#Nahal Oz

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How Hamas Overran an Israeli Military Base on October 7

On October 7, one year after the devastating Hamas attacks, Israel continues to confront tough questions regarding the deadliest day in its history. The Nahal Oz military base, located near the Gaza border, was swiftly overrun by Hamas gunmen, resulting in the deaths of over 60 Israeli soldiers and several being taken hostage.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have yet to release an official inquiry into the events of that day, but they have briefed families of the deceased, who shared crucial details with the BBC. Survivors' accounts, messages from the fallen, and real-time radio communications shed light on the rapidity and brutality of the invasion.

Key findings indicate:

Soldiers had noticed suspicious activities leading up to the attack, but there was an unexpected lull in Hamas activity days prior.

Many troops at the base were unarmed due to protocols mandating them to stand back during attacks, rather than advance.

Some surveillance equipment was either inoperable or easily destroyed by Hamas.

Questions arise over the lack of armed personnel at such a critical location, the inadequate response to intelligence warnings, delays in reinforcements, and whether the base's infrastructure compromised the safety of its defenders.

In the early morning hours, soldiers at the base observed unusual movements but misinterpreted them as routine. At approximately 6:20 AM, Hamas launched rockets, which did not initially seem alarming due to previous experiences with brief attacks. However, the onslaught escalated quickly.

The IDF's failure to act decisively was attributed to overconfidence in their defenses, which proved vulnerable. Within minutes, breaches in the border fence allowed Hamas fighters to infiltrate Israeli territory. Reports indicate that an observation balloon meant to monitor the area was out of service that day, compounding the vulnerability of the base.

As chaos ensued, soldiers struggled to comprehend the severity of the situation. Despite receiving radio transmissions indicating an attack, confusion and miscommunication hindered an effective response.

As the attack unfolded, soldiers were met with armed Hamas fighters, who overpowered defenses and caused significant casualties. The attack raised critical concerns regarding Israel’s preparedness and response capabilities in the face of unexpected aggression.

As investigations continue, the Nahal Oz incident serves as a poignant reminder of the vulnerabilities faced by military installations even in areas perceived as secure.

[mounadiloun]

Avant le 7 octobre 2023, il y eut le 6 octobre 1946

Tout a commencé le 7 octobre 2023 si on en croit la vulgate sioniste reprise généralement implicitement par la plupart des médias occidentaux. Il y a eu avant le 7 une période où chacun vivait sa petite vie paisiblement, les Palestniens dans la bande de Gaza, malheureusement sous la férule du Hamas, une bande d’antisémites avides de sang juif, et les Juifs (sionistes) dans leurs petites villes ou…

[infosisraelnews]

Publication autorisée : la vidéo de la captivité de l'observatrice Daniela Gilboa a été publiée

La famille de l’observatrice kidnappée de Nahal Oz, Daniela Gilboa, a approuvé la publication du signe de vie qu’elle a reçu d’elle il y a environ six mois, le 107ème jour de la guerre. “Je n’ai besoin ni de nourriture, ni d’argent, ni de vêtements, ni de rien, juste que tu nous ramènes vivants à la maison”, déclare Gilboa dans la vidéo. “Je suis sous les bombes et les tirs 24 heures sur 24 et…

[johnlatter]

Hamas make 12 year-old Israeli watch atrocity videos - Why?

A revenge for the terrorists own lives being internally destroyed, perhaps...

Forcing Eitan Yahalomi to watch the footage may have been designed to induce psychological distress akin to what the terrorists themselves experienced in the years of post-trauma* rote learning and indoctrination that made up their childhood . 

Indoctrination leads to accumulated repression that can triggered by pre-programmed keywords and concepts resulting in outbursts of unnatural violence, a characteristic of the type of atrocities the Palestine terrorists from Gaza committed in Israel on the 7th of October 2023. On November the 29th 2023, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported that 12 year-old Eitan Yahalomi had been kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the massacre on the first day of the war and had finally been released on November the 27th:

The truth about Hamas's treatment of hostages If previous hostage releases that took place this past week created the impression that Hamas is treating the Israeli hostages who are being held captive in the Gaza Strip well, Eitan's testimony depicts an entirely different reality. In an interview with the French news outlet BFM, [his aunt, Deborah Cohen] said that after speaking with Eitan, it was clear to her that he went through "terrible things" while in captivity. Hamas forced him to watch the uncensored October 7 documentary released by the IDF, she said.

