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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.
IDF released Go-Pro footage from last night's hostage rescue in Rafah. pic.twitter.com/aTVAugZhEN
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) February 12, 2024
“The hostages are in our hands, safe and sound”
🔴WATCH the moment hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Luis Har were rescued during the operation in Rafah yesterday: pic.twitter.com/1OXsHf9F9W
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 12, 2024
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.
The best picture in the world!
Family reunited ❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/4sNsy6xXpo— Im Tirtzu (@IMTIzionism) February 12, 2024
Brilliant work by the IDF!!!
Biden made the wrong call…… Again
In war, you take the victories where you can find them. Rescuing two hostages is certainly a victory, but finding a new ally in President Milei, ignoring irrelevant Biden and pushing further south are also victories for Netanyahu and the IDF in my book and worthy of congratulations.
Poor Old Senility Joe Biden – or, more exactly, those who pull his strings and out the words on his teleprompter – is an undependable friend but, notwithstanding this, Israel could not continue fighting the Gaza War without continuing US subsidies.
You may loathe and despise Grotesque and Absurd Donald Trump – as I do – but the ludicrous Orange Monster is Israel’s best hope.
VOTE FOR TRUMP IN NOVEMBER!
Seems like aid to Israel has continued just fine without need for the Orange Monster.
Orange man lives 24/7 inside your head, Mickorn. He’s taken up permanent residence and is living rent-free there. Under Biden’s current economic climate, it seems regnant and capricious to believe otherwise. You breathe the administration’s talking points out too much when you exhale to make anyone believe that you think differently.
While an American President who understands the importance of a stable Israeli state is paramount to the stability of the middle east, only Democrats and dorks like you believe otherwise. Just a thought here, but have you ever left your mom’s basement lately? I can promise you that I have. I’ve spent time in Israel, side by side with the IDF, installing the initial ‘Iron Dome’ in the 80’s and jumping to their shelters when the sirens called.
No focused substantial financial aid has made it to Israel since the Trump administration and probably won’t until he returns.
If I could wish anything for you, I’d wish that you could’ve been there in Haifa several months ago when Hamas missiles rained down. Experiencing it first hand is a mother and changes permanently one’s internal perspectives.
Right on target!! When you got em by the balls the heart and mind will soon follow.
When the IDF is finished in Israel-I hope they have time to come to come to DC and help clean up our mess!
Here in London too, let’s twin Gaza with the Houses of Parliament….!
People have said the response and actions by the IDF were justified. The October 7 massacre in which 1,2000 Israelis were killed, children and babies brutally murdered, 150 plus people abducted and taken from their homes or murdered, plus the 5000 rockets and more now that have hit Israeli towns, are the reason for the response of justice from Israel. Any other country would do the same thing.
This was a rescue mission. Do we see anything like this from Hamas for their own people who are used as human shields?
A truly superb accomplishment by an elite force
My fervent prayer is that, being that God knows where all the hostages are and hears the captives’ silent cries for help, may all the locations of all the hostages be revealed to the IDF. May the IDF suffer no more losses in rescuing all the hostages and recovering the bodies of those murdered.
And may God, on the heels of a swift recovery of all hostages and their safe return home, speedily grant Israel total victory against Hamas and all foes who have nothing better to do than plot the destruction of Israel and the Jews.
Up your Shaft Joe Biden your a total failure
Does anyone care what biden thinks, he is a non-essential piece of crap.
Joke Biden; just taking his orders from the hidden moo slims of the white house, and Biden his time till he can retire and sniff little children.
TaliBiden declares Netanyahu as an asshole – well that asshole proved that everything you have said about this war is totally wrong. Of course everything that demented senile terrorist has said has always been wrong
Biden kisses the Eings of Hamas Iseral shoots back
I want to say Biden Kisses the Rings of Hamas Israel shoots back
It’s an axium of leadership that you never give an order you know won’t be obeyed. Not only did biden have no right to give the order, he’s a pathetic excuse for a leader. No wonder putin invaded Ukraine. Obama, hillary, and kerry also suffer from poor leadership skills.
Joe the best thing you can do for Israel is drive your car around to hide more top secret documents and then go to your basement and fondle some young girls, and Let Israel do what’s gotta do.
Fornicate Joey (The Chin) Bidino and the remainder of The Democrat Communist Criminal Terrorist Organization of America.
Sooner or later, it’s gonna matter…
Is it not obvious that Biden admin knows where the hostages are and they are in or near Rafa and that’s therefore why there was widespread high pitched hysterical leftwing media squealing that Rafa is where Israel supposedly should never ever go.
You know I think both OBiden and Hamas fear the IDF and now fear Israel and Jews. Really really fear .I hope that’s true.
See if we can guess what Joe Biden said to the IDF about the then proposed raid:
“Don’t”
Nothing but praise for the IDF and their mission to do whats right for humanity.
YES . . . Thank you ISRAEL!