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I have family serving in the IDF now, and I can tell you, I am daily pending on their survival.

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God bless the IDF and the intelligence shown in dealing with potential ambushes and hidden explosives!!! Kol Hakavod!!

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God bless the heroes from the IDF. They also defend our values of a free and democratic society.

Best wishes from Germany!

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G bless the IDF

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Be Strong, Everybody already knows of your Bravery.

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Truly thankful for the wisdom, training, and strength IDF used in the operations reported in this article. It must have been hard to show constraint when hearing the children’s voices. I am very proud of them.

My deepest condolences are extended to the IDF warriors’ families. May God’s peace comfort each broken heart.

Continuing to pray for IDF and all of Israel. May God bring peace to Jerusalem.

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I have two nephews in law serving in Gaza now. One nephew up north. One nephew in law in logistics. Outside Gaza. Another nephew in law guarding staging area outside Gaza

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So grateful.

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Dec 16
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Thank you!

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What keeps messing my brain is the amount of effort, creativity and resources both human and financial is being spent by Hamas just to destroy Israel instead of building Gaza. What a contrast to the Talpiot program? And people ask me why I am so pro-Israel!?!

Also I hope no one gets any silly ideas to boycott Israeli products because we should then boycott their products in return. I will continue to enjoy Israeli wines even if the EU increase the tax to make it unnecessarily expensive because I will continue to enjoy it at the expense of Italian, French and Spanish ones!

Le Chaim! To Life!

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Already read about this trap setup on twitter, its horrible - i was guessing that they possibly speculated that the soldiers could be distracted and fall for it in a turmoil situation that may not happened. Anyways, it was intended to take advantage of the urge to help which is very sad but possibly shows how desperate they are at this point.

Yesterday i have seen a video on twitter of a lot equipment that was confiscated apparently, a large haul of weapons and equipment ... one table there where cameras - which looked like ip cameras to monitor something.

I remembered how those type of cameras and ip cameras generally where a big topic a while ago for vulnerabilities. If such are connected to the internet there could be easy means to exploit vulnerabilities and gain intelligence remotely.. The idf possibly is best aware of such yet i thought what if not or if there are missed opportunities with such ways to find and recover hostages i just write the thought..

Anyways, its a few days since the last hostages where released and i hope and pray that there may be opportunities arise to bring them back.

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As I have to say in every comment here - because I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to all of you in the IDF -- thank you. So hugely grateful to you for defending Israel, and, in fact, protecting a world filled with a vast number of ignorant ingrates and bigots willfully too ignorant to understand that the IDF is doing the world's most important janitorial work: Eradicating the monstrous savages who have a goal of mass-murdering *non-Muslims* and not just Jews.

We Jews are just first and these Islamist monsters have been indoctrinated from toddlerhood to hate us, driven by sick dictates in Islam to mass murder Jews and other "infidels" and violently impose Islam around the globe. (Death and dhimmitude.)

I am likewise grateful for the Muslims who do not practice Islam as it is to be practiced -- as a death mission to those who believe differently -- and to the courageous Muslims who speak up at their great peril. (We Jews can be the most contentious - in a good way! - people on the planet, yet we "fight" others with points of view we disagree with only our words. Yitzak does not lop off Yonaton's head!)

These Muslims (a number of whom are in the West) who speak up are at risk, as are their families if they are still in Muslim countries or areas. Sick and evil. And why the beautiful IDF are doing such a hugely important thing, and not just for Israel.

Finally, on a humor note: Anybody notice how gorgeous and in super shape IDF soldiers are? Great contrast with the schlub terrorists -- we see where all those food aid deliveries are going -- with their hanging guts and manboobs!

Me: "Look at my hot family!" (And that includes the Arab Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Bedouin Israelis in the IDF. LOVE. YOU. ALL!!!!

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War is better avoided because people always die but if one must go to war I want to be on the right side of the argument.

To the young and seasoned IDF personnel - we want you to return safely home to your families after you have accomplished your missions - and that is our prayer for you every day 🙏

Am Israel Chai

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This is the response Israel got when it asked the Red Cross to apply pressure on Hamas to have access to hostages.

"It is not going to work because the more public pressure we seemingly would do, the more they will shut the door,” the Red Cross chief responded.

But the world expects Israel to stop an existential war because of public pressure.

Yes it is sad and tragic that three hostages lost their lives because they were misidentified in the maelstrom of the battle field but I am sure no one is smirking or rubbing their hands as Hamas do when their misfirings lead to the death of their own and then deny it. Indeed they add this number of lives lost and shift the blame to the IDF

And the world believes them!!

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Regarding the terrorists killed in the tunnel, IDF hopefully blew up the tunnel and buried the corpse. Let them enjoy eternal life in the tunnels they called home

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1 Samuel 17:50-53 CEV

David defeated Goliath with a sling and a rock. He killed him without even using a sword. David ran over and pulled out Goliath's sword. Then he used it to cut off Goliath's head. Because Jesus the Almighty God was in the front of David that guide the stone from the sling and hit the head of Goliath.

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The way Hamas terrorists tried to trap IDF soldiers is what I could have seen on "Criminal Mind" or "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" shows. A culprit who does this kind would be found guilty of first degree murder. Shouldn't Hamas terrorists be given verdicts of 'guilty' by the world instead of being exalted as 'freedom fighters' or whatever? 😠

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Dec 15
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There always be ppl who either don't understand things or intentionally use circumstance to spin the narrative...

Nice comment on spot ...

https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1735021941252399320

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