IDF Updates – November 19th

IDF: A raid on the residences of senior Hamas officials in Gaza – the activity of the Paratroopers Brigade in the Rimal area IDF soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade, together with the Armored Corps, Engineering Corps and the Israeli Air Force, operated in the Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal areas in order to identify and destroy […]

Israel investigates sexual violence committed by Hamas as part of October 7 horror

Warning: this is extremely hard to read Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony and interrogations of suspects to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Women and girls caught in the rampage were brutalized sexually, as well as physically tortured and killed, witnesses to the aftermath […]

Israeli police say extreme sexual violence, rape by Hamas terrorists was systematic

Warning: this is extremely hard to read The first suggestion that Hamas terrorists committed acts of extreme sexual violence and rape against victims during their Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel came on social media early on that fateful Saturday morning six weeks ago. Two short videos, shared by the terrorists themselves, quickly emerged showing […]

What I Saw in Shifa Hospital

I spent Thursday in Shifa hospital. I was taking journalists to see the evidence of Hamas activity at the hospital firsthand, including a tunnel opening and weapons that were discovered. We were escorted there by Shaldag commandos (more on them below) and the 7th armored brigade, who drove us to the site in armored personnel […]

IDF Updates – November 18th

IDF: Following the request of the director of the Shifa Hospital, the IDF agrees to expand and assist evacuation effort of the Shifa Hospital This morning, the IDF acceded to the request of the director of the Shifa Hospital to enable additional Gazans who were in the hospital, and would like to evacuate, to do […]

Monsters Under the Bed

Most parents of daughters (I, myself, have two) go through similar experiences when raising little girls. First there’s an obsessions with sparkly unicorn dolls. Then it’s the same Disney movies on repeat until you find yourself listening to their songs in the car even though they aren’t there. But, of course, before that, there’s insisting […]

#RapeIsNotResistance

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A call to every mother in the world

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”iw” dir=”rtl”>כל מבט על התינוקת שלי גורם לי לחשוב על הילדים ששם, בשבי חמאס. מבוהלים. כלואים. מחכים שנציל אותם. הם לא יוצאים לי מהראש. אף אמא בישראל לא מצליחה לישון מאז ה-7 באוקטובר. באחד הלילות כתבתי את השיר הזה, והוא הפך לתפילה שלי בשבועות האחרונים. יותר מ-100 אמהות הגיעו להשתתף בקליפ הזה,… <a […]

A Message from Shalom