π️Lonny's War Update- October 345, 2023 - September 15, 2024 π️
π️Day 345 that 101 of our hostages in Hamas captivity
**There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!**
“I’ve never met them,But I miss them. I’ve never met them,but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them,but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!”
We’re waiting for you, all of you.
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
There is no victory until all of the hostages are home!ΧΧΧ Χ Χ¦ΧΧΧ Χ’Χ Χ©ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧΧ€ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧͺ
Red Alerts - Missile, Rocket, Drone (UAV - unmanned aerial vehicles), and Terror Attacks and Death Announcements
*6:30am - Center of country - rocket from the East - ground to ground ballistic missile launched most likely from Yemen(pro Iranian Houthis) to the center of the country (single missile that crossed many areas and caused alarms in many areas) - fell in open area, no reports of damage or injuries. The army is investigating why there was not an earlier warning of the missile*7:50am - north- hostile aircraft- Galilee regions - UAV fell in Metulla without warning siren- no injuries or damage reported
*8:20am - north - rockets - Kfar Blum, Amir, Metzuki Orvim, Ramat tRump, Sha'al, Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shemon, Lahavot Habashan, Shamir
*11:40am - north - rockets -Dovev
*12:30pm - north - rockets - Arab al Aramsha
*12:40pm - north - rockets - Kfar Yuval
*4:00pm - north - rockets - Sha'ar Yeshuv
*8:20am - north - rockets - Kfar Blum, Amir, Metzuki Orvim, Ramat tRump, Sha'al, Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shemon, Lahavot Habashan, Shamir
*11:40am - north - rockets -Dovev
*12:30pm - north - rockets - Arab al Aramsha
*12:40pm - north - rockets - Kfar Yuval
*4:00pm - north - rockets - Sha'ar Yeshuv
Hostage Updates
Family members of hostages held by Hamas speak at Paris Square in Jerusalem near the prime minister’s official residence.
Eyal Calderon, cousin of hostage Ofer Calderon, chastises the government over “the horror video” that showed the tunnel where six hostages were executed last month. A day later, Calderon alleges, cabinet members told him in a private meeting that the Philadelphi Corridor is a strategic asset that must not be forfeited.
Richelle Tzarfati, the mother of Ofir Tzarfati, whose body remains in Gaza after being killed on October 7, says the bodies of dead hostages must also be returned so that their families can lay them to rest.
Richelle Tzarfati, mother of dead hostage Ofir Tzarfati, speaks at a rally for a hostage deal at Paris Square in Jerusalem, September 14, 2024. (Iddo Schejter/Times of Israel)
Omri Shtivi, brother of hostage Idan Shtivi, addresses his brother in his speech. He says the government is not working for his release to preserve itself. “Can you believe it?” he says.
Shtivi addresses the government: “Ask yourselves what’s reversible. Philadelphi is reversible; the life of a murdered hostage isn’t.”
The Hostages Families Forum claims the anti-government, pro-hostage deal demonstration on Tel Aviv’s Begin Road has drawn hundreds of thousands of people.
At the rally, Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, reveals an audio clip recently discovered in Gaza of her son pleading with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring back the hostages — the first sign of life from him since October 7.
Along with Anat Angrest, the rally features speeches from Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker; Michal Lobanov, wife of slain hostage Alex Lobanov; Raz Ben Ami, wife of hostage Ohad Ben Ami who was herself released from captivity in the November ceasefire; friends of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, identified only as Sapir and Iddo; and, via video message, Adina Bar-Shalom, daughter of the late former chief rabbi and Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, and herself a celebrated educator.
Speaking at the rally, Einav Zangauker charges that her son was snatched and is held captive by none other than Netanyahu, “a single lying leader.”
She repeats her weeks-old statement that Mossad chief David Barnea had told her that “in the current political constellation there is no chance for a deal”— a claim denied by the spy chief.
Michal Lobanov, wife of slain hostage Alex Lobanov, speaks at a rally against the government and for ahostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
“Deny as much as you want,” she says. Michal Lobanov, who was pregnant when her husband Alex was kidnapped from the Re’im-area Supernova rave on October 7, tells the crowd her “heart was murdered in Gaza.”
Alex Lobanov was one of six hostages Hamas executed two weeks ago, as the IDF closed in, sparking public outrage at the government’s failure to secure a hostage deal.
“They will stay, forever and eternally, several meters underground,” says Michal Lobanov.
Her and Alex’s son Kai — born months after Lobanov was abducted — looks like a “copy of dad,” she says.
“Will he ever feel safe without his father?” she asks. The crowd yells: “Sorry!”
Raz Ben Ami says that already in November, when she was released, she knew that if the hostages “don’t come back now, they’ll come back in coffins.”
“In the meantime I was right,” she adds. “I’m sick of the military pressure, which so far has only killed them.
Raz Ben Ami, wife of hostage Ohad Ben Ami and a former hostage herself, speaks at a rally against the government and for a hostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
” Iddo and Sapir, friends of Gali and Ziv Berman from the southern Kibbutz Kfar Aza, noted that the twin captives turned 27 this week.
“Do they even know they had a birthday this week?” asks Iddo.
“Be strong. A little more and you’re home,” he says. Addressing the government, he says: “You have no moral right to continue abandoning them.”
Bar-Shalom, who has publicly criticized her late father’s party of failing to press for a deal, says in a video message that she was raised to put human life before all else.
“‘Anyone who saves a soul from Israel — it’s as though they upheld an entire world,'” she quotes the Talmud.
“Do we have to put these values aside?” she asks. “What makes us Jewish?”
Urging concessions as part of a hostage deal, Bar Shalom says: “Don’t think what will come later. The certainty of now trumps any future worries.”
Bar-Shalom’s brother Yitzhak Yosef — until recently Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi— has also publicly called for far-reaching concessions to secure the hostages’ immediate release.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, plays an audio clip of the hostage addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Gaza, where he is in Hamas captivity — the first public sign of life from him since October 7.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, speaks at a rally against the government and for ahostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the roughly 30-second-long clip was found recently in Gaza.
