Yom Reva’ee
Wednesday
14 Shevat 5784
January 24 2024
UPDATE 6:00 PM
The Last 24 Hours in the South
Another Soldier Has Fallen
Capt. Rebecca Henrietta Johanna Baruch, Commander and Officer in the Combat Collection Corps
The statement from the IDF: “Rivkah Baruch was a lone soldier who immigrated from the Netherlands to Israel by herself in order to enlist and served as a commander and officer in the Combat Collection Corps. On October 7, Rebecca was abroad, but immediately returned to Israel and enlisted in the reserves. Following a serious infection she contracted, she was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition that worsened and eventually died from it. Rivkah’s last wish was that her organs be donated and thus after her death she also saved the lives of Israeli patients.”
May Her Memory Be For A Blessing
On the Ground in the South
*A senior HamISIS leader (as yet unidentified) has just been killed in Rafah.
*The battles in and around Khan Younis have intensified.
IDF attack points in Khan Younis: from the Nasser Hospital marked H in the center, to the Al-Mawasi “Humanitarian Area” to the left, to the University of Al Aksa, to demolished HamISIS control areas.
From the IDF Spokesman: “In the last few days the combat team of the Givati Brigade has been operating in the Khan Yunis area. During the attack carried out by the forces, the combat team led the operation to encircle the area. The fighters of the brigade eliminated terrorists in encounters, firing tanks, and with the help of fire and air forces. Also, with intelligence guidance, the fighters raided Hamas outposts in the area. During the searches, a stockpile of weapons including dozens of weapons, Kalashnikovs, RPG missiles, cartridges, grenades, uniforms and vests was located. The activity of the forces is accompanied by preliminary fire attacks from the air on terrorist infrastructures in the area, the precise attacks prepare the conditions on the ground for the ground forces. In one of the activities, the brigade fire assembly detected three armed terrorists coming out with weapons from a building and moving towards our forces. The assembly directed an aircraft that fired at them, and the terrorists were eliminated.”
*Extraordinarily Disturbing Reports of Pregnancies
As you may not know, one of the hostages who was released was pregnant as a result of being raped by HamISIS Palestinian barbarians. She decided that she did not want to have an abortion.
However, there are now more reports of other female hostages who have not gotten their periods in the last three months. It is believed that a number of those may be pregnant also.
To respond to this possibility, the Ministry of Welfare, together with the IDF and the Ministry of Health, are building a dedicated program to receive abductees who may be pregnant after being sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists during their captivity.
*See the hostage update from Chabad at the end of this blog.
The Last 24 Hours in the North
*In the last 20 minutes, incoming missile sirens sounded for Baram, Yaraon, and Dubov.
*In the last hour, an aircraft was intercepted over the southern area of Ramim Ridge
*2 anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon at Shomra. There are no reports of injuries.
The Last 24 Hours in Judea and Samaria
*A Palestinian terrorist opened fire on IDF reserve fighters near the Palestinian settlement of Anbata. The terrorist was shot and killed. No Israelis were wounded.
The Last 24 Hours in the Red Sea
*From the U.K. Maritime Office:
“UKMTO received a report of an incident 50NM south of El Moka, Yemen.
The master reports an explosion about 100 meters from the ship on the starboard side. Vessel and crew are safe, no injuries or damage reported. Vessels are advised to proceed with caution and report any suspicious activity to the UKMTO.”
In Other News
Bill Eckman, the billionaire who has led the fight against the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn.
From the Calcalist: “A great expression of confidence in the Israeli market. The Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman buys 5% of the shares of the stock exchange in Tel Aviv. Bill Ackman recently became famous when he started a fight for the dismissal of the presidents of the three major universities in the USA, after they refused to say in a hearing that anti-Semitic chants are forbidden on campus. Bill is a true friend of Israel.”
