Posted on 04/24/2024 6:15:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said it was readying to deploy two reserve brigades for missions in the Gaza Strip, as the military appeared to move ahead with plans for an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it seeks to remove the Hamas terror group from its last major redoubt in the enclave.
The 679th “Yiftah” Armored Brigade and the 2nd “Carmeli” Infantry Brigade, which had been operating on the northern border, were set to take responsibility for areas of central Gaza that have remained under Israeli military control since troops largely pulled back from other areas of the Strip earlier this month, according to an Army Radio report.
The move will free up Nahal Brigade troops currently holding the central corridor to join the rest of the 162nd Division in preparing for future operations, including planned offensives in Rafah and central Gaza, military sources have said.
The mobilized brigades were to be placed under the 99th Division. During the first few months of the IDF’s ground offensive, the division had been tasked with the so-called Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip, an east-west route.
One of the brigades will again be deployed to the east-west belt dividing the Strip in two, while the second will secure a pier being built by the United States on central Gaza’s coast aimed at boosting deliveries of humanitarian aid, according to Army Radio.
Victory in the Gaza war, launched after Hamas’s cross-border massacre and kidnapping spree on October 7, is impossible without taking Rafah, crushing the terror group, and recovering any hostages there, Israel has said.
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GO BIBI!
GO BIBI!
GO BIBI!
One word from Biden about crushing an existential threat to Israel: “Don’t!”.
Get r done
GET SOME!
Turn it to rubble! (Oh, and try to save some ammunition for Columbia University!)
One of my nephews is in one of those reserve brigades - he said that everyone’s spirits are high, they are looking forward to finally destroying Hamas and hopefully freeing some of the hostages.
Pray for all of the IDF soldiers involved - they are fighting not just for their country, but for the entire civilized world.
just got done with 5 seasons of Fauda on Netflix. I thought it was pretty good. anyone else watch it? whats your take on it??
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