In the clip, Angrest uses terminology highly likely to have been dictated by his Hamas captors, referring to the hostages as “prisoners.”
“Netanyahu,” he says in the clip, “you must, must do this exchange between the [Palestinian] prisoners in Israel and the prisoners here. I very much want to see my family and friends, it’s very important.”
“I think you’re capable of it,” he says. “I trust you.”
Anat Angrest plays the clip of her son after her own address to the prime minister.
“Bibi,” she begins, drawing boos from the audience at the mention of the premier’s nickname.
“I thought that maybe after a year you could help me answer my children,” she says.
“Mom, is Matan eating?” goes one question asked by her kids. “Mom, do you still believe Matan will come back?” goes another.
“And the most important question: who are Ben Gvir and Smotrich” — referring to far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who harshly oppose what they term a “surrender deal.” She says that due to the two “crazies,” her son hasn’t come back yet.
“Bring me back Matan in a deal now!” she finishes.
- IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has reportedly told parents of soldiers who are held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, living and dead, that he is “not sure there will be anyone to bring home” as time passes without a deal, and that he has underlined this concern to the “political echelon.”
According to Channel 12 news, Halevi made the comments in a conversation yesterday with the parents of several soldiers who are held hostage in Gaza.
The TV channel reports several brief excerpts from the interaction, as follows:
First parent: “Military pressure is killing the hostages. We fear that our children will also come back as bodies, like the six hostages who were executed [by their captors two weeks ago]. We’re not prepared to have the IDF approach an area where the child is held.”
Second parent: “You are my son’s commander. You are also endangering my son, because if there is a chance of bringing him out in a deal, you have to protect him. We are not interested in [IDF] rescue operations. We and our children will not be able to live in peace if soldiers die in a rescue operation. We don’t want another Arnon Zmora” — an IDF officer who was killed in a June operation in which four hostages were rescued alive.
Third parent: “The responsibility is on you. You are the commander who sent him into battle. He is alive and you have to bring him back alive. And if other considerations are directing you, than that’s on your hands.”
Halevi, in response: “We will always be able to fight Hamas. Returning the hostages becomes more difficult the more time passes, and I’m not sure there’ll be anyone to return. I’ve said this to the political echelon as well.”
“So long as there is no hostage deal, we will act as much as possible to bring home the hostages. Still, we won’t be able to bring them all via military operations. We will make every effort to bring home as many as possible.”
“We are investing a great deal of effort to establish where the hostages are, and taking considerable risks as well to gather intelligence in a responsible way.”
“As regards ending the war, I can’t tell you when that will happen. We are not near the end. I think that if we don’t fight and pressure Hamas, it will take its time and it’ll be a lot harder to bring home hostages.”
“An agreement for the return of hostages is a government decision. We are doing everything to create the best conditions. That’s our responsibility to your children, I remember, and we are working in every way to return them.”
IDF
reportedly tells families it accidentally killed three hostages last year
Three hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were killed by Israeli fire, according to Hebrew media reports citing families informed of the findings.
The families of Sgt. Ron Sherman and Cpl. Nik Beizer, both 19, and civilian Elia Toledano, 28, were told by Israel Defense Forces officials that IDF fire was responsible for their deaths, following an investigation, according to the reports.
The trio, all of whom were kidnapped on October 7, were recovered from a Hamas tunnel in Jabaliya on December 14.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
In January, the IDF denied Hamas claims that the three were killed in an Israeli airstrike, saying a pathology report showed their bodies had no signs of trauma or gunfire, indicating that they were not killed directly by an airstrike or other IDF action.
Sherman’s mother, Dr. Maayan Sherman, a veterinarian, claimed that the results of that report suggested he was murdered by poison gas allegedly used by the IDF in the tunnels, accusing the government of knowingly putting the hostages at risk.
“Not by Hamas, think more in the direction of Auschwitz and the showers but without Nazis and without Hamas. Not by accidental fire, not by friendly fire, but premeditated murder: bombs with poison gas,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
In November, the IDF carried out an airstrike near the location where the bodies were found, targeting the commander of Hamas’s Northern Gaza Brigade, Ahmed Ghandour, who was hiding in a tunnel.
The IDF’s investigation at the time found that the military was not aware of hostages being held in the area at the time. link How many times do we need to hear that the military pressure is killing the hostages, not saving them before our soulless prime minister will stop with the bullshit and make a deal? Is he just waiting for all the hostages to be dead?
Oct. 7
survivor hands letter to UNICEF official urging him to help free hostages,
address needs of Israeli children
UNICEF deputy executive director Ted Chaiban meets with 17-year-old Rotem Matias, whose parents Deborah (Shahar) and Shlomi Matias were murdered in front of him by Hamas gunmen on October 7 at the family home in Kibbutz Holit.
During the meeting in Jerusalem, Rotem handed over a letter on behalf of his uncle, Prof. Aron Troen, and Prof. Hagai Levine, the head of the health team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
The letter urges UNICEF to uphold the principles of neutrality and impartiality, to take immediate action without discrimination for the release of all hostages, including Kfir and Ariel Bibas, aged nine months and four years, respectively, when they were kidnapped to Gaza on October 7, and to address the needs and human rights of all children, in accordance with UNICEFs mission of protecting all children everywhere.
It emphasizes that UNICEF must acknowledge the vast number of Israeli children suffering from the effects of war since October 7. The letter points out that over three million Israeli children are experiencing direct and indirect trauma as a result of the ongoing conflict.
Deborah Matias, 50, an American-Israeli citizen, and her husband Shlomi, 49, both musicians, were killed as they protected Rotem with their bodies.
Rotem was shot but survived, while his sisters, Shaked and Shir, were hiding out elsewhere and were unharmed.
Hostage Updates
Family members of hostages held by Hamas speak at Paris Square in Jerusalem near the prime minister’s official residence.
Eyal Calderon, cousin of hostage Ofer Calderon, chastises the government over “the horror video” that showed the tunnel where six hostages were executed last month. A day later, Calderon alleges, cabinet members told him in a private meeting that the Philadelphi Corridor is a strategic asset that must not be forfeited.
