arab media outlets on Saturday.

In addition, the IDF said it would take no responsibility for the security of Egyptian troops should they remain in the area, and that Israel would continue its operations whether or not Egypt agrees.

IDF tells Egypt it will occupy Rafah border crossing | World Israel News

The IDF said would continue its operations on the Rafah border crossing whether or not Egypt agrees. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News The IDF has told

worldisraelnews.com

It appears that Israel's resolve has not yet been shaken. May God pave their way.