Yom Shishee
Friday
18 Nisan 5784
April 26 2024
The Miraculous Story of the Day
The miraculous story of IDF Maj. Nadav Serlin was posted on Telegram today. Maj. Serlin and his soldiers entered a HamISIS building in Khan Younis to rescue our wounded from terrorists (they were rescued and the terrorists were killed). As you can see from the photos below, he was shot 4 times–but was unwounded:
One of many miracles that have happened in Gaza in the last 5 months that illustrate why our soldiers need protection.
OneIsrael’s Campaign For Our Soldiers
IDF soldiers on the ground need basic protective gear, armaments, and supplies.
Even during the recent Iranian attacks soldiers were forced to lie in open trenches to protect themselves from incoming missiles and drones as they have been doing for months on the Gaza and northern borders.
OneIsrael is now engaged in a campaign to help protect our soldiers. This campaign will extend through Passover and to Shavuot.
Please consider donating to our campaign by clicking on the donate button in the right hand column on this page. All donations go directly to our soldiers.
Thank you to those of you who have already contributed to the protection of our brave men and women in uniform!
The Morally Egregious Quote of the Day
“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests. That’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”
President Biden in a comment to reporters yesterday
Biden’s obsession with the “poor Palestinians” continues to reach new lows. Here, he could not even give full throat to condemnation of the deplorable and dangerous “anti-Semitic protests” (aka “campus riots”) raging on campuses and in cities across the U.S.–many of which feature calls of “Death to America.”
Instead, Biden immediately devolved once again into a false moral equivalence blaming unnamed people, presumably pro-Israel supporters, for not understanding the plight of “the poor Palestinians in Gaza.”
The Disgustingly Egregious Decision of the Day
Following demands from the U.K and threats from the abominable Red Cross, PM Netanyahu relented and had his cabinet support a proposal to let a team composed by two British observers and an Israeli judge “visit” the monstrous terrorists captured on October 7 and afterwards to make sure that they are being treated well.
This support was not unanimous. Minister of National Security Ben Gvir voted against it saying what every Israeli thinks: “Have our hostages ever gotten a similar visit?”
Not only have they never gotten a visit from the Red Cross or anyone else, but also they never received the medicine for them that was promised to be delivered–and in fact, we do not even know who is alive and who is dead because HamISIS refuses to give us a list.
It is just incomprehensible that we will now let international observers check on the condition of the barbarians.
Speaking of the Hostages
A flurry of activity . . .
*A new proposal calls for the release of 33 females, soldiers, elderly, sick, and mentally challenged hostages in return for the moon. (By the way, the “mentally challenged” are the 2 Israeli-Arabs who went to Gaza on their own years ago and never came back).
*Biden and a list of 17 other world leaders from countries whose hostages are also held in Gaza urged HamISIS leader Sinwar to release the hostages.
*Egypt is urging a hostage release based on no invasion of Rafah, decreased IDF forces in the Netzarim Corridor, and the return of all Gazan residents of northern Gaza to their “homes.”
*After hearing all of this last night, the deputy head of the HamISIS “political bureau” in Gaza, Khalil Alahia, repeated that there will be no release until the IDF leaves Gaza and the war comes to an end adding this:
“Hamas does not know exactly how many prisoners remain in Gaza and are still alive. We made concessions regarding the number of prisoners they want to release in exchange for the Israeli captives. If we are not sure that the war will end, why should we release the captives?”
By the way, reading between the lines of what Alafia said, one cannot help but wonder if some of the hostages have been secreted out of Gaza during the last 203 days and taken elsewhere such as to Hezbollah in Lebanon or Iran or even the Sinai.
UPDATE 12:00 PM
On the Ground in Gaza
*Yesterday, HamISIS terrorists in Gaza fired mortars at American and IDF soldiers who are constructing the new “humanitarian” pier in central Gaza to receive “humanitarian” cargo on ships coming from Cyprus. Also targeted were U.N. workers in the area.
Concerning Rafah from Israeli media: “No date has been set for the start of the activity, even though the plans are already ready. A source familiar with the talks of the political-security cabinet said that ‘in Israel they still believe in the possibility of reaching a deal for the release of abductees. It is impossible at the same time to set a date for entering Rafah and promote the dialogue with the mediators’.”
*Elsewhere in Gaza from the IDF Spokesman:
“Division 162 under the command of Brigadier General Itzik Cohen is leaving Gaza.
For the past three months, Division 162 has been operating in the sector of the central corridor of Gaza, in the area of separation between the north and the south.
The battle team of the Nahal Brigade carried out five brigade operations in the area of Shati, Zeyton, Shifa, Nusirat and the central corridor of Gaza. The fighters, in cooperation with Yehlam and Engineering forces, located and destroyed more than 20 km of an underground route in the area of the corridor, part of it crossing from the north to the south of Gaza. In addition, they carried out many targeted raids and proactive ambushes and created logistical and ICT infrastructures that would allow IDF forces optimal freedom of action.”
Division 162 is being replaced by Division 99 under the command of Brigadier General Barak Hiram.
On the Ground in the North
*During the night, two anti-tank launchers were detected that crossed from Lebanon towards the Har Dov area; an Israeli-Arab Bedouin working on infrastructure at the Har Dov base was killed. IDF forces attacked the sources of the fire with artillery fire and tanks.
Sharif Al-Suad from the Bedouin village of Ras Al-Ein in the northern Galilee. He was the 20th Israeli killed by Hezbollah missile fire since the war began. May his memory be for a blessing.
*Hezbollah terrorists fired anti-tank missiles at Metula.
*Missiles were launched from Syria and fell in open areas in the Golan Heights.
*IAF jets attacked a terrorist infrastructure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Shebaa Farms area, alongside a terrorist infrastructure and a military structure of the organization in the Markaba area in southern Lebanon.
In the Area around Yemen
The Houthis attacked the Israeli-associated ship MSC Darwin in the Gulf of Aden using several naval missiles and UAVs. The Houthis also launched several ballistic missiles and cruise missiles at Israeli targets in Eilat–all of which were intercepted or hit “open spaces”.
On the Ground in Judea and Samaria
The Tulkarm Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalion of the PLO (the same group that announced the formation of a suicide squad two days ago) opened fire on the Jewish community of Bet Hefer last night at 11:35 pm. No Israelis were wounded.
In Non-War News
*According to the Temple Mount Administration, more than 3000 Jews have gone to the Temple Mount since the beginning of Passover. Two days ago, police detained two men who attempted to smuggle a goat onto the Mount for sacrifice.
*Yesterday was the hottest recorded for central Israel on the date since 1907 (43.4 C/110 F).
*The price of gasoline–like everything else in Israel–is going up again:
The numbers are shekels per liter. As you can see the cost has been steadily rising.
The graph above shows that the projected cost in May was 7.84 shekels per liter. We write “was” because this morning this was changed to 8 shekels per liter. In terms of price per gallon, 8 shekels per liter=$8.10 per gallon according to the current exchange rate.
On that note, we wish our soldiers and you dear readers:
Shabbat Shalom!
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.