Richelle Tzarfati, the mother of Ofir Tzarfati, whose body remains in Gaza after being killed on October 7, says the bodies of dead hostages must also be returned so that their families can lay them to rest.
Richelle Tzarfati, mother of dead hostage Ofir Tzarfati, speaks at a rally for a hostage deal at Paris Square in Jerusalem, September 14, 2024. (Iddo Schejter/Times of Israel)
Omri Shtivi, brother of hostage Idan Shtivi, addresses his brother in his speech. He says the government is not working for his release to preserve itself. “Can you believe it?” he says.
Shtivi addresses the government: “Ask yourselves what’s reversible. Philadelphi is reversible; the life of a murdered hostage isn’t.”The Hostages Families Forum claims the anti-government, pro-hostage deal demonstration on Tel Aviv’s Begin Road has drawn hundreds of thousands of people.
At the rally, Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, reveals an audio clip recently discovered in Gaza of her son pleading with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring back the hostages — the first sign of life from him since October 7.
Along with Anat Angrest, the rally features speeches from Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker; Michal Lobanov, wife of slain hostage Alex Lobanov; Raz Ben Ami, wife of hostage Ohad Ben Ami who was herself released from captivity in the November ceasefire; friends of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, identified only as Sapir and Iddo; and, via video message, Adina Bar-Shalom, daughter of the late former chief rabbi and Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, and herself a celebrated educator.
Speaking at the rally, Einav Zangauker charges that her son was snatched and is held captive by none other than Netanyahu, “a single lying leader.”
She repeats her weeks-old statement that Mossad chief David Barnea had told her that “in the current political constellation there is no chance for a deal”— a claim denied by the spy chief.
Michal Lobanov, wife of slain hostage Alex Lobanov, speaks at a rally against the government and for ahostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
“Deny as much as you want,” she says. Michal Lobanov, who was pregnant when her husband Alex was kidnapped from the Re’im-area Supernova rave on October 7, tells the crowd her “heart was murdered in Gaza.”Alex Lobanov was one of six hostages Hamas executed two weeks ago, as the IDF closed in, sparking public outrage at the government’s failure to secure a hostage deal.
“They will stay, forever and eternally, several meters underground,” says Michal Lobanov.
Her and Alex’s son Kai — born months after Lobanov was abducted — looks like a “copy of dad,” she says.
“Will he ever feel safe without his father?” she asks. The crowd yells: “Sorry!”
Raz Ben Ami says that already in November, when she was released, she knew that if the hostages “don’t come back now, they’ll come back in coffins.”
“In the meantime I was right,” she adds. “I’m sick of the military pressure, which so far has only killed them.
Raz Ben Ami, wife of hostage Ohad Ben Ami and a former hostage herself, speaks at a rally against the government and for a hostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
” Iddo and Sapir, friends of Gali and Ziv Berman from the southern Kibbutz Kfar Aza, noted that the twin captives turned 27 this week.“Do they even know they had a birthday this week?” asks Iddo.
“Be strong. A little more and you’re home,” he says. Addressing the government, he says: “You have no moral right to continue abandoning them.”
Bar-Shalom, who has publicly criticized her late father’s party of failing to press for a deal, says in a video message that she was raised to put human life before all else.
“‘Anyone who saves a soul from Israel — it’s as though they upheld an entire world,'” she quotes the Talmud.
“Do we have to put these values aside?” she asks. “What makes us Jewish?”
Urging concessions as part of a hostage deal, Bar Shalom says: “Don’t think what will come later. The certainty of now trumps any future worries.”
Bar-Shalom’s brother Yitzhak Yosef — until recently Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi— has also publicly called for far-reaching concessions to secure the hostages’ immediate release.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, plays an audio clip of the hostage addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Gaza, where he is in Hamas captivity — the first public sign of life from him since October 7.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, speaks at a rally against the government and for ahostage deal, September 14, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the roughly 30-second-long clip was found recently in Gaza.
In the clip, Angrest uses terminology highly likely to have been dictated by his Hamas captors, referring to the hostages as “prisoners.”
“Netanyahu,” he says in the clip, “you must, must do this exchange between the [Palestinian] prisoners in Israel and the prisoners here. I very much want to see my family and friends, it’s very important.”
“I think you’re capable of it,” he says. “I trust you.”
Anat Angrest plays the clip of her son after her own address to the prime minister.
“Bibi,” she begins, drawing boos from the audience at the mention of the premier’s nickname.
“I thought that maybe after a year you could help me answer my children,” she says.
“Mom, is Matan eating?” goes one question asked by her kids. “Mom, do you still believe Matan will come back?” goes another.
“And the most important question: who are Ben Gvir and Smotrich” — referring to far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who harshly oppose what they term a “surrender deal.” She says that due to the two “crazies,” her son hasn’t come back yet.
“Bring me back Matan in a deal now!” she finishes.
- IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has reportedly told parents of soldiers who are held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, living and dead, that he is “not sure there will be anyone to bring home” as time passes without a deal, and that he has underlined this concern to the “political echelon.”
IDF reportedly tells families it accidentally killed three hostages last year
Three hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were killed by Israeli fire, according to Hebrew media reports citing families informed of the findings.
The families of Sgt. Ron Sherman and Cpl. Nik Beizer, both 19, and civilian Elia Toledano, 28, were told by Israel Defense Forces officials that IDF fire was responsible for their deaths, following an investigation, according to the reports.
The trio, all of whom were kidnapped on October 7, were recovered from a Hamas tunnel in Jabaliya on December 14.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
In January, the IDF denied Hamas claims that the three were killed in an Israeli airstrike, saying a pathology report showed their bodies had no signs of trauma or gunfire, indicating that they were not killed directly by an airstrike or other IDF action.
Sherman’s mother, Dr. Maayan Sherman, a veterinarian, claimed that the results of that report suggested he was murdered by poison gas allegedly used by the IDF in the tunnels, accusing the government of knowingly putting the hostages at risk.
