IDF released an audio recording of an IDF officer speaking to a Gazan man, during which he describes how Hamas is preventing people from evacuating from the northern part of the Gaza Strip by shooting at anyone who tries to drive south.
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Israel War Summary – The Blur
The days and nights are blurring together, I find myself repeatedly checking my watch to figure out if it’s Friday yet. Maybe on Shabbat I’ll be able to sleep. Maybe on Shabbat I won’t soak my pillow in tears. I wouldn’t say that I’m afraid, or even anxious. My husband and I already held our…
Israel War Summary – Day 18
222 confirmed kidnapped. 4 hostages freed. 1,400+ Israelis (total) murdered. 309 fallen soldiers. 51 police officers killed. 74% of killed civilians were identified. 4,500+ injured. 7,300+ rockets fired at Israel. 500,000+ Israelis displaced from their homes. 1 Jewish nation united in prayer, charity, and good deeds. *Hostage & Injured Updates:* In a first conversation with…
Israel War Summary – Lech Lecha
The biography of the Jewish people is what is known as the Bible. As events unfold, folds of time become revealed to us and teach us. Every portion of every week has messages for you. The interaction of events then and now have perpetual meaning for us as a people. We are graced with spiritual flashbacks; now intuition hits you in the face as Israel against all odds forms skin and tendons. There is a rhythm to the Torah. Its recital replicates all events of our people from the first kernel of Avraham Avinu who was told- “Lech lecha”-” Go to yourself.” The annals record nisayone- tests- tribulations and chronicles strong witness of faith in one G-d, the beginnings of a people in one land. Long ago, and today we return.