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Jay Zeidman- [MUST READ: HEROIC STORY]: The Jewish Chronicle documents the The inside story of Israel’s dramatic Gaza hostage rescue, a daring operation taken by a few Israelis to save their brothers who were captured by terrorists. The entire operation is recounted by Elon Perry here. On 12 May, Israel received intelligence about the location of four hostages in the Nuseirat […]

Jay Zeidman – HEROIC VIDEO: Israeli special police unit YAMAM officially released a video when they broke into Abdullah Aljamal’s apartment (Palestinian Chronicle and Al Jazeera journalist from Nuseirat, Gaza Strip) and saved three hostages.   We highly recommend Dan Senor’s most recent podcast, Call Me Back, on the successful rescue of four hostages: OPERATION ARNON – with Nadav Eyal Link: Call

Situational Update The Commander of CENTCOM, General Michael Erik Kurilla, arrived in Israel on Monday as the official guest of the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi. The commanders held a joint situational assessment on security and strategic issues, as well as joint preparations in the region, as part of the response to threats in

Jay Zeidman Aug 11, 2024 Situational Update Per Barak Ravid at Axios: President Biden, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are calling on Israel and Hamas to take part in a final round of negotiations next week to finalize a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, the three leaders

BY ENEDINA GUERRERO Chanukkah isn’t in the Torah. You won’t find its observance commanded alongside the seven Appointed Times listed in Leviticus 23 or Numbers 28–29. Yet this eight-day celebration carries profound meaning for both Jews and Christians today, especially as we navigate what it means to remain faithful to the G-d of Abraham, Isaac,

Jay Zeidman Aug 25, 2024 Another long Sunday post to read through including details on a major preemptive operation in the North that resulted in the airport closing to all flights (it has since reopened). Thank you for the continued support, and more importantly, I hope you find these reports useful. Please share with friends

Jay Zeidman Aug 28, 2024 Situational Update AIPAC writes: in a complex operation in southern Gaza, Israeli soldiers rescued 52-year-old hostage Qaid Farhan al-Qadi. Qaid is the eighth Israeli hostage to be rescued alive from Gaza, but the first rescued from a tunnel. He has since left the hospital and is returning home. Al-Qadi was found inside

Situational Update The bodies of six hostages abducted alive by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah overnight, shortly after they were murdered by terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday. The hostages were Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lubnov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 27. Goldberg-Polin, Yerushalmi, Lubnov,

Jay Zeidman Sep 04, 2024 Where to start this update? It just feels different today trying to process everything that has happened over these past few days. I have read so many articles of heartbreak and loss, of anger and frustration. To think that these 6 souls fought so hard for 330 days, only to