“Not by Hamas, think more in the direction of Auschwitz and the showers but without Nazis and without Hamas. Not by accidental fire, not by friendly fire, but premeditated murder: bombs with poison gas,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
In November, the IDF carried out an airstrike near the location where the bodies were found, targeting the commander of Hamas’s Northern Gaza Brigade, Ahmed Ghandour, who was hiding in a tunnel.
The IDF’s investigation at the time found that the military was not aware of hostages being held in the area at the time. link How many times do we need to hear that the military pressure is killing the hostages, not saving them before our soulless prime minister will stop with the bullshit and make a deal? Is he just waiting for all the hostages to be dead?
Oct. 7 survivor hands letter to UNICEF official urging him to help free hostages, address needs of Israeli children
UNICEF deputy executive director Ted Chaiban meets with 17-year-old Rotem Matias, whose parents Deborah (Shahar) and Shlomi Matias were murdered in front of him by Hamas gunmen on October 7 at the family home in Kibbutz Holit.
During the meeting in Jerusalem, Rotem handed over a letter on behalf of his uncle, Prof. Aron Troen, and Prof. Hagai Levine, the head of the health team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
The letter urges UNICEF to uphold the principles of neutrality and impartiality, to take immediate action without discrimination for the release of all hostages, including Kfir and Ariel Bibas, aged nine months and four years, respectively, when they were kidnapped to Gaza on October 7, and to address the needs and human rights of all children, in accordance with UNICEFs mission of protecting all children everywhere.
It emphasizes that UNICEF must acknowledge the vast number of Israeli children suffering from the effects of war since October 7. The letter points out that over three million Israeli children are experiencing direct and indirect trauma as a result of the ongoing conflict.
Deborah Matias, 50, an American-Israeli citizen, and her husband Shlomi, 49, both musicians, were killed as they protected Rotem with their bodies.
Rotem was shot but survived, while his sisters, Shaked and Shir, were hiding out elsewhere and were unharmed.
According to Channel 12 news, Halevi made the comments in a conversation yesterday with the parents of several soldiers who are held hostage in Gaza.
The TV channel reports several brief excerpts from the interaction, as follows:
First parent: “Military pressure is killing the hostages. We fear that our children will also come back as bodies, like the six hostages who were executed [by their captors two weeks ago]. We’re not prepared to have the IDF approach an area where the child is held.”
Second parent: “You are my son’s commander. You are also endangering my son, because if there is a chance of bringing him out in a deal, you have to protect him. We are not interested in [IDF] rescue operations. We and our children will not be able to live in peace if soldiers die in a rescue operation. We don’t want another Arnon Zmora” — an IDF officer who was killed in a June operation in which four hostages were rescued alive.
Third parent: “The responsibility is on you. You are the commander who sent him into battle. He is alive and you have to bring him back alive. And if other considerations are directing you, than that’s on your hands.”
Halevi, in response: “We will always be able to fight Hamas. Returning the hostages becomes more difficult the more time passes, and I’m not sure there’ll be anyone to return. I’ve said this to the political echelon as well.”
“So long as there is no hostage deal, we will act as much as possible to bring home the hostages. Still, we won’t be able to bring them all via military operations. We will make every effort to bring home as many as possible.”
“We are investing a great deal of effort to establish where the hostages are, and taking considerable risks as well to gather intelligence in a responsible way.”
“As regards ending the war, I can’t tell you when that will happen. We are not near the end. I think that if we don’t fight and pressure Hamas, it will take its time and it’ll be a lot harder to bring home hostages.”
“An agreement for the return of hostages is a government decision. We are doing everything to create the best conditions. That’s our responsibility to your children, I remember, and we are working in every way to return them.”
Gaza
- Hamas's opening strike: The numbers behind the first 30 minutes of the October 7 surprise attack
The relentless rocket fire towards Israel on that black Saturday morning was a Hamas diversion tactic designed to stun Israel • In the first 20 minutes of the attack, about 1,500 rockets were fired at Israel, and about 1,200 Nukhba terrorists infiltrated under the cover of that deception tactic • All the numbers from the initial moments of the attack
**First publication:** 3 weeks before the anniversary of the October 7 massacre, the scale of the failure and the magnitude of the attack are still being uncovered. Last night (Saturday) we published for the first time how Hamas effectively exploited the element of surprise in the first half hour of the attack - and the inconceivable numbers.
The numbers are based on an investigation currently being conducted in the Gaza Division, and show how well-planned and coordinated Hamas was. No less importantly – how intense and high-quality their blitz was. The endless sequence of sirens early on Saturday morning of Simchat Torah appeared on screens that could barely keep up with the pace of alerts.
The first half hour of war* **6:30-6:50:** No fewer than 1,500 rockets were fired at Israel, in total in the first twenty minutes of the war more than a third of the total rockets fired on 10/7 were launched (on Saturday 10/7, 4,300 rockets were fired in total).* **6:30-6:50:** The rate of rocket fire was more than one rocket per second.* In the first minutes of the war, Hamas's goal was to stun Israel, pin everyone to shelters, and under the cover of rocket fire, carry out an infiltration into Israel.* In the first 20 minutes of the war, about 1,500 Nukhba terrorists infiltrated Israel.* **7:00:** The second wave of terrorists arrives in Israel. About 1,200 Nukhba terrorists infiltrate the country.* In total, in the first half hour of the war, about 2,700 Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel, all skilled Nukhba terrorists.
Contrary to previous assessments that hundreds of terrorists knew what was planned for 10/7 and then many more terrorists joined under the cover of fire, thousands of skilled Nukhba terrorists knew exactly what was planned. Thousands of Nukhba terrorists knew their missions, and they acted according to the plan precisely from the first minute. Despite the plan, it did not reach the eyes and ears of Israeli intelligence.
**The IDF spokesperson refused to comment on this report.**link
**The IDF spokesperson refused to comment on this report.**
Northern Israel - Lebanon/Hizbollah/Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was said to have warned security chiefs during a strategic discussion on Thursday that Israel was facing a “large-scale confrontation” with Hezbollah in the north of the country, a possibility that he contended would not diminish the military pressure on Hamas in Gaza.
