IAF Commander Tomer Bar says 'We clearing threats for a safe ground incursion'

 

Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar said on Sunday that the Air Force is doing everything in its ability to prepare the Gaza Strip for a successful ground incursion.

"We are preparing the front for the most effective maneuverability. We are removing as many threats as possible from the ground and the air. We will do what we need aggressively, so if it is decided to maneuver, we will allow for the best ground incursion that will allow the soldiers the freedom of movement," Bar stated.

He added. "The Air Force will work shoulder to shoulder with the ground forces, it is fully enlisted for ground operations. Protecting the forces is our mission.

"We are hurting but are fighting. From the moment the events in the south began, the IDF, and within it, the Air Force, is working to remove every threat, in offense and in defense. Every day, we investigate, and every day, we improve. We will continue to work in full force until victory," the Air Force Commander stated.

Bar also discussed the possibility that a substantial front will develop in the north due to Hezbollah firing on communities near the Lebanese border. "We are advancing at the moment in combat in the southern front, but we are a set strongly and in high preparedness for any development that may be in the north as well. The Air Force is well spread out with all units in war mode, to answer with fire and to strike as needed."

According to him, the fighting relies on many substantial operations which are not as publicized. "There are many stories of bravery about the soldiers on the ground, the few versus the many. Attack helicopter pilots worked with determination against the enemy, strikes by remote-controlled aircraft killed many terrorists. Helicopters brought soldiers to the battlefield while contending with fire directed at them. We are proud of them and the reservists who prove the strength of the IDF and the Air Force.

Chassidishe EMT Who Rescued Babies in the South Talks to CNN

 

Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

 

Daniel Pearl

After terrorists killed my cousin Daniel Pearl, my family called for peace. But after the worldwide celebration of our people’s slaughter, my hope for peace is dead

The story I’m about to tell is one that many progressive Jews can relate to. In some ways, it’s a prototypical arc of a diaspora Jew who has always advocated for nuance. 

This week, something broke in us. 

We watched history repeat itself. Not just on the global scale, with the wanton massacre of our people, the savage mass murders and dismemberments of entire families and communities. But for many, my family included, history is repeating itself on a personal level as well. 

In March 2003, I turned 13 and celebrated my bar mitzvah in Walnut Creek, California. By Jewish tradition, I became a man. But the ceremony felt redundant; I had already grown up. Only one year earlier, my older cousin, Daniel Pearl, an investigative journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamist jihadis while on assignment in Pakistan.

His killers, like the Hamas killers of last weekend, proudly released a video documenting Danny’s murder. Among Danny’s last words were, “My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. I am Jewish.” At first, I was in shock—how had my own cousin become a player in such a large international nightmare? Why did people get murdered simply for being who they are? In this case, for being Jewish?

Danny’s parents did not call for revenge. 

Satmar's Der Yid Continues Spewing Hate While Jewish Blood is Pouring on the Streets

 

I thought that they would be able to restrain themselves from making any comments against the IDF that is fighting and protecting the lives of the Jewish people !

On one hand they denounce the Neturei Karta and say that the NK are not going about it in a Jewish way, on the other hand they spew their disgusting hate by sneaking their hate into a news article.

At the end of the above article, in the last paragraph, in Yiddish, they write:

"The Jewish people from the entire world, will need these days, to strengthen their pure faith, not to get caught in the headlines and the news that is constantly pouring in, that can bring amazement about the Zionist military, G-d Forbid, an army that is built on  heresy and apikorsas" bla bla bla bla 

Sick! Very Sick! 

I was in a shul this week where a Litvishe Rabbi gave a "chizuk" shmooze!

In his shmooze given in Hebrew, he said that "even the Satmar Rebbe would cry when he heard that an IDF soldier got killed." 

I don't get it...is this now a thing of greatness that a leader of tens of thousands cries when a Jewish soldier dies "al kiddush Hashem?" 

