Yom Shnee
Monday
16 Tammuz 5784
July 22, 2024
UPDATE 9:00 AM
May Their Memories Be For A Blessing
Capt. Mordechai Kadmon
Capt. Kadmon, from Beit Nof Ayalon, was killed in Gaza. He served as a combat engineer after having studied in the Netzer Matai Hesder Yeshiva in the city of Ariel. He was scheduled to be released from IDF service next month.
L-R Gaev Buchstab, Alex Danzig
Two more hostages have been declared “dead”: 34-year-old Gaev Buchstab and 76-year-old Alex Danzig, who were kidnapped on October 7 from their homes in Nirim. They were alive as recently as three months ago.
On the Ground in Gaza
*The IDF continues to pummel Khan Younis, west Rafah, El Burriage, and El Carrara today. At least 70 terrorists were eliminated in Khan Younis alone.
*All the heads of our pathetic security establishment agree to a deal that includes the withdrawal of forces from Gaza: “The IDF will be able to fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip for 6 weeks – for a hostage deal.” The truth is that if the IDF fully withdraws from Gaza, it will never go back.
*The poor starving Palestinians . . . check out this tweet today:
Starving or overfed?
On the Ground in the North
Hezbollah rocket and missile fire were heard yesterday all over northern Israel in such locations as Kiryat Shmona, Beit Hillel, Kfar Giladi, Kfar Yuval, Metula, Ma’ayan Baruch, Mashgav Am, Tel Hai, Margaliot and Menara.
On the Ground in Judea and Samaria
In action overnight, IDF forces killed the commander of the military wing of two organizations in Tulkarm: Ashraf Nafe, commander of al-Qassam, responsible for dozens of shooting attacks in the area of the city of Tulkarm, and Mohammed Oz, commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
On the Ground in Israel
In what has to be the bizarre attack of the day, a tourist from Canada (of Muslim background) landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, rented a car, came to here in Ashdod where he spent the night in a hotel, and ate breakfast yesterday morning.
Then, he got in the car and drove to the gates of Netiv Ha’Asara on the Gaza border (one of the hardest hit communities on October 7th).
Then he got out of the car, pulled out a knife, and began to rush toward the rapid-response security guards there.
He was shot and killed.
There are reports that a suicide note was found on his body.
So is Israel the new place where Muslim crazies come to commit suicide?
Netanyahu Arrives in Washington
PM Netanyahu and Sara arrived in Washington, D.C. yesterday on the “Zion Wing” .
And what will he find when he goes to the White House tomorrow?
The Israeli anti-government protesters that follow Israeli politicians wherever they go are already camped out at the White House.
One final note that follows up what we wrote about Kamala Harris yesterday. She has refused to preside over the Congress when Netanyahu speaks tomorrow.
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.