The 12-year-old watched about 45 minutes of footage that portrays evidence of the gruesome attack carried out by Hamas terrorists. Many of the scenes take place in Nahal Oz where Eitan is from.

"They forced him and other children to watch it: the entire movie. Whenever another child would cry during the screening, they would threaten them with a rifle to silence them," Cohen explained.

"[They] would beat him," she said. 

"He is a 12-year-old boy: We are talking about a 12-year-old," his aunt said. "Maybe I am naive, but I did not expect to hear such descriptions. I wanted to hold onto the hope that he was treated well, but that was not the case. They are monsters."

*The childhood trauma in question is the archeotrauma (alt. archaeotrauma), the wound human beings, horses, and other animals sustain when their spirit is "broken".

Also see Evolution and Psychology Research.

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AI image (artificial intelligence) showing an Israeli boy hostage being held in the Gaza Strip watching a television that has an Hamas terrorist on the screen.

[eretzyisrael]

by Michael M. Rosen

Long before any Israeli “occupation” of Gaza, Arab terrorists called fedayeen used it as a launching pad to infiltrate Israel and slaughter Jews. “The newly created Israel-Gaza border,” Tibon writes, of the period following the Jewish state’s establishment in 1948, “knew very few days of peace.”

Following Rutberg’s murder, the Israeli general Moshe Dayan visited the kibbutz, where he delivered a dark but realistic pronouncement. “Beyond the furrow of the border,” he intoned, “a sea of hatred and desire for revenge is swelling, awaiting the day when serenity will dull our path.” Decades of low-grade violence emanated from the enclave.

Even so, vibrant communities developed in the so-called Gaza Envelope, and the vast majority of them harbored hopes for peace with their Arab neighbors, even ferrying them to Israeli hospitals. Dani Rachamim arrived at Nahal Oz in 1975, eight years after Israel had taken the strip from Egypt, and developed close enough friendships with Palestinians across the border to invite them to his wedding on the kibbutz. “It felt totally natural for them to be there and dance with us,” he tells Tibon. “We were neighbors.” The community even hosted a Festival of Peace in 1994, amid the early euphoria of the Oslo Accords, welcoming dozens of Palestinian families. “Peace with the people of Gaza was now within reach,” Rachamim and his fellow kibbutzniks thought.

But that euphoria quickly gave way to despair, as Yasir Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization rejected further peace proposals and went on to arm Palestinian groups—including a newly formed Islamist faction called Hamas, whose establishment Israel tacitly blessed as a counterweight to the PLO—that launched a campaign of violent attacks, most prominently including suicide bombings that claimed the lives of hundreds of Israeli innocents. By the early 2000s, Gazan terrorists had begun developing the mortars and rockets that would figure prominently in the 10/7 onslaught.

Shortly after Israel withdrew unilaterally from the enclave in 2005, Hamas seized power. Several rounds of fighting failed to dislodge the Islamists, who amassed and fired yet more rockets, dug a hardened military subterranean network longer than the London Underground, and began plotting October 7.

That savage attack has, by now, been widely documented, but Tibon adds important and meticulous detail, providing the definitive account of the ordeal in Nahal Oz, where the terrorists would murder 3 percent of the community and take another 2 percent as hostages.

[willowchild]

At least 200 Israelis murdered

[sayruq]

The United Nations on Saturday said Israel had authorized the opening of 20 bakeries in the northern Gaza Strip and and a waterline to supply the area, as part of a list of the country’s “commitments” to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

In addition to expanding border crossing operating hours and capacity, the UN official said Israel has approved the activation of 20 bakeries and the reopening of the Nahal Oz waterline in northern Gaza, which was shut off on October 9, with the outbreak of war.

