Israel and the Jewish world burst into spontaneous tears as the news of the release of four hostages started to spread.
People were sobbing in the streets and all around, as the emotion and relief that after 8 months, and, now we know much careful planning the IDF had at last, carried out a successful rescue mission.
In what was one of the most complicated missions that the IDF have been asked to carry out, they managed to rescue , under gun fire , Noa Agamani (25) from one location and Andrew Kozlov (27), Almog Meir (21), and Shlomi Ziv (40) from another location.
The operation was not without its costs. Arnon Zmora (36) gave his life to rescue the hostages and as they were being held captive not only in a civilian area but by civilians, therefore there were many civilian casualties. Almog’s father passed away from grief , hours before the news of his release reached him.
It is now known that the extensive operations that the IDF were carrying out in the centre of Gaza last week were a decoy to drain away Hamas from the area around the hostages. The world now must look at the role of “the innocent civilians in a different light”. The brain washing from nursery school of the young and the corruption that is endemic in Gaza has given Hamas an army of civilians and given the IDF the absolutely impossible task of trying to differentiate between those who are hell bent on murder and those who are just caught up in tragedy of epic proportion.
120 hostages remain in the hands of a brutal and savage cult. 116 were snatched on the Black Shabbat of October 7th and 4 others were taken previously. Their plight is tearing out of the hearts and souls of the Jewish world but no one, no one is giving up on bringing them home.
In the Jewish world and beyond we are all victims of Hamas.
The children in Israel who think running to bomb shelters is normal, fathers away from home for months on end. The poor children in the Arab world who have been breast fed hatred and are being raised to kill Jews , when they should be learning kindness and sharing in a world full of laughter and joy. Hamas are knowingly stealing childhoods that can never be replaced.
The teenagers in Israel, who are being sent to war and being asked to sacrifice their lives even before they have properly began. The youth of Gaza who believe that Jihad is a noble cause and death is preferable to life.
The Mothers and Fathers who must watch their precious children go to war, never knowing if they will return. Everyone in Israel, that tiny little country that has given the world so much, whose hearts are bleeding , who cannot sleep , who can hardly speak having to come to terms that our neighbours want us all dead and have started the process in which, in their twisted minds they actually believe they can destroy us.
Those living in countries where they thought they were valued citizens seeing their friends and neighbours support the terrorists and turn against them.
The politicians around the world should, but do not have the courage to stand up for what is right and are bowing down to the supporters of terror just to garner their votes and chase power.
Where is the courage of the western world to call out evil and to come help Israel defeat a cancer that will spread to them ? It has already metastasised on the streets of Britain and Europe, and on the university campuses in the US. There. is a marked shift in Islamic influence, threatening the freedoms that were so beautiful celebrated on DDay remembrance last week.
Hamas have brought disaster to the world and made victims of all us but they did not do this in a vacuum . This murderous death cult have been supported both morally and financially for 15 years, and have built a killing machine on the back of Europe and especially the UN. The world has been turning a blind eye while Israel has been suffering non stop rocket fire and daily terror for nearly 2 decades !
Enough is Enough !
The free world must make decisions that are unpalatable in order to preserve freedom and as much as they may find Israel’s actions unsavourary, if they were in the shoes of the Jewish State no one would hear or promote the false accusations of genocide , famine and child murders. This war could be over very quickly once Hamas loses support and sponsorship and are forced to hand over the remaining hostages and lay down their weapons.
If the world once again turn their backs and close their ears, the western civilisations together with their inherent freedoms, are looking terminal.
Kind Regards
Carolyne Davis