After nearly a year in captivity, the remaining hostages’ prospects look increasingly grim, and that’s tearing the nation apart.
Gaza
It was not Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who murdered the six hostages, but the Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Rabbi Bentzi Mann had never seen a dead body in his life before Oct. 8. Within 15 minutes of his arrival at the IDF’s Shura Base, he found himself holding one, covered in blood.
Palestinian terrorists breached the border through 119 holes they created in the fence separating Israel from the Strip.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Ori Danino were murdered shortly before IDF forces reached them, according to the military.
Arie Zalmanovicz, 86, was denied proper medical care.
After October 7th, I was looking for an opportunity to travel to the south of Israel. Most would run away from danger during times of war, but a part of me needed to see so that I would never forget.
The community’s security team managed to hold off the terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7 but the children underwent immense trauma.
Qaid Farhan Alkadi (52), father of 11 children, was freed from captivity in the Gaza Strip. Israeli special forces risked their lives for a Muslim citizen. Do you understand what I’m saying?
Israel’s long focus on Iran and the northern front has come at the expense of intelligence gathering and operational attention to Gaza.