According to Channel 13 news, Netanyahu believes that Israel is headed for an inevitable all-out confrontation with Hezbollah, as a diplomatic solution that could bring an end to the near-daily cross-border clashes with the Lebanese terror group has remained elusive.
Citing an unnamed Netanyahu associate, Channel 13 reported that no timeline had been established for the move, which has been promised by top officials for months, and as such, it could be in weeks or months from now.
The estimation that the skirmishes with Hezbollah on the northern border, which have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of Israelis, would not be solved through a diplomatic solution was shared by the security chiefs, the report stated, and as such it was agreed that a military operation should be launched as soon as international legitimacy and IDF manpower allowed for it.
However, Channel 13 reported security officials are concerned that a wider war in the north could mean severely reducing manpower in Gaza, and so for that reason, are hesitant to proceed with any actions that could de-escalate the situation in the north any further.
The Kan public broadcaster reported on Saturday that Netanyahu believes a full-on war in Lebanon wouldn’t diminish the IDF’s ability to place military pressure on the Hamas terror group, but Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was said to be less certain.
According to the report, Gallant has contended that while the IDF is indeed ready to take on a war against Hezbollah, it would require a reduction of forces in Gaza and could harm the chance of returning the hostages, of whom 101 are believed to still be captive in the Palestinian enclave.
Nevertheless, Jerusalem is readying to lobby countries to boost international legitimacy for a war in Lebanon, Kan reported, and will work to persuade the US that everything has been done to try and reach a diplomatic deal that could avoid war, and that all attempts have failed.
Washington is hoping to delay full-blown war, however, until at least after the November 5 presidential elections, the report stated, adding that to that end, Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein will soon present the progress that has been made with Lebanon on efforts to avert a war — efforts which Israeli and foreign sources were quoted as saying were insufficient to resolve the current tensions and daily skirmishes.
Meanwhile in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that by launching an all-out-war, Israel would not only fail to return some 100,000 people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border, but would end up displacing “hundreds of thousands” more.
Naim Qassem, number two in the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group, was responding to a comments made by Gallant last week, when he told Israeli troops that the country was “preparing for anything that may happen in the north.”
In a speech in Beirut, Qassem claimed Hezbollah had “no intention of going to war, as we consider that this would not be useful.”
“However,” he continued, “if Israel does unleash a war, we will face up to it — and there will be large losses on both sides.”
“If they think such a war would allow the 100,000 displaced people to return home … we issue this warning: prepare to deal with hundreds of thousands more displaced,” he added.
Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.
So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
Hezbollah has named 440 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have also been killed. link Netanyahu is again going against the security services and intelligence, risking the lives of the hostages and taking us into a full scale multifront war that the Defense Minister and security heads, as well as The US are trying to prevent. Netanyahu's dangerous decisions are based on his personal political interests and he is putting the entire country in danger, many lives will be lost, eliminating any chance of a hostage deal, expanding the refugee areas in the north where we already have 80,000 northern residents as refugees in their own country. Netanyahu is the most dangerous person in Israel today.
Report: Netanyahu at odds with Gallant over impact of Lebanon war; Israel lobbying for legitimacy
Hebrew media reports that a security cabinet discussion planned for tomorrow will be postponed to Monday.
The Kan public broadcaster says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes a full-on war in Lebanon won’t diminish Israel’s military pressure on Hamas in Gaza, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant contends that though the IDF is ready for such a war, it will require some forces to be taken out of Gaza and will harm the chances of returning hostages.
The report says Israel is readying to lobby countries to boost international legitimacy for launching a war in Lebanon, including persuading the US that everything has been done to reach a deal that would prevent a war.
Kan says Washington is aiming to delay a full-blown war until at least after the US election on November 5. It says Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein will soon present progress with Lebanon on efforts to avert a war, while quoting Israeli and foreign sources as saying these efforts aren’t sufficient to resolve the current tensions and daily skirmishes
The IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes deep in Lebanon this evening, targeting what it says were Hezbollah weapons depots in the Beqaa Valley and Baalbek region.
Additional strikes targeted the weapons depots and buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the IDF adds.
The military releases footage of the strikes. Video
Hezbollah’s second-in-command warns that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000 displaced people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border would displace “hundreds of thousands” more.
Naim Qassem, number two in the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group, says in a speech in Beirut: “We have no intention of going to war, as we consider that this would not be useful.
“However, if Israel does unleash a war, we will face up to it — and there will be large losses on both sides,” he says. “If they think such a war would allow the 100,000 displaced people to return home… we issue this warning: prepare to deal with hundreds of thousands more displaced.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was said to have warned security chiefs during a strategic discussion on Thursday that Israel was facing a “large-scale confrontation” with Hezbollah in the north of the country, a possibility that he contended would not diminish the military pressure on Hamas in Gaza.
According to Channel 13 news, Netanyahu believes that Israel is headed for an inevitable all-out confrontation with Hezbollah, as a diplomatic solution that could bring an end to the near-daily cross-border clashes with the Lebanese terror group has remained elusive.
Citing an unnamed Netanyahu associate, Channel 13 reported that no timeline had been established for the move, which has been promised by top officials for months, and as such, it could be in weeks or months from now.
The estimation that the skirmishes with Hezbollah on the northern border, which have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of Israelis, would not be solved through a diplomatic solution was shared by the security chiefs, the report stated, and as such it was agreed that a military operation should be launched as soon as international legitimacy and IDF manpower allowed for it.
However, Channel 13 reported security officials are concerned that a wider war in the north could mean severely reducing manpower in Gaza, and so for that reason, are hesitant to proceed with any actions that could de-escalate the situation in the north any further.
The Kan public broadcaster reported on Saturday that Netanyahu believes a full-on war in Lebanon wouldn’t diminish the IDF’s ability to place military pressure on the Hamas terror group, but Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was said to be less certain.