The statement said the number of trucks allowed to pass through from Jordan will be increased from 25 to at least 50 per day, while an additional 100 trucks per day will be scanned via the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings in the south of the Strip.He noted an additional scanner would be installed at Kerem Shalom “to accelerate the transfer of aid into Gaza.”

[girlactionfigure]

Surreal: A field of sunflowers in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, and behind it the ruins of the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City.

Nahal Oz was one of the Israeli villages invaded and brutalized by Gaza on Oct. 7. The terrorists that attacked the kibbutz came from Shejaiya.

They brought death and destruction, but they could not snuff out life in Israel.

And now they live in rubble.

[apollo-enthusiast]

Maayan Idan ז"ל

Maayan was murdered on October 7th by terrorists who broke into her home in kibbutz Nahal Oz. She was just 18 and 4 days old. One of the sweetest people. A friend. She loved Percy Jackson, and for every birthday, she and her friends would make each other blue chocolate chip cookies. Tsachi Idan, her father, is still held hostage in Gaza.

I hope that next year you will have your own memorial day, Maayan. You deserve one. To be buried at your home, if you'd like. You will always be fondly remembered - but I wish we didn't have to remember. Everyone misses you, I'm sure you know. I hope that Tsachi will come home soon and say the Kaddish for you. Rest in peace 💙🤍💙

Their story from October 7th, to those interested:

https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/2023_q4/Article-c492f8253436b81027.htm

https://www.mako.co.il/home-family-relationship/Article-afd5bd0dc2f2c81027.htm

[infosisraelnews]

Une observatrice de Tsahal a signalé un entraînement à grande échelle du Hamas quatre jours avant le 7 octobre

Le correspondant de Kan, Suleiman Maswadeh, publie un nouveau document qui permet d’accuser le commandement de Tsahal de négligence entraînant de graves conséquences – un rapport d’une des observatrice de la base frontalière qui a remarqué des exercices à grande échelle des terroristes du Hamas le long de la frontière quatre jours avant l’invasion du 7 octobre. Selon la publication, la soldate a…

[eretzyisrael]

By RICHARD FERRER IN KFAR AZA

Eight months before Machmud arrived at Batia Holin’s home to kill her, the two had jointly launched an exhibition aimed at promoting peace and unity between Israelis and Palestinians.

After connecting through a Facebook group for residents on the Israel-Gaza border, the pair spent months sharing pictures on WhatsApp of daily life from both sides of the fence. This seemingly heartfelt exchange blossomed into a poignant exhibition entitled Between Us, dedicated to bridging the divide. Due to the dire risks involved, they never spoke directly. ‘Normalisation’ (interacting with Jews) is the most serious crime a Gazan can commit.

“We didn’t discuss politics,” Batia tells me as we walk along the Gaza barrier fence on the outskirts of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where Machmud – who told her he was a 28-year-old photographer from the Gazan town of Shuja’iyya – was one of 300 Hamas terrorists who breached the border on the morning of October 7 and entered her kibbutz.

The 71-year-old, who has lived on the kibbutz for more than 50 years, has dedicated her life to coexistence. The idea of collaborating with a Palestinian across the border, someone who experienced the same sights and sounds yet lived a vastly different reality, deeply resonated with her sense of purpose.

“Machmud and I wanted to show the world that, despite the circumstances in which we live, we share the same hope for a brighter future. That despite the obstacles, most people on both sides of the fence just want to live in peace.”

Batia Holin beside a banner displaying pictures of hostages from Kibbutz Kfar Aza that remain in captivity.

Their exhibition opened in Israel on 4 February 2023 in nearby Kibbutz Nahal Oz (where 14 people were killed and seven abducted), with plans for it to tour the United States. One of its most striking exhibits was photographs of the Mediterranean Sea, showing the same beach border from opposite perspectives: one looking north, the other south.

Machmud was, of course, unable to be there in person, so he wrote Batia a touching email: “I hope this project will influence and improve understanding, quality of life and security on both sides of the fence. I hope that with the help of my photos, Israeli society and the whole world will know that the Gaza Strip is not only a place of rockets and missiles but a place worth living in. I hope that with the help of my photos, Israeli society will see that in Gaza the people are simple, love life and are not fighters and terrorists. This exhibition, for me, is hope for a peaceful life.”