Chabad Has Published This Prayer for the Hostages
“Since that fateful Simchat Torah morning of Oct. 7, we have been fervently praying for the safety of our dear brothers and sisters who have been taken captive in Gaza. In Jewish tradition, we pray using a person’s Hebrew name and the Hebrew name of their mother. This list was compiled using several sources and our best efforts have been put into making it as accurate as possible. May G-d soon hear our prayers and bring an end to all suffering and cruelty. Amen!”
For an updated list, please visit Chabad.org/Hostages.
Hostages – Pray for Their Safe Release:
אמונה בן גלעד אברהם 78 Abraham Gilad ben Emunah (Munder)
19 אירה בת קארינה Karina bat Ira (Ariev)
מירב בת אגם 19 Agam bat Meirav (Berger)
שירי בן כפיר 1 Kfir ben Shiri (Bibas)
32 אוקסנה בן אלכסנדר Alexander ben Oksana (Lobanov)
מיכל בן ליאור 61 Lior ben Michal (Rudaeff)
ילנה בן אלכסנדר סשה 27 Sasha Alexander ben Yelena (Troufanov)
שירה בת לירי 18 Liri bat Shira (Elbag)
נינה בן אלכסנדר 75 Alexander ben Nina (Dancyg)
מרים בן מתן 21 Matan ben Miriam (Angrest)
נירה בן אלמוג 26 Almog ben Nira (Sarusi)
עינב בן מתן 24 Matan ben Einav (Zangauker)
אורית בן אלמוג 21 Almog ben Orit (Meir Jan)
טלה בן מקסים 35 Maxim ben Tella (Herkin)
עידית בן אלון 22 Alon ben Idit (Ohel)
59 סולמירה בן מישל Michel ben Solomira (Nisenbaum)
שרה בן עמירם 84 Amiram ben Sara (Cooper)
איילת בת נעמה 19 Na’ama bat Ayelet (Levy)
אילנה בת חיה אסתר עמית 28 Amit Esther Chaya bat Ilana (Buskila)
חנה בן נדב 51 Nadav ben Chana (Popplewell)
27 יבגניה בן אנדריי Andrey ben Yevgenia (Kozlov)
19 ויקי בן נמרוד Nimrod ben Vicky (Cohen)
יעל בת ארבל 28 Arbel bat Yael (Yehud)
ליאורה בת נועה 26 Noa bat Liora (Argamani)
שירי בן אריאל 4 Ariel ben Shiri (Bibas)
70 נורה בן לואיס Norberto Louis ben Nura (Har)
סילביה בן אריאל 26 Ariel ben Silvana (Konio)
בלהה בן עודד 83 Oded ben Bilha (Lifshitz)
אגרנש בן אברהם 36 Avraham ben Agranesh (Mengistu)
כוכבה בן עופר 50 Ofer ben Kochava (Kalderon)
תרצה דיצה בן אבינתן 30 Avinathan ben Ditza Tirtza (Or)
אסתר בן אוהד 55 Ohad ben Esther (Ben-Ami)
וליה’ג בן אברהם בר 21 Bar Avraham ben Julia (Kuperstein)
אסתר בן אוהד 49 Ohad ben Esther (Yahalomi)
ושי’ג ביפין 23 Bipin Joshi
מלכה בן עומר 21 Omer ben Malka (Shem Tov)
כנרת בת כרמל 39 Carmel bat Kineret (Gat)
ניבה בן עומר 22 Omer ben Niva (Wenkert)
נחמה בן חיים 79 Chaim ben Nechama (Peri)
אסתר אורנה בן עומר 22 Omer ben Orna Esther (Neutra)
ורד בן חנן 42 Chanan ben Vered (Yablonka)
אסתר ורוניקה בן עמרי 46 Omri ben Veronika Esther (Miran)
שרון בן שמעון דניאל 19 Daniel Shimon ben Sharon (Peretz)
גאולה בן אור 33 Or ben Geula (Levy)