According to the report, Gallant has contended that while the IDF is indeed ready to take on a war against Hezbollah, it would require a reduction of forces in Gaza and could harm the chance of returning the hostages, of whom 101 are believed to still be captive in the Palestinian enclave.
Nevertheless, Jerusalem is readying to lobby countries to boost international legitimacy for a war in Lebanon, Kan reported, and will work to persuade the US that everything has been done to try and reach a diplomatic deal that could avoid war, and that all attempts have failed.
Washington is hoping to delay full-blown war, however, until at least after the November 5 presidential elections, the report stated, adding that to that end, Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein will soon present the progress that has been made with Lebanon on efforts to avert a war — efforts which Israeli and foreign sources were quoted as saying were insufficient to resolve the current tensions and daily skirmishes.
Meanwhile in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that by launching an all-out-war, Israel would not only fail to return some 100,000 people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border, but would end up displacing “hundreds of thousands” more.
Naim Qassem, number two in the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group, was responding to a comments made by Gallant last week, when he told Israeli troops that the country was “preparing for anything that may happen in the north.”
In a speech in Beirut, Qassem claimed Hezbollah had “no intention of going to war, as we consider that this would not be useful.”
“However,” he continued, “if Israel does unleash a war, we will face up to it — and there will be large losses on both sides.”
“If they think such a war would allow the 100,000 displaced people to return home … we issue this warning: prepare to deal with hundreds of thousands more displaced,” he added.
Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.
So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
Hezbollah has named 440 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have also been killed. link Netanyahu is again going against the security services and intelligence, risking the lives of the hostages and taking us into a full scale multifront war that the Defense Minister and security heads, as well as The US are trying to prevent. Netanyahu's dangerous decisions are based on his personal political interests and he is putting the entire country in danger, many lives will be lost, eliminating any chance of a hostage deal, expanding the refugee areas in the north where we already have 80,000 northern residents as refugees in their own country. Netanyahu is the most dangerous person in Israel today.
Report: Netanyahu at odds with Gallant over impact of Lebanon war; Israel lobbying for legitimacy
Hebrew media reports that a security cabinet discussion planned for tomorrow will be postponed to Monday.
The Kan public broadcaster says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes a full-on war in Lebanon won’t diminish Israel’s military pressure on Hamas in Gaza, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant contends that though the IDF is ready for such a war, it will require some forces to be taken out of Gaza and will harm the chances of returning hostages.
The report says Israel is readying to lobby countries to boost international legitimacy for launching a war in Lebanon, including persuading the US that everything has been done to reach a deal that would prevent a war.
Kan says Washington is aiming to delay a full-blown war until at least after the US election on November 5. It says Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein will soon present progress with Lebanon on efforts to avert a war, while quoting Israeli and foreign sources as saying these efforts aren’t sufficient to resolve the current tensions and daily skirmishes
The IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes deep in Lebanon this evening, targeting what it says were Hezbollah weapons depots in the Beqaa Valley and Baalbek region.
Additional strikes targeted the weapons depots and buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the IDF adds.
The military releases footage of the strikes. Video
Hezbollah’s second-in-command warns that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000 displaced people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border would displace “hundreds of thousands” more.
Naim Qassem, number two in the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group, says in a speech in Beirut: “We have no intention of going to war, as we consider that this would not be useful.
“However, if Israel does unleash a war, we will face up to it — and there will be large losses on both sides,” he says. “If they think such a war would allow the 100,000 displaced people to return home… we issue this warning: prepare to deal with hundreds of thousands more displaced.”
West Bank and Jerusalem and Terror attacks within Israel
Politics and the War (general news)
**"He
grabbed me by force and dragged me on the ground": An 80-year-old injured
outside Yoav Kish's house**
Former
deputy state attorney Isaac Shaham, 80, was standing outside Education Minister
Yoav Kish's house when a police officer approached and asked him to vacate the
area. After an exchange of words, the officer was filmed using force and
dragging Shaham across the floor. Shaham was injured and began to bleed from
his hand: "I asked him why we need to leave; we are not a protest group –
and he grabbed me by force," Shaham claimed. The police said: "A
handful of people who insisted on not complying with the officers were removed
using reasonable force."
**Police
violence against protesters:**
Former
deputy state attorney Isaac Shaham, a resident of Hod HaSharon, arrived this
morning (Saturday) outside Minister Yoav Kish's house with another person.
While they were standing there, a man dressed in civilian clothes with a police
hat identified himself as a police officer and asked them to leave. "I
asked him why we need to evacuate, we are not a protest group. He said that if
I didn't move, he would remove me – and then he grabbed me by force,"
Shaham, who was filmed with an injury to his hand, recounted. The police
responded: "This involved individuals who knowingly acted against a
decision based on the Attorney General's directive."
Shaham
described the events leading up to the violent eviction on X (formerly
Twitter): "I arrived near Kish's house with a young man. While I was
drinking water, one of the officers approached us and said we needed to
leave." Shaham claimed that he began speaking with the officer,
questioning why two people who were merely standing and drinking in the street,
and not even protesting, needed to leave. "I said we hadn't done anything
wrong. He said there was a court order. I asked to see it, and he said if you
don't leave, I will remove you, and he grabbed me by force."
"I
shouted 'Don't touch me, you have no right to touch me,' while simultaneously
filming and asking where the officer’s badge number was because he was in
civilian clothes," Shaham added. "He said he would show me the badge
but emphasized 'you are not filming the badge, you are only seeing it.' I
continued to tell him that he was injuring me and that he had no right to drag
me on the ground. Later, I reached beyond the barrier; there were more people
who saw that I was injured and bleeding from the joint. Someone took out a wet
wipe and cleaned the blood."
**Police
Response:**
"We
regret the attempt to present a false and distorted picture of an illegal
event. This concerns individuals who knowingly acted against a decision based
on the Attorney General's directive, which prohibits the presence of protesters
who arrived due to calls for collective attendance near the minister's house,
which are distributed weekly on social media."
