Thursday
Yom Chamishee
22 Shevat 5785
February 20 2025
UPDATE 9:30 AM ISRAEL TIME
The sickening spectacle has begun with the 4 coffins placed on a platform surrounded by terrorists and a cheering crowd:
Once the bodies are in Israeli hands, they will be taken to the Forensic Institute for positive identification.
UPDATE 6:00 AM ISRAEL TIME
A Black Day in Israel
Today will be one of the toughest days that the country has endured. It is impossible to understand the depth of grief that all will experience as the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel are handed over by the same murderous Palestinian monsters who kidnapped them on October 7 and presided over their gruesome deaths in the dungeons of Gaza.
And that is not enough for these barbarians. Social media posts like this have flooded the Palestinian networks:
One cannot even imagine the trauma that husband and father Yarden is experiencing and will experience today.
The country will weep at the funerals which will take place shortly after the bodies return.
Not only is the Bibas family coming home, but also Oded Lipschitz–the 84 year old resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz who along with his wife spent much of his time before October 7 ferrying Palestinians to and from Israeli hospitals. She was released earlier; he was murdered in the tunnels:
After the release of the bodies today, there will be 69 remaining hostages more than half of whom are dead.
On the Ground in Gaza
*An IAF drone attacked a group of terrorists in Rafah and eliminated them.
*A smuggler’s drone was identified crossing from Israeli territory into southern Gaza and was destroyed–along with the terrorists who were collecting the smuggled weapons. The question is who in Israel is smuggling weapons to Hamas?
On the Ground in Lebanon
An IAF aircraft struck in Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon killing Hezbollah terrorist Yousef Surur:
The terrorist was the son of the mayor of Aita al-Shaab.
On the Ground in Judea and Samaria
The IDF killed three terrorists who barricaded themselves in a building in Fara’a.
On the Ground in Jerusalem
A Jewish woman was stabbed by an Arab in the Jewish Quarter of the old city on Or HaChaim Street. The woman survived; the terrorist escaped.
The Abominable Actions of Israel’s High Court of Justice
During the War
The last 503 days have seen a parade of actions by the “High Court” all designed-–under the guise of “humanitarianism” to aid the Palestinian enemy in Gaza.
A short list of hearings and justices’ comments:
In one hearing, Judge Fogelman ordered the government to increase the flow of trucks into northern Gaza, and Judge Amit demanded another direct entry route to northern Gaza .
In another hearing, Judge Amit declared that even though the markets in Gaza are full of food, the poor Gazans do not have money to buy the goods. In the same hearing he incredibly told Hamas representatives: ‘The court places itself at your disposal.’
In a third hearing, Judges Amit and Fogelman demanded to know why IDF soldiers were inspecting trucks entering Gaza–and ordered the government to provide information to pro-Hamas organizations about the entry of goods.
In a fourth hearing, Judge Fogelman demanded that the government answer claims about a famine in Gaza and demanded that the Kerem Shalom Crossing be expanded.
In a fifth hearing, Judge Fogelman went completely crazy demanding that the government:
–address food insecurity for women in Gaza.
–increase cooking gas deliveries to Gaza.
–provide more fuel for Palestinian Red Cross ambulances operating in Gaza (despite the fact that we all know that Palestinian Red Cross=Hamas).
–increase the availability of internet service for Gazans.
–increase the number of bakeries operating in Gaza.
The above is just a small sample of how the egregious “High Court” has worked hand in hand with Hamas.
Thanks to Golyat Davidov for elements of the above.
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.