אורלי בת דניאלה 19 Daniella bat Orly (Gilboa)
עינב בן אורי 25 Ori ben Einav (Danino)
33 סילביה בן דוד David ben Silvana (Konio)
30 הרננדז אוריון Orión Hernández Radoux
יעל בן דולב 35 Dolev ben Yael (Yahud)
53 אלקאדי פרחאן Qaid Farhan Alkadi
סימונה שרה בת דורון 30 Doron bat Sarah (Steinbrecher)
24 טליק בן רן Ran ben Talik (Gvili)
דורית בן דרור 48 Dror ben Dorit (Or)
19 נועה תמר בן רום Rom ben Tamar Noa (Braslavski)
יעל בן עידן 19 Edan ben Yael (Alexander)
23 מרב בת רומי Romi bat Merav (Gonen)
24 שירית בת עדן Eden bat Shirit (Yerushalmi)
חנה בן רון 53 Ron ben Chana (Benjamin)
אפרת בן אברהם איתן 23 Eitan Avraham ben Efrat (Mor)
נאמית בן שגיא 35 Sagui ben Naamit (Dekel-Chen)
אידית רות בן איתן 37 Eitan ben Rut Idit (Horn)
25 גלית בן שגב Segev ben Galit (Kalfon)
חנה בן אלעד 47 Elad ben Chana (Katzir)
שרית שלומית בן שי 19 Shay ben Shlomit Sarit (Levinson)
סיגלית בן אליה 27 Eliya ben Sigalit (Cohen)
מרגית בת שירי 32 Shiri bat Margit (Bibas)
חנה בן אליהו 51 Eliyahu ben Chana (Sharabi)
רוזיטה בן שלומי 39 Shlomi ben Rozita Ira (Ziv)
רוחמה בן אלקנה 34 Elkana ben Ruchama (Bohbot)
85 מרסיל בן שלמה Shlomo ben Marcel (Mansour)
אבישג בן שלמה אליקים 24 Elyakim Shlomo ben Avishag (Libman)
גלאדיס בן שמואל’ קית 64 Keith Shmuel ben Gladis (Siegel)
אמנדה בת תהילה אמילי 27 Emily Tehila bat Amanda (Damari)
ניצה בן טל 38 Tal ben Nitza (Shoham)
גילה יסמין בן אביתר 23 Evyatar ben Yasmin Gila (David)
19 חירות בן תמיר Tamir ben Cherut (Nimrod)
טניה בן שמעון פרננדו 60 Fernando Shimon ben Tanya (Marman)
דבורה בן צחי 49 Tsachi ben Devorah (Idan)
שרה בן משה גדי 79 Gadi Moshe ben Sara (Mosez)
נעמי בן אוריאל 35 Uriel ben Naomi (Baruch)
26 תמר בן גלי Gali ben Tamar (Berman)
אסתר בן יגב 34 Yagev ben Esther (Buchshtab)
מירב בן גיא 22 Guy ben Meirav (Gilboa-Dalal)
59 פלור בן יאירYair ben Flor (Yaakov)
21 אלזיאדנה חמזה Hamza (Alziadna )
אידית רות בן יאיר 45 Yair ben Rut Idit (Horn)
חנה פערל בן הירש 23 Hersh ben Perel Chana (Goldberg-Polin
34 פנינה בן ירדן Yarden ben Penina (Bibas)
36 מנאל בן הישאם Hisham ben Manal al Sayed
גילה בן יצחק 58 Yitzchak ben Gila (Gelernter)
דלית בן עידן 28 Idan ben Dalit (Shtivi)
80 מרים בן יורם Yoram ben Miriam (Metzger)
מרים בן שלמה אילן 56 Ilan Shlomo ben Miriam (Weiss)
מרים בן חיים יוסף 24 Yosef ben Miriam (Ohana)
מירית בן איתי 18 Itai ben Mirit (Regev)
53 חנה בן יוסי Yossi ben Chana (Sharabi)
אורית בן איתי 38 Itai ben Orit (Svirsky)
אלזיאדנה יוסוף 53 Yusuf Alziadna
חגית בן איתי 19 Itay ben Chagit (Chen)
תמר בן זיו 26 Ziv ben Tamar (Berman)
חנה בן יצחק 69 Itzik ben Chana (Elgarat)
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.