Posted on 06/08/2024 4:52:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Egypt and Jordan, two countries that have peace treaties with Israel, condemned the Israeli rescue of four hostages on Saturday — as did officials from the European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) — over Palestinian casualties.
As Breitbart News reported, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Police, and Israel Security Agency (ISA) rescued four hostages: Noa Argamani, 25; Almog Meir Jan, 21,; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 40. The commander of the elite Israeli police anti-terror “Yamam” unit, Arnon Zamora, was wounded in the attack and later died in the hospital.
Palestinian sources claimed that over 200 people were killed, without distinguishing between terrorists and civilians.
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Evil reigns and gets stronger when POTUS is a sniveling, hateful, arrogant, ignorant, coward. May Biden’s Presidency end November, 2024.
I guess that’s what happens when you use civilians as human shields! Low life cowards! Wretched humans!
I agree. It isn’t that I am in support of innocents dying.
But in war, innocents die. If the war is worth fighting, and Israel’s is, then it is war.
Casualties of innocents, especially with a foe who ensures that happens by the tactics they use, are an unfortunate byproduct of war.
There are still American hostages in Gaza. We should be trying to rescue them, too.
the Fakestinians and their co-conspirators including the UnitedNazis...are all Satanic, evil to the core!
I got too choked up with admiration for the UN and forgot./SARC
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
(No sarcasm).
Why were civilians packed around the location of the hostages?
Civilian shields... a violation of law.
International jihad.
What kind of uber Clymers criticize a hostage rescue? I think they were mad that Israel did it all without them. They feel that their involvement was needed so the op had a better chance of failing. That’s how the EU, UN, and others like them measure success.
The Biden administration (deep state) is funding Hamas through Iran. This began with Obama who is no fan of America or Israel. By continuing Obama policies, the Biden administration enabled the Oct.7 attack on Israel.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/09/the-us-freed-6-billion-in-iranian-money-did-it/
“ Palestinian sources claimed that over 200 people were killed, without distinguishing between terrorists and civilians.”
There is no difference.
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Great opportunity for the Euro-weenies to do virtue signaling, and for the world at large to do Arab appeasement. The hostages were only Jewish hostages, after all - and as the U.S. State Department has proclaimed, Israel’s chief responsibility is to preserve Palestinian lives.
Amazing stupidy of Jordan, Egypt & EU, UN Officials.
How dare they rescue their own people...
Someone was, sarcastically, expecting the UN to work on a resolution telling Israel to return the hostages to Gaza. A possible Bee headline?
I have studied math at the Dacula Institute of Mathmathmatics & Lessons Learned the Hard Way.
4 prisoners were rescued alive and 200 (not an accurate number) civilians dead. Sounds like more Hammies need to go so that the rest of the prisoners can be saved.
“One of the most complicated hostage rescue missions in history.”
The operation to rescue the hostages from Nusayrat was named “Summer Seeds” and is defined by the IDF as one of the most complex ever for hostage rescue.
The hostages were held in a heavily civilian populated area, above ground, in buildings of 3-4 stories.
The forces stormed the two separate targets where the hostages were held, with Noa held on the first floor and Andrey, Shlomi, and Almog on the third floor of another building, hundreds of meters apart.
Hamas moved the four hostages from apartment to apartment, and the concern was that if the forces only stormed one building, the terrorists would escape with the hostages in the second building.
The Air Force gathered intelligence from the air in the last few days, and the IDF and Shin Bet created conditions to reach the targets without the terrorists shooting the hostages first, which was key to the operation’s success.
The models built by the Yamam (Israel’s counter-terrorism unit) reminded senior military officials of the models established for the Entebbe operation, with buildings, streets, and small areas for practice.
The main problem was in the apartment where Andrey, Almog, and Shlomi were held, and where Yamam fighter Arnon Zamora was killed.
The rescue took place under heavy fire, and during the disengagement, dozens of terrorists with RPGs and machine guns ran through the alleys towards the targets.
As a result, uninvolved Gazan civilians were also killed in the dense fire exchange. The military said, “The difference between success and failure in such an operation is a hair’s breadth, and we relied on exceptional technology from the Intelligence and Shin Bet. Without ground activity and maneuvering in the Gazan area, it would not have been possible to succeed in such operations.”
The IDF also noted that the rescue was made possible by Commander Zamora’s heroism. “Shin Bet and Intelligence Directorate fighters entered the lion’s den in the refugee camp and dismantled houses in areas where we hadn’t maneuvered,” they said. “This is bravery on the level of Judah Maccabee. The operation was planned for weeks with drills, rescue plans, and fires executed, alongside scenarios of cases and responses.”
The forces simultaneously broke into the two houses with special weapons developed for the operation. Immediately after extracting the hostages, the forces began to withdraw while fighting dozens of terrorists, but a vehicle with the three hostages got stuck and came under heavy fire. Division 98 forces jumped in to assist in the vehicle rescue battle, and rescue helicopters entered deep into the strip in daylight.
Three brigades participated in the rescue battle, during which Zamora was also evacuated to the hospital: Brigade 7, Paratroopers, and Kfir with Flotilla 13, along with other special forces. “The fire plan that was executed was focused but extremely powerful,” the IDF added. “The cooperation with Shin Bet and Yamam rose to several levels into a single operational system, under the direction of the Shin Bet chief and the Chief of Staff. Four keys to the operation: deception, surprise, determination, and power.”
To maintain the secrecy of the operation, thousands of soldiers in the brigades that participated in the rescue were unaware of the nature of the operation before it happened to preserve the element of surprise.
Only a handful of commanders were exposed to the operation yesterday, at various levels. These forces were positioned at the correct launch points without revealing the secret.
During the operation, soldiers were also lightly injured, mainly from shrapnel.
I did too.
If the Palestinians don’t want to be confused with terrorists then they are going to have to take out the terrorists themselves.
Until then, too bad. The Israelis have to do what they have to do to get their people back.
Ditto
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