“The Rules of Response”

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Yom Chamishee

Thursday

2 Adar 5783

February 23 2023

The Outrage of the Day

Do you remember the second terror attack that occurred in Jerusalem on January 28th? A 13-year-old self-identified Palestinian, opened fire on civilians walking up a street in Ir David. A father and son were hit; the son (Nadav) lightly wounded the terrorist.

The head of the terrorist can barely be seen in the center of the circle as he hid behind the car.

The father was moderately wounded; Nadav has been in critical condition ever since.

Yesterday, the family–which has constantly asked the public to pray for the son–issued this statement:  “He is making good progress. Moves all limbs, liver and kidneys are almost back to full function. And Nadav breathes almost entirely on his own. He understands what is happening, and even whispered thanks to the doctors.”

As this wonderful news was being announced came the outrageous news of the day.

A judge in Jerusalem ordered the terrorist’s handcuffs removed, and released him to an open behavioral rehabilitation center where he will take trips and participate in “educational classes.” 

25 days after his murderous attack the “boy” is walking around freely again. How long do you think it will be until he walks out of the center and tries to kill more Israelis?

The judiciary in this country has lost its collective mind.

The News on the Israeli Street

The war in Judea and Samaria.

The security operation in Shechem (Nablus):

After receiving intel during the night that the three terrorists who killed Sgt. Ido Baruch several months ago were holed up in a apartment in the casbah in the center of the city and were on the verge of carrying out other attacks, Israeli Border Guards, IDF soldiers, and Shin Bet forces entered the area and were immediately engaged in an intense firefight with Palestinian terrorists.

Over the next few hours, all three of the wanted terrorists were killed as well as six other terrorists. Two others died later from wounds. No Israelis were wounded.

Elsewhere in Judea and Samaria.

Stabbing attack:

A knife-wielding female terrorist attempted to stab soldiers at the entrance to Ma’ale Adumim this morning. One soldier was wounded; the terrorist was shot.

IED, “rock”, and Molotov attacks:

Palestinian terrorists tried to kill Israelis between Ariel and Tapuach, Marda, Beit Omer, near Al-Aruv, Beit Anon, north of Kiryat Arba, Hawara, near the Yitzhar Junction, all along the Gush Etzion-Hevron highway, on the Gilad Road beside the HaSela IDF outpost, Beit Barakah, between Azzun and Shomron, between Beit Anon and Kiryat Arba, west of the T-Junction in Gush Etzion in the area of Marach Rabah, near the Rihan Crossing, on Road 60 near Luban a-Sharqiya, near the Leh Checkpoint, Jaba Zurif, on Road 55 in the Nabi Elias Bypass, north of Einbus Square, and at a dozen other locations.

TODAY’S BLOG

“The Rules of Response”

There were missile attacks on Sderot and south Ashkelon overnight.

6 missiles were launched out of Gaza last night toward Sderot and Ashkelon.

At 3:58 am this morning, 4 missiles targeted these areas in and around Sderot:

Sderot was the target again at 3:58 am this morning.

At the same moment, two more missiles were launched at Ashkelon:

The other target was the Chof Ashkelon area.

Five of the missiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome; one exploded in an “open area”.

In addition to these six missiles, at least another two were launched later. No alarms were sounded as these missiles flew into Israel and hit “open areas”.

How did the IDF respond to these attacks?

The same way it always does.

First, it warned Hamas to move its terrorists away from a  “compound” (aka a few empty buildings), a small empty warehouse, and a few sand dunes beside Hamas observation posts.

Then IAF aircraft “struck” the above being careful not to hit any Hamasniks who didn’t get the warning, and producing the requisite amount of smoke for Israeli public consumption.

Then the IDF told Cairo (yes, Cairo) to tell Hamas and Islamic Jihad that if they responded with an action “which is not part of the rules of response”, the IDF would attack severely.

All in all, it has just been one more episode in the theater of the absurd.

Just like the IDF has “rules of engagement” which effectively neuter our soldiers, the IDF for the first time has revealed that it has “rules of response” that effectively neuter our response to missile attacks.

Oh yes, and one more thing: it turns out that the missile attack on southern Israel was definitely not part of the usual terrorist routine. The missiles that were fired were 250 kg missiles obtained from Iran.