Batia at her Between Us exhibition

Today, in the wake of such unimaginable brutality, Batia’s dreams seem heartbreakingly naïve. Her faith has been so profoundly shattered that she fears there may not be a single adult in Gaza who shares her vision of peace. “The hardest feeling is the sense of total betrayal,” she tells me.

“The sense that everyone in Gaza was involved, even those who claim to oppose Hamas. I realise how awful that sounds. It truly is awful. But I cannot think anything else today. The past 17 years since Hamas took over Gaza have been difficult and it’s got worse over time. Before the attack, people called life here 90 percent heaven, 10 percent hell. Now it just feels like hell.”

Batia heard Machmud’s voice for the very first time at 10am on October 7 when she received a phone call from an Israeli number she did not recognise. He told her he was inside the kibbutz and asked if Israeli soldiers were nearby.

Burned-out homes in the kibbutz. Sixty-four residents were murdered

“I was so confused,” recalls Batia with a shudder. “At first, I thought Machmud must have heard about the attack and was calling out of concern. It didn’t take long to realise he had a different reason. He wanted to cause me harm. I didn’t speak to him. I just hung up. I didn’t have time to think about the call until two days later. Terrorists were everywhere. My husband and I were just trying to survive. Later, I gave all the details I had about Machmud to the army. His phone number, personal information he’d shared, screenshots of our chats. I have no idea what happened to him.”

[omgellendean]

Once again, it's revealed that IOF was killing its own on October 7.

'There was crazy hysteria, and decisions started being made without verified information': Documents and testimonies obtained by Haaretz reveal the Hannibal operational order, which directs the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captivity, was employed at three army facilities infiltrated by Hamas, potentially endangering civilians as well Communication networks could not keep up with the flow of information, as was the case for soldiers sending these reports. However, the message conveyed at 11:22 A.M. across the Gaza Division network was understood by everyone. "Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" was the order. ... One of these decisions was made at 7:18 A.M., when an observation post at the Yiftah outpost reported that someone had been kidnapped at the Erez border crossing, adjacent to the IDF's liaison office. "Hannibal at Erez" came the command from divisional headquarters, "dispatch a Zik." The Zik is an unmanned assault drone, and the meaning of this command was clear. ... The Erez border crossing was not the only place this happened. Information obtained by Haaretz and confirmed by the army shows that throughout that morning, the Hannibal procedure was employed at two other locations penetrated by terrorists: the Re'im army base, where the divisional headquarters were located, and the Nahal Oz outpost in which female spotters were based. This did not prevent the kidnapping of seven of them or the killing of 15 other spotters, as well as 38 other soldiers. ...  Regarding the frequency of employing the Hannibal procedure, it seems that nothing changed. Thus, for example, at 10:19 A.M. a report reached divisional headquarters indicating that a Zik had attacked the Re'im base. At that point, the army did not know the number of people who had been kidnapped. "We thought they numbered dozens at that stage," a military source told Haaretz. Firing mortars at the Gaza Strip would endanger them as well. Furthermore, another order given at 11:22 A.M., according to which no vehicle would be allowed to return to Gaza, took this a step further. ... "Everyone knew by then that such vehicles could be carrying kidnapped civilians or soldiers," a source in Southern Command told Haaretz. "There was no case in which a vehicle carrying kidnapped people was knowingly attacked, but you couldn't really know if there were any such people in a vehicle. I can't say there was a clear instruction, but everyone knew what it meant to not let any vehicles return to Gaza." A new development occurred at 2:00 P.M. All the forces were instructed not to exit border communities toward the west, in the direction of the border, with an emphasis on not chasing terrorists. At that point, the border area was under intense fire, directed at anyone in that area, making it a danger zone. "The instruction," says the source in Southern Command, "was meant to turn the area around the border fence into a killing zone, closing it off toward the west."

Previous reports indicating IOF has been killing hostages:

A compilation of quotes from Israeli media

Investigation reveals a military helicopter may have been responsible for some deaths

Another incident of friendly fire

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[bringherhome7]

This was the Zohar family.

