It’s hard to believe 40 days have already passed since that Black Shabbat, but for the hostages and their families it must feel like 40 years .
The death count now stands at 1,200 plus and a further 52 fallen soldiers. Over 7,000 have been injured . Half a million Israelis are displaced and millions more have been confined to small safe rooms while Hamas has launched over 10,000 indiscriminate rockets at Israel.
239 remain missing and no one knows for sure how many are alive or even their state of well being, but it is confirmed a baby has been born in captivity raising the number of hostages to 240.
What we do know is that they are being held captive under ground by satanic barbarians who lack all humanity and enjoy raping and beheading. The body of one captive, Yehudit Weiss has been found and a that of a young soldier, Noa Marciano.
A deal to release 50 hostages is being mooted in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a ceasefire. Israel is under the most intense pressure possible to find the hostages and secure their release but a ceasefire which is being called for world wide will only embolden Hamas and give them a much needed break to re-group and prepare more attacks.
This week there has been a shooting attack near Jerusalem , by West Bank Hamas affiliates which stole the life of a 20 year old soldier and injured 5 others. The attackers were well armed and it is believed the three terrorists were planning a larger scale attack when apprehended,.
Hamas’s tactics of using human shields and embedding themselves in hospitals and schools is making the task facing the IDF so very difficult. The IDF have managed to enter the Al-Shifa hospital but if the hostages had been held there they were long gone from the underground network of tunnels that lay under the hospital. Evidence is being revealed that supports the theory that the hostages were taken there by over 200 Hamas operatives. Weapons, explosives and military hardware is being discovered daily, in schools , hospitals and private homes.
This is now the second hospital that the IDF has exposed as a Hamas operational centre, where the terrorists have been stealing the gas and electricity meant for the hospitals together with the aid that was entering the strip for civilians. The IDF have been trying to deliver equipment to the Shifa Hospital
The north of Gaza is totally under the control of the IDF so unless the hostages have been removed through the tunnels into Egypt, it is thought they are being held in the South which is less dense than the north.
The IDF will press on in their search for both the terrorists and the hostages as the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “There is no place in Gaza that we will not reach’.
Rocket fire continues in the North of Israel and 4 Israelis were injured. The IDF is returning fire and destroying the areas of operation in Lebanon. Eilat had sirens when hostile aircrafts were intercepted over the Red Sea before entering Israeli airspace. Sirens continue over most of Israel but the fire is less than last week.
In London, despite the government fully supporting Israel in their plight, there seems to be a significant anti Israel movement that has got together with the supporters of Hamas. Last weekend, the million man march in support of Palestine attracted 300,000 people in central London. This was comprised of Islamists, the anti Israel brigade and the useful idiots including Queers for Palestine ( like turkeys voting for Christmas!).
The Islamists have their agenda which we now know is the complete destruction of western civilisation starting with the destruction of Israel. The anti Israel brigade just jump on board anything that promotes their anti semitism even if their bed fellows are child mutilators and rapists. The useful idiots just march as they think they are supporting some sort of fight for freedom despite having zero knowledge of the facts.
They communally chant from the River to the Sea Palestine will be Free, and think they are against genocide when in fact they are chanting for the death of over 9 million people in the Jewish State. When questioned it seems that most don’t know which river or which sea they are referring to!
It is astonishing the support that the massacre has garnered and we can only believe that those calling for a ceasefire, including President Macron, would happily see it repeated time and time again as promised openly by Hamas this week !
There are no marches or call for Hamas to ceasefire despite having sent over 10,000 indiscriminate rockets into highly populated areas of Israel.
London is rather uncomfortable at this time, with the posters of the hostages being ripped down and the police having little or no power to stop the genocidal marches. The USA continues to stand firmly behind Israel.
As we enter the 6th Shabbat since that fateful day our hearts remain heavy and our prayers are with the hostages. We must try very hard not to focus on the atrocities and to keep up our strength to continue the wonderful support for the IDF that is coming from communities in the diaspora.
The ongoing daily loss of young soldiers is truly heartbreaking as they sacrifice their young lives in the hope of finding the missing. Our hearts go out to their families, but without their efforts we have no future at all at the mercy of the crazed Islamists that have now taken such a stronghold around the world.
Shabbat Shalom
Kind Regards
Carolyne Davis