Horrific Update Overnight: Eight More Niftarim R”L; PM Netanyahu Addresses The Tragic News

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The IDF announced the deaths of eight more soldiers killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip overnight. This means a total of 14 Neshamos were taken from us over Shabbbos R”L. This brings the tragic death toll of slain soldiers in the ground offensive against Hamas to 152 R”L.

Staff Sgt. David Bogdanovskyi HY”D, 19, of the Combat Engineering Corps’s 603rd Battalion, from Haifa.

Staff Sgt. Orel Bashan HY”D, 20, of the Combat Engineering Corps’s 603rd Battalion, from Haifa.

Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko HY”D, 20, a squad commander in the Combat Engineering Corps’s 603rd Battalion, from Yiftah.

Staff Sgt. Itamar Shemen HY”D, 21, a paramedic in the 36th Division, from Lapid.

Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Issachar Farhi HY”D, 30, a combat medic in the Yiftah Brigade’s 7810th Battalion, from Herzliya.

Master Sgt. (res.) Eliyahu Meir Ohana HY”D, 28, Yiftah Brigade’s 7810th Battalion, from Haifa.

Sgt. First Class (res.) Elyassaf Shoshan HY”D, 23, of the 646th Brigade’s 6646th Battalion, from Jerusalem.

Sgt. First Class (res.) Ohad Ashur HY”D, 23, 646th Brigade’s 6646th Battalion, from Kfar Yona.

Following are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the start of the Government meeting at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, today:

“This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting in Gaza. On behalf of all members of the Government and the entire people of Israel, I would like to send condolences to the families of our heroic soldiers who have fallen in the war over our home. Our hearts are with the families; our hearts go out for the young lives that were cut short in their prime. We all send best wishes for a quick recovery to our wounded. The war is exacting a very heavy cost from us; however, we have no choice but to continue to fight.

As of today, our forces have eliminated many thousands of terrorists. We are continuing with full force, until the end, until victory, until we achieve all of our goals: The destruction of Hamas, the return of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will never again constitute a threat to the State of Israel.

Last night, I spoke again with President Biden. I appreciate the steadfast US position – which supports our war effort – in the UN Security Council. I told President Biden yesterday that we will fight until absolute victory – however long that takes. The US understands this.

I have seen erroneous reports to the effect that the US prevented, and is preventing, us from operational actions in the region; this is incorrect. Israel is a sovereign state. Our decisions in the war are based on our operational considerations, and I will not expand further. They are not dictated by external pressure. The decision on how to use our forces is an independent decision of the IDF and nobody else.

The goal is to accomplish the mission, all of our missions – especially the elimination of Hamas and the return of our hostages, while also doing everything to safeguard the lives of our soldiers.

Let it be clear: This will be a long war. We will fight until the end – until the hostages are returned, Hamas is eliminated and we restore security in both the north and the south.

We all support our heroic soldiers in achieving all of these goals. Together we will fight and – with G-d’s help – together we will win.”

May we only share Besuros Tovos!



1 COMMENT

  1. Each time a rocket fires into Israel, throw a bomb back – no soldiers, no foot soldiers!
    Did the Nazis give a ceasefire in the Warsaw Ghetto for “humanitarian funds”? Did they throw food parcels and money into Japan when they threw bombs into Hiroshima, Nagasaki?
    We have no friends or enemies to lose- drop the bombs – save our soldiers.
    Killing out Jewish sons, grandsons, children for Gazans to be protected? Where are the Jews marching protesting to the WH???? While BiBi’s son is being protected in Miami costing Israel millions which they do not have!!!

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