From breitbart.com
The Israeli government denied Monday that the withdrawal of ground forces from southern Gaza on Sunday meant that it was giving up on its plan to attack Hamas in the city of Rafah and destroy the last four terrorist battalions.
Israel pulled out its troops suddenly, leaving only the Nahal Brigade to control a corridor of access from Israel into Gaza, and to prevent movement from southern to northern Gaza, keeping Hamas terrorists bottled up in the south.
The sudden movement was an apparent response to pressure from President Joe Biden, who told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted an “immediate ceasefire” after seven aid workers were inadvertently killed.
The withdrawal also came hours before Israeli negotiators left for Cairo, Egypt, perhaps striking a conciliatory posture in the hope that Hamas would release some of the remaining 130 Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza.
Israeli officials described the withdrawal as a tactical decision that would allow Israel to prepare to attack Rafah — an attack that the U.S. has opposed without an effort to evacuate civilians.
In response to a question from Breitbart News, Israeli government spokesman Avi Hyman said: “I wouldn’t read too much into the fact that we have moved soldiers in and out of anywhere.” He added that “we can move soldiers in and out very easily, and very quickly.”
Hyman added that more humanitarian aid trucks had entered Gaza on Monday than on any day since the start of the war, with over 300 trucks making their way into the territory.
Israeli society finds itself divided after six months of war, thanks to pressure from the United States, slow progress in hostage negotiations, and a resurgent opposition, picking up where it left off in protests over judicial reform in 2023.
On the left, demonstrators blame Netanyahu for slow progress in hostage talks. On the right, ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Betzalel Smotrich say that if Netanyahu does not continue the war, they will collapse the governing coalition.
Asked whether Israelis are united enough to continue the war, Hyman replied that for Israelis, April 8th is really more like October 185th. ” We still feel the pain … we still remember the sights and smells of October 7th.” Israelis were united, he said, in the conviction that the only way to make sure October 7th never happens again is to destroy Hamas. So we will plow ahead to destroy Hamas.” source
THIS is what I wanted to hear after yesterday’s rubbish which made it seem as if Israel was retreating and Hamas had ‘won.’
Israel must wipe out the last traces of Hamas. If she doesn’t complete the job, then how can they expect to not have more massacres like we saw on October 7th?
I’m with you – wipe them out and get it over with.
YES!!
I look at Bibi’s face, and it’s got this almost inscrutable half smile; indicates he knows something whoever he’s looking at- doesn’t know. It inspires confidence in me. Timing is everything.
I’m with the general. Because I think God is with the general.
And the general has nukes made in Israel by Israelis. I hope they aren’t using these Boeings from USA. They keep falling from the sky. Like a curse, brought upon ourselves, no doubt. Chinese parts + DEI=
Can any bestselling thriller match what we are living through? Actually yes- the world’s oldest best seller- The Word.
Amen – THE WORD! I have to keep reiterating to myself that GOD IS IN CONTROL. Whatever we may see, let’s remember that God sees the end from the beginning!!!
More innocent civilians are killed in America by Biden’s Buffoon Border policies and how about innocent civilians dying in Gaza because our DEI air corps dropping food in the water and people die swimming out to them. Many highly competent servicemen and women left the corps because of the vicious vax policies as well.
And because of God’s Word, we know that Israel’s enemies will all be soundly and roundly trounced, even when eventually every nation on earth is gathered against them and against the Lord.
Therein lies the key to their doom: He will never allow anyone to get away with hating or harming His people, and neither will he brook any senseless heathens thinking they are so great and wonderful that they can attack and destroy not only His people, but also Himself. By then they truly must be demented, and I can well believe it for they demonstrate daily that they must be well over halfway to that state by now.
Our Lord will return for us soon — we must keep on looking up 🙂