“On the second floor, Louis and Fernando were held by armed Hamas terrorists”
After months of fighting, Hamas had been forced to fall back to its stronghold in Rafah on the Egyptian border.
And the pressure on Israel not to go into Rafah intensified. Not only AOC and Bernie Sanders, but Biden warned Israel not go in because of the “humanitarian impact”.
Israel went in and brought out two hostages.
The IDF said it launched several airstrikes in Rafah as a diversion for the rescue operation. The rescue unit breached the building at 1:49 a.m.
The force came down from the roof and detonated a bomb to breach a door on the second floor, eliminated the Hamas guards and picked up the two hostages. Other Hamas gunmen fired from nearby buildings, but the soldiers deployed in the street and returned fired at them in a battle that lasted for a long hour.
“On the second floor, Louis and Fernando were held by armed Hamas terrorists, who were present in the building along with terrorists who were in the adjacent buildings.
“From the moment of the breach and entry into the apartment, Yamam forces shielded Louis and Fernando with their bodies, initiating a daring battle and heavy exchanges of fire at several locations simultaneously, with many terrorists.
“The troops pulled Louis and Fernando out of the apartment and rescued them under fire, until they reached the safe zone,” Hagari continued.
This is obviously only the beginning, but it’s important because it’s the first true hostage rescue operation after Oct 7 that succeeded. After previous failures, there was a lot of hesitation over this particular op. The intel was clearly there, but Rafah was enemy territory and no one wanted to fail again. But this time it paid off.
Bringing two hostages home is a moral triumph for Israel.
After the previous hostage deal, Hamas supporters, including AOC, kept hammering home the claim that the only way to free the hostages is to cut a deal with Hamas. But cutting deals with terrorists just leads to more dead bodies and more hostages.
Finally, by leading the operation with a successful hostage rescue, Israel reversed at least some of the narrative about Rafah. The pro-Hamas crowd will double and triple down, as they always do, but after months of war, there is a moment of genuine joy.
Argentina President Javier Milei, who was recently in Israel, expressed appreciation for the rescue of the two hostages, who were Argentinian nationals, and there has been singing and dancing all over the world.
In the end, this picture says it all.
somehistory says
“Biden warned Israel not (sic) go in because of the “humanitarian impact”.”
The “humanitarian impact” in this case: the rescue of the hostages hamas was illegally holding.
Evidently, biden wanted them to continue to be held…illegally….as he’s much in favor of illegal activities.
biden and crew don’t want Israel to have any successes in this war against evil.
Neither do aoc and sanders….along with so many more.
bagsgroove says
When are they going to get rid of Forbidden Biden and all other muslim sympathizers ^
Walter Sieruk says
The heroic soldiers of the Israel Defense Force did the right thing by entering Fafah and rescuing those two Israeli hostages from those vicious murderous Muslim savages of Hamas. Saving them their lives from those cruel and vicious Hamas jihadists.
As for Joe Biden with is wicked attempt the stop the troops of the IDF from dong their duty to rescue the kidnaped prisoners in Fafah it should be obvious that Biden really doesn’t care about people reviving humanitarian aid . For Biden is evil and as its been ‘truly” said that “Evil is always looking for an excuse.”
That President, imposter Biden is only interested in aiding Hamas in its jihad against Israel and pleasing the tyrant/president Rasis , who is a strong supporter of Hamas.
The IDF rescuing the Israeli citizens who had been brutally captured by Hamas is one important part in in this war of self-defense.
As the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, wisely, had declared “The right to self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.”
Ray Jarman says
+1
Excellent points.
Walter Sieruk says
The horrible reality is that taking into account the brutal cruel malicious Islamic character of the jihadists of Hamas, those hostages who had been kidnapped did suffer unconscionable abuse from those horrendously sadistic viciousness which also includes the cold blooded murder of Hamas hostages by the jihadists of that horrendously evil jihad entity , Hamas the soldiers of the Israel Defense force did the right thing by rescuing those hostages .
Such horrific treatment of those hostages is of no surprise when taking into account the demonic brutal cruel religion that Hamas has its foundation on, which of course is Islam, Surah 5:33. 9:123.
For that demonic and murderous jihad entity, Hamas, has no limits, at all, to its horrendously horrific heinous vile evils that it so maliciously commits.
In other words, that demonic jihad entity, Hamas, with is jihadists, have no limits, at all, to its cruel heinous and vile horrendously horrific vile and heinous Islamic evils that it so maliciously and murderously commits.
Ray Jarman says
“After the previous hostage deal, Hamas supporters, including AOC, kept hammering home the claim that the only way to free the hostages is to cut a deal with Hamas. But cutting deals with terrorists just leads to more dead bodies and more hostages.”
The statement from Daniel Greenfield used to be the anthem by which the US government operated. Until Obumer, the US refused to reward terrorists and other miscreants who attempted to extort money from America by holding Americans hostage. After Obumer sent money by planes to Tehran and Ole Joe’s six billion dollars to the Khamenei evil regime, more Americans have been attacked and some are being held now by Tehran’s puppets in Gaza. It is like the turtle wondering why the scorpion stung him after taking the scorpion across the pond to which the scorpion responded that it is what he does.
clive roach says
They don’t want to listen to the US they need to do what they now they must n this is gorilla war fair witch will cost lives but will cost them a lot more if they listen to them
tgusa says
Democrats will turn on you if you don’t goose step along with their program. Take a look what democrats are doing to our country and then ask yourself, do democrats really have your best interests in mind? Democrats are reshaping the world will their democratic fascism but democrats seek power over everything else. Democrats are going to wake up one day and realize that what they have done is lose any power they had as a result of the world turning on them. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of d-rats, imo.
James Lincoln says
tgusa says,
“Democrats are going to wake up one day and realize that what they have done is lose any power they had as a result of the world turning on them”
All I can say is that I sure hope so.
tgusa says
There is something rotten in Rafah James and I more than suspect that the US and UK are knee deep in it. What are the two countries afraid that the Israelis will find in Rafah that warranted a warning not to go in there from both countries. At this point, knowing what we know no, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find that the US and UK were aiding and abetting hamas against Israel. Yeah, I think the two countries have a lot of rotten apples doing really rotten things.
Rick Olsha says
Israel can and should do whatever is necessary !!!
AM ISREAL CHAI !!!!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
You remember back in the day, when America used to be called terrorist by leftist and muslim states (the way they still are)? Well, now we’re finally matching that description