"The
police engaged in respectful dialogue with the protesters near the Education
Minister’s house, who complied with the police's request to move to an
authorized area, except for a handful who insisted on not following the
officers' instructions and were ultimately removed from the area using
reasonable and measured force. During their removal, the subject of your
inquiry fell and immediately got up; contrary to the claim, he was not dragged
by anyone, and an ambulance was only called after half an hour, at his request.
We emphasize that the police place great importance on the right to protest but
regret that protesters exploit patience and tolerance to create a false 'image
of violence.'" video
The incident
this morning adds to the arrests of protesters the day before and the summons of
activist Moshe Redman, who was present at the demonstration, for interrogation
under caution at the Glilot Police Station on suspicion of assaulting security
guards of MK Edelstein. Redman was told in a phone call that if he did not
report to the station within two hours, he would be arrested. Attorney Gabi
Leski, from the Detained Persons Unit, accompanied him. After a confrontation
between the complainant who claimed assault and Redman at the police station,
Redman was released to his home under restrictive conditions. He was barred
from contacting Edelstein and the synagogue where he prays in Herzliya Pituach
for 15 days and forbidden from contacting the security guard for 30 days.
**Two days
ago in the afternoon, three Herzliya residents entered the synagogue where
Edelstein prays and placed flyers on the chairs with images of hostages and the
quote: "Send my people." The women left the synagogue without any
friction with the worshippers, but yesterday they were arrested by the police
following a complaint filed by the synagogue caretaker. The footage shows the
three women entering the empty synagogue, placing the leaflets on the chairs,
and leaving the place. Police Commissioner Danny Levy instructed an immediate
review of the events leading to the arrest of the three women on suspicion of
trespassing after they placed leaflets with images of hostages in the synagogue
where MK Yuli Edelstein prays in Herzliya. The police stated: "If it is
found that there was a flaw in the police conduct, it will be addressed
accordingly, and the necessary lessons will be learned."
link Each day we are faced with more incidents of The Police State with Ben Gvir's Militia acting on laws that they create on the stop which are totally against both the Attorney General's directives about protests outside of politicians' homes as well as decisions by the Supreme Court. However, we have a convicted criminal as the Minister of Internal 'Insecurity' who gives directives to the police (which is against the law) and they follow them to be on his good side. We are at the beginning (maybe nearing the middle) of a very slippery slope which tramples democratic standards that are the law of the state and there is no one to defend them.
The Justice Ministry’s Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) announces that it has launched a probe into the incident in which three women were arrested for placing leaflets on seats at MK Yuli Edelstein’s synagogue calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza.
The women were questioned on suspicions including breaking and entering, but security footage showed that the synagogue was open when they entered to place the leaflets on congregants’ seats. One of the three said she was arrested and handcuffed at home in front of her young children.
Police said earlier today that “in light of the allegations” about the case’s handling, new police chief Daniel Levy had ordered a probe into the arresting officers’ conduct.
But the Kan public broadcaster says that probe will be halted now that DIPI has announced its own investigation.
A spokesperson for the State Prosecutor’s Office tells The Times of Israel that multiple probes into the same incident “usually” don’t continue in parallel, appearing to indicate the police probe is likely to close.
**"He grabbed me by force and dragged me on the ground": An 80-year-old injured outside Yoav Kish's house**
Former deputy state attorney Isaac Shaham, 80, was standing outside Education Minister Yoav Kish's house when a police officer approached and asked him to vacate the area. After an exchange of words, the officer was filmed using force and dragging Shaham across the floor. Shaham was injured and began to bleed from his hand: "I asked him why we need to leave; we are not a protest group – and he grabbed me by force," Shaham claimed. The police said: "A handful of people who insisted on not complying with the officers were removed using reasonable force."
**Police violence against protesters:**
Former deputy state attorney Isaac Shaham, a resident of Hod HaSharon, arrived this morning (Saturday) outside Minister Yoav Kish's house with another person. While they were standing there, a man dressed in civilian clothes with a police hat identified himself as a police officer and asked them to leave. "I asked him why we need to evacuate, we are not a protest group. He said that if I didn't move, he would remove me – and then he grabbed me by force," Shaham, who was filmed with an injury to his hand, recounted. The police responded: "This involved individuals who knowingly acted against a decision based on the Attorney General's directive."
Shaham described the events leading up to the violent eviction on X (formerly Twitter): "I arrived near Kish's house with a young man. While I was drinking water, one of the officers approached us and said we needed to leave." Shaham claimed that he began speaking with the officer, questioning why two people who were merely standing and drinking in the street, and not even protesting, needed to leave. "I said we hadn't done anything wrong. He said there was a court order. I asked to see it, and he said if you don't leave, I will remove you, and he grabbed me by force."
"I shouted 'Don't touch me, you have no right to touch me,' while simultaneously filming and asking where the officer’s badge number was because he was in civilian clothes," Shaham added. "He said he would show me the badge but emphasized 'you are not filming the badge, you are only seeing it.' I continued to tell him that he was injuring me and that he had no right to drag me on the ground. Later, I reached beyond the barrier; there were more people who saw that I was injured and bleeding from the joint. Someone took out a wet wipe and cleaned the blood."
**Police Response:**
"We regret the attempt to present a false and distorted picture of an illegal event. This concerns individuals who knowingly acted against a decision based on the Attorney General's directive, which prohibits the presence of protesters who arrived due to calls for collective attendance near the minister's house, which are distributed weekly on social media."
"The police engaged in respectful dialogue with the protesters near the Education Minister’s house, who complied with the police's request to move to an authorized area, except for a handful who insisted on not following the officers' instructions and were ultimately removed from the area using reasonable and measured force. During their removal, the subject of your inquiry fell and immediately got up; contrary to the claim, he was not dragged by anyone, and an ambulance was only called after half an hour, at his request. We emphasize that the police place great importance on the right to protest but regret that protesters exploit patience and tolerance to create a false 'image of violence.'" video
The incident this morning adds to the arrests of protesters the day before and the summons of activist Moshe Redman, who was present at the demonstration, for interrogation under caution at the Glilot Police Station on suspicion of assaulting security guards of MK Edelstein. Redman was told in a phone call that if he did not report to the station within two hours, he would be arrested. Attorney Gabi Leski, from the Detained Persons Unit, accompanied him. After a confrontation between the complainant who claimed assault and Redman at the police station, Redman was released to his home under restrictive conditions. He was barred from contacting Edelstein and the synagogue where he prays in Herzliya Pituach for 15 days and forbidden from contacting the security guard for 30 days.
