The Axis of Evil is becoming even more clearly defined, as news is filtering through that Russia is expected to contribute surveillance equipment and military hardware to Hezbollah, who have been given a green light by Iran to escalate the attacks against Israel.
Collaboration between Iran, Russia and North Korea in supporting terror around the world should really sound loud alarm bells in the free and civilised nations, and solidify support for Israel and Ukraine : both currently defending fragile lines between civilisation and barbarism.
Russia is now responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths since invading the Ukraine, and Israel is fighting a heroic battle to safeguard the lives of the nine million people that live in the Jewish State.
Hamas does not differentiate between the Jews it has vowed to kill, and anyone, including their own people that stand in the way of this death cult, that still, after nearly 5 months of intensive fighting, is holding onto its power base.
Much of the firing power of Hamas has been destroyed, but the IDF continue to find weapons and launching pads. This week a huge underground tunnel that led right across the strip was discovered in the north of Gaza and explained how the terrorists were still managing to move freely around from the north to the centre. The IDF are destroying the tunnel. It is thought that their Gaza leader Sinwar remains deep in a tunnel around Khan Yunis, together with some of the hostages.
A million and a half civilians are crowded into Rafah, which is the last stronghold of Hamas, and they are being used as human shields to protect the terrorists. Israel is going to have to make a very difficult decision about how to extract the terrorists while minimising the harm to civilians.
There is very little international support for an all out-assault on Rafah. In fact, the USA, Israel’s most important ally is putting Israel under extreme pressure not to enter Rafah and there are reports of possible sanctions against companies that make the Iron Dome parts, which are essential to the survival of millions in the path of constant rocket fire.
If Hamas is left intact to regroup and rearm, Israel is no doubt that in time they will once again repeat the 7th October.
The young children of Gaza have been educated in hatred for the past 17 years and many think martyrdom is their destiny. They have been taught that killing Jews is the highest honour they can bring to their families and the “pay to slay” policy ensures that their families enjoy a better quality of life as the payments are better than any salary.
UNWRA, supported by the tax payers of Europe via the UN, are totally responsible for spreading the message of hate and glorifying death throughout the Gazan education system. UNWRA should be listed as a terrorist organisation along with Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Boko Haram and all the other fringe groups that are exporting terror worldwide.
This culture is going to have to be addressed and dismantled by whoever eventually takes over the Gaza Strip. Israel is no longer prepared to have a murderous death cult as their neighbour.
The attacks from Hezbollah are increasing daily with a number of residential buildings in Israel’s north destroyed. 60,000 people have been forced from their homes. Today barrages of rockets have been launched and a drone, which was intercepted, was aimed at Haifa. The IDF are responding with heavy bombing on southern Lebanese towns where Hezbollah are embedded.
Despite reports of starvation and dehydration in Gaza, hundreds of trucks with aid have entered the strip each week. Thousands of desperate Gazans surrounded the 30 aid trucks today and dozens are reported killed and injured as result of trampling and being struck by the aid trucks, that were being driven by Egyptians.
A drone video shows the crowd then attempting to rush the IDF troops who fired into the air and then to the legs of those few who continued to lunge forward. Hamas originally reported 15,000 dead with some Arab newslet reporting higher casualties , but Hamas has now settled on 104 killed with over 700 injured. With such a high number of injuries and the IDF taking responsibility for only 10 casualties it is likely that Hamas themselves opened fired on the crowd. A few trucks managed to continue further north but armed men opened fire on the convoy. Of course, Arab news stations are blaming Israel for this tragic incident.
Two civilians have been murdered at a petrol staton in a small town north of Jerusalem. The gunman who was a Palestine police officer and resident of Qalandiya, armed himself with a M-16. He had previously been convicted of crimes against humanity, and was released in an earlier prisoner release deal. He was eliminated at the scene. There is concern that 2 other terrorists escaped.
Reports from Syria claim an airstrike brought down the building that houses the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Southern Damascus. Other air strikes have been reported that destroyed Hezbollah facilities. Hezbollah held areas in Lebanon are currently under attack by IAF and the IDF.
Since evacuating all Israeli residents from Gaza, 17 years ago, the successive governments of Israel allowed these organisations to flourish, which lured the people into a false sense of security, for the sake of the status quo and to appease and satisfy the international community, that literally starts to demonstrate against, and threaten Israel every single time they retaliate.
The people woke up on October 7th and the smokescreen of deterrence was lifted and the reality of our neighbours was revealed. Years and years of rockets and terror attacks around the country had become the norm, but the people will no longer consent to live like this. The delusion that the Palestinians only wanted self determination and a state of their own, which is still being promoted outside of Israel no longer holds water. The whole of Israel now understands exactly what the Palestinians want and are no longer going to be complicit in signing their own death warrants.
The Jews did not lose 6,000 souls in the War of Independence and thousands more in subsequent wars to live in a permanent state of war and terror.
It will take generations and it is not going to be an easy path. The PA that are making nosies that they are a safe pair of hands but are in fact the organisation that distributes the “pay to slay” salaries to the prisoners and the families of the martyrs!
251 soldiers have fallen
14,900 are injured
134 remain captured and held as human shields and 33 are confirmed murdered. .
Over 13,000 rockets have been fired at Israel
If the world wants to see the beginning of the end to terror, then they must support Israel to finish this very difficult task. Only then can be assured of peace and our normality can begin to look like what others take for granted.
Shabbat Shalom