They loved life, laughter and sharing happy memories together. Father Yaniv worked as a news photographer whilst mother Yasmin worked as an accountant. On October 7th, as rockets were fired into Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Yaniv rushed out to document the attack for the local newspaper he worked for. As he was reporting on the attack and witnessed a kidnapping, he was shot dead. His 13 year old son, Ariel, had gone out for an early morning run before the attack. When he returned home, his entire family were dead. His mother Yasmin, 49, and his sisters Keshet, 20, and Tehelet, 18 had been slaughtered. His grandfather Haim Livne was also killed during the attack. On October 17th, the young boy had to watch his entire family be buried during their funeral.Now the 13 year old lives as an orphan, forever traumatized by the events of that dark day. Source: Times of Israel

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 "We were sitting in the house, all of us were civilians," a Palestinian man says while holding the body of a dead child after their home was bombed by the Israeli occupation forces.

"Suddenly the house collapsed on us. The entire house is full of children, as you can see. This child is less than two months old. He was born during the war," the man says before asking, "For what sin was this child killed? This is an innocent child. Is this on Netanyahu's target list?" ]

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GAZA WAR DAY 311: GALLANT SLAMS NETANYAHU CLAIMS OF "COMPLETE VICTORY", ISRAELI OCCUPATION CLOSES SEVERAL AREAS IN GAZA NEAR BORDER, ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA REACHES NEW MILESTONE WITH 84% OF TERRITORY UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS, GENICIDAL WAR CONTINUES WITH MASS MURDER OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

On the 311th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 3 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 142 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 150 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or whose bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally the number of those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

Beginning on Monday, August 12th, the Israeli occupation army has announced it will close several areas within the Gaza envelope near the border with "Israel" following the assessment of the army.

The order was signed by occupation army Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, head of the Israeli occupation forces' Southern Command.

The evacuation calls for several areas along the border between Gaza and Israeli-occupied Palestine to be added to the "closed military zone", prohibiting entrance without prior coordination with the army.

The announcement was made after Israeli colonial settler activists planned to hold a prayer event on the Gaza border, with the activists seeking to alter the government's position against the resettlement of Gaza by the colonists.

The newly closed areas include the fields between the Erez crossing, Yad Mordechai, to the Shaar HaNegev Junction, and Nahal Oz, as well as the fields between the access road to the cemetery in Netivot and Route-234 to the Gaza Security barrier.

Additionally, the areas between the Re'im and Urim Junctions, to the security barrier will also be closed, according to the army.

In other news on Monday, Zionist Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke during a meeting of the Israeli occupation's Security Committee hearings in which he gave an overview of the progress of the genocidal war in Gaza.

During the meeting, Gallant slammed the Netanyahu administration, declaring that "I hear the tam-tam drums and this chatter about the absolute victory, it's a shame that in the room they didn't show the same courage," referring to the Israeli security establishment, which previously proposed pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah near the start of the war.

“The conditions today for war in Lebanon are unlike those at the beginning of the war," Gallant continued.

"Maybe I don't understand the media and the talk, but I understand security, today we are in a completely different situation than we were when I insisted on an attack in the north that the entire security system supported," he added.

Gallant then responded to questions in which he stated that the position of the Rafah Brigade in southern Gaza had been "decided". He added that, for the dozens of hostages who remained alive, it was worth withdrawing from the so-called "Philadelphi Corridor" for a period of 6 weeks, during which, negotiations could proceed in phases and actions be taken.

Following the meeting, the Prime Minister's Office responded to Gallant's comments, declaring that he "is bound by 'absolute victory' too."

In a statement issued by Netanyahu's office, the occupation Prime Minister determined that "When Gallant adopts an anti-Israel narrative, he hurts the chances of reaching a hostage deal."

"He should have attacked [Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar], who refuses to send a delegation to negotiations, and who was and remains the only obstacle to the hostage deal.”

It should be noted that the Hamas resistance movement has repeatedly agreed to the terms of the Biden administration's proposed hostage exchange and ceasefire agreement, only to see the Israeli Prime Minister change the terms of the agreement, add new conditions, or, most recently, assassinate the lead negotiator, former Hamas Political Bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh.