Which Jew does not feel immense pain when a soldier dies while giving his life so that others can live in peace? 

"even the Satmar Rebbe would cry?" what kind of idiotic "chizzuk" is that for me? Think about this statement for a minute, and see how low we have sunk, we are now impressed that a great rabbi shed some tears for a fellow Jew that gave his life to the Jewish people.

Der Yid, the spokesperson for the Satmar Community, is afraid, that G- Forbid, a Chasid would read the news and get inspiration from the soldiers fighting for the lives of the majority of the Jewish population, and question the "shit'eh" of the Satmar Romanian propaganda.

Please don't ever tell me about the chesed they do...

Parisian Cleaners in Teaneck Supporting Hamas

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I wanted to share with everyone something disturbing that happened yesterday. 

I went to Parisian cleaners  on Cedar Lane to bring in my post Yom Tov shirts. I told them I had just come from Israel and was met with stony silence from Hannah, the owner of the store.

 I didn't think much of it but when her son went to lift my bag he let me know that the Palestinians are equally suffering and that both sides are to blame for what's going on. I couldn't believe what was I was hearing so I pushed back by saying in what way did Israel torture babies and massacre families. He held firm that the Israelis are at fault .

 I then told them I won't be needing their services any longer. I was raised to 'vote with my wallet' meaning don't patronize stores that literally are telling me they hate me.

Tens of Thousands Hamas Supporters Come Out in London ... Hear Response from Douglas Murray

 

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IDF Soldiers Thank Those Learning Torah

 

Hamas terrorists kidnap disabled 17-year-old girl who cannot walk or talk and relies on her family feeding her through a tube and holds her hostage

 A 17-year-old girl who cannot walk or talk and relies on being fed through a tube by her family has been taken hostage by Hamas terrorists at a musical festival where they also gunned down more than 260 people.

Rut Perez, who has muscular dystrophy, and her father Eric are missing after the Supernova musical festival that was invaded by Hamas fighters as they launched a violent offensive in Israel on October 7.

Her sister Yamit has been urgently appealing on social media for anyone with information on the pair to get in touch – after she left the festival early with friends.

She has since begged Hamas to allow her father to look after Rut, also known as Ruth – if the pair are still being kept alive.

Yamit, 20, and her mother Elinor, who also uses a wheelchair, were among hundreds of families who were gathered in Tel Aviv to be briefed on efforts to bring home the 150 hostages that Hamas is believed to have taken back to Gaza following last Saturday’s incursion.

Egypt Refuses to Take in Palestinians

 

Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, reportedly speaking at a military graduation on Thursday, urged residents of Gaza to “remain on their land” rather than attempt to relocate away from the violence of the jihadist terror group Hamas and any potential retaliation from the Israeli government.

Sisi’s regime shut its border with Gaza on Tuesday after the Israeli government suggested that those seeking to flee Hamas should consider relocating to the fellow Muslim Arab country. While many Arabs and others in the Middle East enthusiastically support many of Hamas’s demands – primarily, the creation of a state of “Palestine” carved out of Israel – their governments have been hesitant to assist Palestinians in evacuating wartorn areas.

Some Egyptians speaking to the Emirati newspaper The National this week complained that their country already has “enough” refugees and, while they support the eradication of Israel, they would prefer not to take the Palestinians into their country.

The government of Israel urged over 1 million people in southern Gaza to evacuate as soon as possible on Friday in anticipation of a military siege against Hamas targets. Hamas routinely uses Palestinians as human shields, building up weapons stockpiles and establishing operational headquarters in civilian areas, forcing the Israeli government to announce military operations in advance in an attempt to save Palestinian lives.

“Gaza city is an area where military activity takes place. This evacuation is for your personal safety,” Israeli military spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari announced in a statement posted to social media on Friday, telling locals the military “will continue to operate significantly in Gaza city in the coming days, and wishes to avoid harming civilians.”