**Two days ago in the afternoon, three Herzliya residents entered the synagogue where Edelstein prays and placed flyers on the chairs with images of hostages and the quote: "Send my people." The women left the synagogue without any friction with the worshippers, but yesterday they were arrested by the police following a complaint filed by the synagogue caretaker. The footage shows the three women entering the empty synagogue, placing the leaflets on the chairs, and leaving the place. Police Commissioner Danny Levy instructed an immediate review of the events leading to the arrest of the three women on suspicion of trespassing after they placed leaflets with images of hostages in the synagogue where MK Yuli Edelstein prays in Herzliya. The police stated: "If it is found that there was a flaw in the police conduct, it will be addressed accordingly, and the necessary lessons will be learned."
link Each day we are faced with more incidents of The Police State with Ben Gvir's Militia acting on laws that they create on the stop which are totally against both the Attorney General's directives about protests outside of politicians' homes as well as decisions by the Supreme Court. However, we have a convicted criminal as the Minister of Internal 'Insecurity' who gives directives to the police (which is against the law) and they follow them to be on his good side. We are at the beginning (maybe nearing the middle) of a very slippery slope which tramples democratic standards that are the law of the state and there is no one to defend them.
The Justice Ministry’s Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) announces that it has launched a probe into the incident in which three women were arrested for placing leaflets on seats at MK Yuli Edelstein’s synagogue calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza.
The women were questioned on suspicions including breaking and entering, but security footage showed that the synagogue was open when they entered to place the leaflets on congregants’ seats. One of the three said she was arrested and handcuffed at home in front of her young children.
Police said earlier today that “in light of the allegations” about the case’s handling, new police chief Daniel Levy had ordered a probe into the arresting officers’ conduct.
But the Kan public broadcaster says that probe will be halted now that DIPI has announced its own investigation.
A spokesperson for the State Prosecutor’s Office tells The Times of Israel that multiple probes into the same incident “usually” don’t continue in parallel, appearing to indicate the police probe is likely to close.
The Region and the World
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Personal Stories
"Do you want us to reach the extreme?": Discussion on Nova party survivors' lawsuit delayed
The court extended by 5 months the deadline for the state to submit its defense in the lawsuit of Nova party victims, who are demanding 200 million shekels. "The real enemies are not here, the case can progress after the investigations are published," said the judge. Lala Levy, who survived the massacre at the party: "They're stopping our treatments, we fight anew every day"
At the Tel Aviv District Court, the preliminary hearing for the Nova survivors' lawsuit against the state was supposed to take place this morning (Sunday), but it essentially did not occur - because the state has not yet submitted its response. With the agreement of both sides, Judge Shlomit Yaakobovich decided that the state must submit its defense statement by February 15. At the outset of the hearing, Judge Yaakobovich sought to remind that "the real enemies are not here, and that's how we should approach the lawsuit. It's clear to everyone that the lawsuit of a hundred people won't converge in one day. There will be dynamics, and it's too early to talk about it."
Remembering those killed and kidnapped at Nova
According to her, "By law, a hearing is not needed, but for another reason, I thought it would be right to have a triangular meeting of the court with the parties so we can think together about how to move things forward together. I am confident that all the plaintiffs carefully considered the timing of filing the lawsuit, I'm not criticizing that. Maybe in January, when the lawsuit was filed, we all thought we'd be in a different place where we could give a public account."
The judge added: "These days, two parallel investigations are being conducted on Nova, one by the IDF and one by the police. If this information is correct, then we are expected in a period of months that the entire public will be entitled to review them, and this is a point in time when the case can progress. If they are classified, that will also be a point in time to advance the case."
It was also determined that the state has the option to submit a request for an extension until January 15, if it believes it cannot submit the defense statement by the set date, in five months. Already in March, recall, the state requested to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming it was filed in the midst of security events, and that military investigations should be addressed first, not a campaign of civil lawsuits. The lawsuit itself was filed, as mentioned, in January by 42 victims from the Nova party in Re'im. They are suing the state for 200 million shekels, claiming that the state and security forces were negligent in everything related to the party, and it was in their power to prevent the physical and mental injuries caused to the party participants.
Lala Levy, who survived the Nova party, said outside the courthouse: "Almost a year has passed, most of us haven't returned to our lives yet, haven't returned to work. We're still fighting anew every day, fighting with every possible entity. For someone to take responsibility for what we went through. There's talk about them stopping, and they've already started to stop, the treatments that are supposed to be funded by the state."
"At the same time, the National Insurance Institute is making it very difficult for us to receive the money we've paid for years," she continued. "How am I supposed to take care of myself? Do you want us to be like every post-traumatic soldier who reached an extreme state and set himself on fire?"
Attorneys Anat and Gilad Ginzburg, representing the Nova victims: "We welcome the court's proposal, which has been given the force of a decision, according to which the state's request to dismiss and/or delay the lawsuit will be removed from the agenda and the Nova victims' lawsuit will begin to proceed. We expect the army to cooperate with the State Comptroller's office, which has already completed the investigation regarding the Nova events and found shocking findings, including regarding the approval and licensing of the party." link
Acronyms and Glossary
ICC - International Criminal Court in the Hague
IJC - International Court of Justice in the Hague
MDA - Magen David Adom - Israel Ambulance Corp
PA - Palestinian Authority - President Mahmud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen
PMO- Prime Minister's Office
UAV - Unmanned Aerial vehicle, Drone. Could be used for surveillance and reconnaissance, or be weaponized with missiles or contain explosives for 'suicide' explosion mission
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