The Prime Minister's Office reiterated its stance that the Israeli entity must achieve "absolute victory", which Netanyahu claims can only be accomplished through the elimination of the Hamas resistance movement's military and governance capabilities, as well as the release of the Israeli hostages that continue to be held by the Palestinian resistance forces in Gaza.

The Office's statement concludes by stating that "This is the clear directive of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the cabinet, and it is binding on everyone — including Gallant."

Meanwhile, in more news, Zionist colonial settlers continue storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on a near daily basis, continueing to tread on established agreements and destroying what remains of the status quo.

According to local reporting, dozens of Zionist settlers stormed the mosque compound while under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces and Shin Bet security services, carrying out tours of the compound and performing provocative rituals while blocking Muslim worshippers from entering the compound.

On Sunday, "Temple Groups" of more than 370 colonial settlers stormed the compound, announcing their intention of establishing a human chain surrounding the mosque and calling for its demolition.

At the same time, Shin Bet police turned the Old City area of Jerusalem into a military barracks, deploying hundreds of its security officers in the streets and near the Al-Aqsa Gates, as well as the gates to the Old City.

In other news on Monday, the Israeli ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip reached a new milestone, with more than 84% of territory under mandatory evacuation orders by the Israeli occupation army.

In a report published by Turkish news outlet Anadolu News Agency, Anadolu cites the deputy spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Farhan Haq, as saying that the Israeli occupation's "ongoing bombardment and hostilities in Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace Palestinians- as well as damage and destroy the homes and infrastructure they rely on."

"Two evacuation orders were issued by the Israeli military over the weekend for Khan Yunis, mostly for areas that were previously placed under evacuation," Haq said during a press conference on Monday morning.

Farhan Haq went on to point out that around 23 displacement sites, along with 14 water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and four educational facilities have been effected by the occupation's evacuation orders.

"In total, about 305 square kilometers (117.7 square miles), or nearly 84% of the Gaza Strip, have been placed under evacuation orders by the Israeli military," Haq said during the press conference.

He also noted that the entry of humanitarian aid supplies into the Gaza Strip has been severely restricted as a result of "active hostilities, access constraints, high levels of insecurity, the lack of public order and safety," as well as other factors.

During a back and forth with reporters, Haq responded to a question about whether a "genocide" is unfolding in Gaza by saying that there would need to be "a judicial ruling" by the appropriate courts to label it as such.

While referring to previous comments regarding the situation in Gaza, Haq said that "these are alarming figures for any conflict anywhere," and also called for a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, the Israeli's genocidal war continues unabated, with the constant slaughter of civilians and near complete destruction of Palestinian housing, facilities and infrastructure amid the constant bombardment of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

Beginning on Monday morning, local ambulance crews reported the recovery of two dead bodies from the western neighborhoods of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to local reporting, Occupation forces bombarded residential homes in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians who were recovered by local ambulance and civil defense crews.

The Israeli occupation army also detonated an entire residential block in the town of Abasan al-Jadida, east of the city of Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza.

Prior to that, on Sunday evening, Israeli aircraft bombed a number of civilian homes in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, as well as in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and in Rafah in southern Gaza.

According to local reporting, Zionist warplanes bombed a residential house belonging to the Hamdan family west of the Nuseirat Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of two Palestinians and wounding several others.

Similarly, on Monday morning, occupation fighter jets bombed a residential home belonging to the Murad family west of Gaza City, killing two civilians and wounding a number of others with various injuries.

In another atrocity, Zionist forces targeted a gathering of civilians near the Badr Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. Following the strike, Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics reported the transfer of three dead Palestinians and a number of wounded to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the city.

Moreover, throughout the day, Israeli occupation forces began several waves of intense bombardments targeting the city of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, resulting in dozens of casualties throughout the day.

Zionist artillery shelling and airstrikes targsted the residential home of the Al-Najjar family in the Ma'an neighborhood of Khan Yunis, killing several Palestinians and wounding others, while occupation forces also bombed a civilian vehicle in the vicinity of a refueling station on Salah al-Din Street, east of the Khan Yunis, killing at least three Palestinians and wounding 10 others.

