A MAJOR WIN FOR THE IDF

By Bob Walsh

 

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Shlomi Ziv, 41, and Andrey Kozlov, 27, were rescued in two separate locations in a complex special daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat in central Gaza. 

 

The Israeli Defense Force launched a raid into a refugee settlement in central Gaza on Saturday and retrieved four hostages from October 7 that were being held in the camp.  Those hostages were Noa Agramani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.  All had been at the Nova Music Festival on October 7 with Hamas attacked.  

There are still at least 120 hostages still being held by Hamas.  One of them is Ms. Agramani's boyfriend, Avinatan Or.  Israel believes that many of the remaining hostages are probably dead.  

I do not personally have a dog in this fight.  That being said I hope that the prime minister hangs tough.  Were I there I would not even consider any sort of negotiations with Hamas until every hostage had been released.  If you make deals with hostage takers you get more hostage takers.  If you kill hostage takers you get fewer hostage takers.  

The residents of Gaza voted for Hamas and still strongly support Hamas.  You reap what you sow.  My sympathy for them is limited to the point of being pretty much zero.