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Israel Retrieves Bodies of 6 Hostages from Hamas Tunnels in Gaza
Breitbart ^ | 08/20/2024 | Joel B Pollack

Posted on 08/20/2024 4:35:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Israeli forces conducted a daring and difficult operation in the tunnels under Khan Yunis, in Gaza, on Monday night to retrieve the bodies of six hostages who died in Hamas captivity.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet, or Shabak) said in a joint statement:

Overnight (Monday), in a joint IDF and ISA operation, the bodies of the hostages Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Haim Perry were rescued from the Khan Yunis area in the Gaza Strip.

The rescue operation was conducted under the command of the 98th Division and carried out by the Paratroopers Brigade, ‘Yahalom’ Unit, and the 75th Battalion, along with ISA forces.

The operation was enabled by precise intelligence from the ISA, IDF intelligence units, and the IDF Intelligence Directorate Hostage Headquarters.

Following an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police, the IDF Manpower Directorate’s Hostage team, which is responsible for accompanying the families of the hostages, notified their families and communities today. The IDF and ISA send their heartfelt condolences to the families.

The IDF and ISA are continuing to deploy all operational and intelligence means in order to fulfill the supreme national mission of bringing back all the hostages.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: gaza; hostages; israel; tunnels
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Blinken can take his ceasefire and shove it
1 posted on 08/20/2024 4:35:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Israel needs to tell Blinken and Biden to go to Hell..................


2 posted on 08/20/2024 4:39:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Definitely time for a cease-fire /s


3 posted on 08/20/2024 4:43:48 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“...supreme national mission of bringing back all the hostages...”

The only “mission” the international community will let Israel embark upon without withering criticism.


4 posted on 08/20/2024 4:43:48 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Four of these men were late 70’s, 80. One was 35 and the last 50’s. Each of them a world.
Hamas must be eliminated, fractured and weakened so they can no longer regroup into a threat. Biden, Blinken and the rest have no conception of the reality. It is not a board game; it is survival.


5 posted on 08/20/2024 4:43:57 AM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

fn cowards this blinkin idiot and his fiends


6 posted on 08/20/2024 4:47:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They call that a rescue???


7 posted on 08/20/2024 4:48:13 AM PDT by Thomas Jerome
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To: ChicagoConservative27

hamass immediately called for the release of 6 hamass terrorists in exchange for the 6 israelis released.


8 posted on 08/20/2024 4:54:35 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Thomas Jerome

Someone can’t spell ‘recovery’.


9 posted on 08/20/2024 5:29:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Thomas Jerome
They call that a rescue???

I guess "recovery" doesn't translate well.

10 posted on 08/20/2024 5:31:46 AM PDT by null and void (Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
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To: teeman8r

I would release 60 Hamas hostages for these six.

...In pieces.


11 posted on 08/20/2024 5:32:01 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: JayGalt
Each of them a world.

I'm not familiar with that idiom.

12 posted on 08/20/2024 5:33:20 AM PDT by null and void (Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
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To: Thomas Jerome

Hamass calls a body a “ hostage” and trades bodies like chattel to Israelis, who actually value human life and dignity


13 posted on 08/20/2024 5:33:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Red Badger

Yes. RIP to the dead. Send Hamas b.stards to their virgins. Trump 24


14 posted on 08/20/2024 5:35:25 AM PDT by BigEdLB ( they wont try bcause it wont matter.)
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To: null and void
I became familiar with that idiom after Oct 7th. It is a traditional Jewish concept.

Each person—along with their beliefs and values—constitutes a world of potential, worth and promise. Whoever undermines or disrespects any person murders the infinite potential within them, and whoever encourages and uplifts others participates in the creation of endless possibilities.

My interpretation includes the realization that each person means the world to their loved ones and their loss destroys that world although that is not contained in the classic definition.

15 posted on 08/20/2024 5:41:22 AM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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WONDERFUL! Thank you so much!


16 posted on 08/20/2024 5:55:14 AM PDT by null and void (Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They have a point. /sarcasm


17 posted on 08/20/2024 6:01:45 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America and Israel.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

18 posted on 08/20/2024 6:50:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Are these bodies being kept in body bags? I doubt Hamas has kept them in refrigeration. How ghastly!


19 posted on 08/20/2024 6:58:16 AM PDT by Texan
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To: Carriage Hill

I read the article. They called it a rescue.


20 posted on 08/20/2024 7:06:26 AM PDT by Thomas Jerome
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