It was also reported that Zionist soldiers fired smoked grenades towards neighborhoods east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation army continued its horrific war crimes by bombing a civilian residence in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, killing more than 10 Palestinians and wounding a number of others.

On Monday evening, occupation aircraft bombarded a residential home belonging to the Darwish family in the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, killing one civilian and wounding several others, while another bombing of the Al-Sayed family home on Block-9 of the Al-Bureij Camp, also in central Gaza, killed a Palestinian citizen and his son.

In another criminal bombing, occupation forces targeted the residential home of the Abu Alwan family in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, resulting in a number of dead and wounded.

Additionally, Zionist warplanes bombed another residential house in the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis, killing two Palestinian civilians and wounding several others.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, the death toll now exceeds 39'897 Palestinians killed, including at least 10'980 women and more than 16'315 children, while another 92'152 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

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[david-goldrock]

Our blessing for the new year: to continue to see the quarter full glass.

The Israeli national broadcast presents

Admit, for a moment it looked like the end of the movie. Returning to the diaspora, closing the store, here history comes back. But somehow were still here. Searching for some glass half full, but after this last year, we'll do with a quarter too.

The south is bruised, the north is burnt, they broke our heart, and out body as well. But we're still here.

One of the most Israeli sentences is "this too shall pass". But it's not always true, because the pain of grief, of trauma, of a mother whose sun was kidnapped, of a kid whose father was kidnapped, is a pain that doesn't pass.

It becomes part of the DNA. Here, fact- who remembers who have we been before this?

It's like imagining the Jewish people without the holocaust, without Evil Haman, without walking in the desert for 40 years, and on the difficult road as well.

Without the sound of the sirens, without running to the apartment shelter with 30 seconds on the stopper, without the 7th of October.

This pain is what sculpted us, and it is fucked up how death is so good at bringing us together.

And when in the Knesset there were shoutings and arguments, here in our nation there were millions of donations, thousands of volunteers, families that opened the door to families who lost their homes, strangers who looked eachother in the eyes.

And even when the tears chocked the throat people left everything and went to BBQ for the soldiers in the south. WhatsApp groups, War rooms for food, right, we experienced a slaughter, but no way we'll go to it like sheep.

And this is the story of our lives. Because for us there's nothing like only a celebration and yalla cheers. Even in the weddings we remind of Jerusalem's destruction.

It's always both memorial day and independence day. Heros are born only when someone is nearing death. Returning 4 hostages and lose one hero. This is reality. So what, isn't it sad? And simultaneously, isn't it happy?

I don't know. We were born in one crazy place. In one bright morning life comes and places a fact in front of you- October 7th, deal with it. And what do you do?

Survive. And we're the world champions in that. In falling down and standing up. Here in the land the pain is inseparable from existence

What can you do? Europe isn't us. We are of a different kind. Kind, hpt-tempered, ruse and far more brave.

So how will they understand us there in Switzerland? It isn't the same world, it isn't the same vibe. There, there are no wars, and here, both in the winter and in the summer

And it is fucked up, right, but how will you explain to them that this fucked up, for me, it's a home. And last year it was almost destroyed , yet somehow we're still here, pointing an M16 and a middle finger to the hamas.

From Kiryat Gat to Ofakim, to the Golan heights to the Galilee, to Tiberius.

If we learned something from the 7th of October is that in the land there's no such thing as a periphery. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Nahal ?oz, Kiryat Shmona

We all are a single body, and there's yet to have risen the mother fucker that will change that. "We're still here". That's what we need to shout, to put on a billboard, to choose a strong color, to increase the font size.

Biden told them "Don't", and it's nice but a bit American. We are coming and saying Fuck You, we are still here.

And we'll say it 200 times more until every Israeli will be able to live in quiet, until every hostage returns home already

So our cup isn't empty, and will never be. Cause there are too many heros who in their death, they really ordered us life. Ordered us to continue the journey, to get married, to bring kids, to continue to dance in nature. And not to forget that we have a cup three-quarters empty, but to continue to see the quarter too