in Hamas

On June 25, 2006, a group of “Hamas” fighters entered Israel through a 300-meter long tunnel from the Gaza Strip. One of their surprise attacks targeted the crew of an Israeli tank. After blowing up the door of the tank with a grenade launcher, they captured one of the soldiers of the crew. Two other soldiers were killed in the attack, and another was seriously injured. Together with the captured person – Corporal Gilad Shalit – the terrorists returned to the Gaza Strip through the tunnel.

It took five years and four months for Israel to recover its soldier. Scarce information was received about Shalit’s state of health and proof of life, access to him was also denied to representatives of the Red Cross. Over the course of five years, the only evidence of Shalit’s condition was one audio recording, one video and three letters. After enormous efforts and long negotiations, in which Germany and Egypt were mediators, Shalit was exchanged in 2011 for 1,027 Palestinians who were in Israeli prisons for various crimes. The total number of murders committed by the Palestinians exchanged to Gaza was 569. This was a high price to pay for the recovery of a single soldier, for which the Israeli government was also heavily criticized by the people of its own country. 280 of the released Palestinians were sentenced to life imprisonment for carrying out terrorist attacks – bombing cafes, restaurants, universities, attacks on public buses and other crimes. It was a high price Israel was willing to pay for the recovery of one soldier. Gilad Shalit was not the first Israeli soldier captured by Hamas, but he was the first that Israel managed to recover alive.

2023-11-27 22:03:00
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In the yard of Mia Schem’s house, colorful parrots fly around a fringed palm tree, squawking loudly. It is a warm, sunny day in a quiet residential area. But in this house there is an unbearable heaviness in the air. It has been 33 days since the October 7 massacre and the disappearance of 21-year-old Mia. It has been 23 days since the video released by Hamas terrorists showing the captured Mija. It’s 23 days old evidence that Miya is alive. There is no more recent news about the fate of this young woman.

In the yard of Mia Schem’s house, colorful parrots fly around a fringed palm tree, squawking loudly. It is a warm, sunny day in a quiet residential area. But in this house there is an unbearable heaviness in the air. It has been 33 days since the October 7 massacre and the disappearance of 21-year-old Mia. It has been 23 days since the video released by Hamas terrorists showing the captured Mija. It’s 23 days old evidence that Miya is alive. There is no more recent news about the fate of this young woman.

Relatives, friends, neighbors come to support mom, older brother and two younger sisters. The unfathomable horrors committed during the attack in Hamas and the condition in which the hostages were seen are the background information that does not help the relatives to overcome the ignorance about Miya’s fate.

A white Toyota pickup with armed Hamas terrorists on the streets of Gaza. A semi-naked woman with no signs of life lies face down in the cargo box of a pick-up truck with her arm and leg bent in an unnatural position. A pickup truck drives through a crowd of euphoric Gazans who are cheering for the captured woman, spitting on her, hitting the dead body with sticks. This is just one of the horrifying videos that have shocked the world of Israelis held captive by Hamas.

2023-11-21 22:03:00
#TVNET #ISRAEL #Family #Hama #captive #Miya #treated #put #barrel #gun #mouths

When rockets are fired from Gaza, Israel’s air defense systems detect their direction of flight, triggering warning sirens in threatened areas. The capital, full of people and cars, literally becomes empty in a few seconds – as if swept away.

Cars, buses and other means of transport with flashing emergency lights are standing abandoned on the streets, residents have taken refuge in the nearest bomb shelters and nearby buildings. After a short while, the Iron Dome or one of the other air defense systems activates, and loud booms are heard overhead – missiles launched by terrorists are shot down in the sky.

Israel claims that Iron Dome is about 90% effective. During the November 10 rocket attack on Tel Aviv, a piece of rocket fell on a car right in front of the Latvian Embassy and punched a hole in the roof of the car. “I don’t understand how they still have rockets to fire at us,” states one local. On October 7, the attack on Hamas began with a volley of 3,000 rockets on Israel in the first 20 minutes. Such a volume of missiles overwhelmed the capabilities of anti-aircraft defense systems. Since the beginning of the war, the number of rockets fired at Israel is about 10 thousand, most of them were fired from the Gaza Strip.

2023-11-12 22:02:00
#TVNET #Israel #Jerusalem #Sderot #refugees