Gaza Strip
“Now the prayers are with the rest of the kidnapped and the missing, and our hearts are with all the families,” said Margalit Megidish.
As the Israeli military presses ahead, Hamas rule in northern Gaza is being completely undermined.
“There’s a sense of helplessness; we want to put out one fire after another, and it doesn’t end,” says Stanford professor Jonathan Levav.
IDF: Nasim Abu Ajina directed Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Erez and Netiv Ha’asara • Israeli forces hit over 300 Hamas targets during the past 24 hours.
Eight journalists have been reported injured and an additional nine are feared missing or detained.
“The shipments are designed for the civilian population; should it become clear that they have been taken by Hamas, they will be halted,” said the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
“This is a cry for help,” one of the organizers told JNS.
“A ceasefire for Israel is death,” said Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States.
More than 700 Hamas members arrested in Judea and Samaria since the start of the war; UAV strikes a terror squad in Jenin.
After the news broke of Pvt. Ori Megidish’s rescue, celebrations broke out in her hometown of Kiryat Gat in southern Israel.
Israel operated under the assumption that the Islamists would not attack.
Israelis should be prepared for more violence coming from the coastal enclave in a few years if the IDF leaves before the job is done.
