The Gaza War: Day 173 . . . The War in the North

Yom Reva’ee

Wednesday

17 Adar II 5784

March 27 2024

 

More Sad News About the Hostages

The number of possible living hostages continues to decrease as another “hostage” was declared “dead” yesterday afternoon:

Uriel Baruch. His body remains in Gaza.

Uriel Baruch. His body remains in Gaza.

Uriel Baruch (35) was either murdered on October 7th on his way home from the Nova Party and his body was taken to Gaza or he was murdered in Gaza. His wife Racheli and children Naomii and Amir survived the massacres.

May his memory be for a blessing.

The Gruesome Personal Story of Amit Soussana

Amit Soussana speaking about her captivity.

Amit Soussana speaking about her captivity.

In an 8-hour interview with the New York Times, former hostage Amit Soussana recounted the violent sexual assaults she endured while being kidnapped to Gaza and once in Gaza.

40-year-old Amit was kidnapped from Kfar Aza by a gang of 6 terrorists. The video of her being dragged away across a field while fighting with all of her might against her captors to Gaza became a symbol of Israeli resistance:

A screen shot from that video.

A screen shot from that video. Amit is being carried, fighting and screaming, by the bunch of terrorists on the right.

In her interview, she tells of how she was chained by her ankle in Gaza and raped and groped and beaten by her captors who constantly threatened her at gunpoint. 

Eventually she was released in November.

But Amit reminds us that other Israeli women are still there and undoubtedly going through the same ordeal that she did.

Kolakevod to Amit for resisting, enduring, and now telling the world about the evil of HamISIS.

The Excellent Decision of the Day

As you may not know, there has been a rush of imbecilic  western countries such as Canada, Australia, and Norway to resume their funding of UNRWA after a brief cessation following the discovery that some 400 members of UNRWA participated in the October 7th massacres.

Not so, Switzerland.

Yesterday, the Swiss-Italian Commissioner General UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini was called to testify before the Swiss Commission of the National Council. After his testimony, the Council declared in a media post:

“When Lazzarini claims that the allegations are ‘not proven,’ this is simply not true. The fact is that UNRWA were involved in the brutal terrorist attacks and celebrated the attacks on Telegram.”

On the Ground in Gaza

The battle at Shifa Hospital continues. As you may not know, Shifa Hospital is a vast, sprawling complex which numerous hiding places for terrorists:

The Shifa "Hospital".

The Shifa “Hospital”.

At this moment, an intense firefight is taking place in the Maternity Department area (to the left of the compound).

The idiotic “humanitarian” airdrops continue. 6 Palestinians were trampled to death yesterday in the rush to grab the “humanitarian” aid. Another 12 drowned when an airdrop landed in the Mediterranean (this makes 17 who have drowned retrieving “aid” so far):

What you cannot see from this photo yesterday is that most of the parachuted "aid" landed in the sea.

What you cannot see from this photo yesterday is that most of the parachuted “aid” landed in the sea.

On the Ground in the North

Already this morning, there has been a massive barrage of Hezbollah missiles targeting Kiryat Shmona, Tel Hai, and Kfar Yuval. This follows another major missile attack on Katzrin yesterday.

All told, around 80 missiles have been fired at northern Israel in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the IAF struck more deeply than ever into Lebanon yesterday striking Hezbollah drone assets and an airstrip near Zboud and Tel Vardin in northeastern Lebanon.

A Major Government Crisis

You may not know it but the Israel Supreme Court has set a deadline of tonight for the government to submit a new “conscription” law which will govern the recruitment of ultra-orthodox into the IDF. Moreover, Israel’s Attorney General (who has long attempted to undermine the current Coalition) is demanding that precise “numbers” of ultra-orthodox that will enlist be produced.

The controversy within the Coalition is intense–even among the religious members. The National Religious party headed by Bezalel Smotrich which strongly supports ultra-orthodox service in the army is opposed by United Torah Judaism whose Council of Torah Elders believes that the ultra-orthodox studying Torah are in fact serving Israel.

“Emergency government” members such as Benny Gantz have threatened to leave the government if a law specifying ultra-orthodox recruitment is not passed; on the other hand, United Torah Judaism has threatened to leave the government if one is.

24 hours of mediation by PM Netanyahu has not produced a result, and the government has asked the Court for a 10-day extension to find a solution.

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