Author: Teddy Chadwick

UK-Israeli Emily Damari says she lost 2 fingers on Oct 7; Romi Gonen sends thanks to her community via voice message; Doron Steinbrecher’s family thanks the public on her behalf.

And now the situation then becomes even more dangerous for those left behind; so it’s crucial to pray for the 95 who remain hostage in Gaza; and for their families.

Hamas declared victory over Israel. But wait a minute, I thought they claimed it was a genocide? If both can be true, it would be the first in history:

Yes, truly, because of this deal, Hamas has declared victory, AND recruited 20,000 new fighters (the population is 2.3 million in Gaza.  The war did not significantly reduce that number):

Below, I’ve curated a few more select vids on the topic.

Messianic Israeli-American political expert and author, Joel Rosenburg:

Interview with one IDF Lieutenant, with a negative opinion on the deal:

Israeli civilian Yishai Fleischer with one citizen viewpoint, filmed just prior to the release of Romi, Emily, and Doron:

This video from Israel My Channel contains some fantastic 3D renders of the Gaza neighborhood and the UN jeeps carrying the ladies out. Give him a follow at x/israelmychannel, telegram, and patreon.

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Sources: 

Jerusalem Post, 20 Jan 2025 pg 1.

Israel HaYom, Jan 20 2025 pg. 1.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/beaming-laughing-weeping-3-freed-hostages-finally-reunite-with-loved-ones/

💥🚀 “Yemen fired another missile here to Central Israel arriving at 10:19 am today. I saw the interceptors overhead, here in town. The supposed “deal” (i think it’s a horrible deal for Israel) is supposed to go into effect at noon tomorrow. So it makes sense that the fighting has intensified.”
2025-01-18 🚀💥 Shavua Tov 6:45 PM

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Source: Jerusalem Post

Hamas has already backed out of the hostage deal prior to today’s 11 AM signing of the agreement.
(1) Hamas has fired new missiles at Jews last night and this morning, and
(2) Hamas added a new last-minute “requirement” to name their prisoners returned by Israel.
Context: prisoners in Israel’s prisons have been tried and convicted in a legal court of law; hostages in Gaza have had no due process, no court hearing, they were guilty of no crime except continuing to exist.

Clipped from the JTOD prayer group notification.

Rocket on the Roof story:  Early Tues morning around 3:05 AM, the IDF intercepted a missile heading into Israel from Yemen.  Millions of Israelis, myself included, heard the air raid sirens locally and hopped out of bed to run to the bomb shelter.  Eleven Israelis were injured while running, one died of heart attack.   Next morning, this couple discovered that the shrapnel from the missile had landed directly on their home. In fact, the reason it did not penetrate further into the house is because once thru the roof, it landed directly on the bomb shelter (“safe room”) inside Zvika’s home.

Here’s the kicker: They only noticed hours later during their morning walk.

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Couple, out for a walk after overnight sirens, find chunk of Houthi missile on their roof:  “’Aside from the unpleasantness of having a rocket land on your head, everything is okay,’ he said.”

Zvika Wexler, standing in front of his home, wearing a Yankees cap, Houthi missile on his roof didn’t fall all the way thru into the house at 3:05 am because it was stopped by the saferoom bomb shelter inside the home. They were inside that bomb shelter but didn’t notice the rocket on the roof until taking their morning walk several hours later.

Related:

Day 466: My cats woke me up when the air raid sirens sounded

“Two Arab officials told The Times of Israel on Tuesday that a ‘tense’ weekend meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Witkoff led to a breakthrough in the hostage negotiations, with the Trump aide doing more to sway the premier in a single sit-down than outgoing President Joe Biden did all year.”  

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-hell-use-gaza-ceasefires-momentum-to-expand-abraham-accords/

Sources:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/couple-out-for-walk-after-overnight-sirens-spot-piece-of-houthi-missile-on-their-roof/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-hell-use-gaza-ceasefires-momentum-to-expand-abraham-accords/




I recorded the time as 3:05 am when the cats let me know they heard the air raid sirens in towns several miles away. So the three of us headed into the bomb shelter until the alarms stopped.

I heard no explosion, so I didn’t wait the additional 10 minutes but came out of the shelter and went back to bed. This morning I see in the news that the IDF is not sure what really happened to that missile, but no impacts were reported. However there were panic attacks and 11 people were injured while running to their shelters.

Previously, there was a Houthi missile in the evening at 6:30 pm which was definitely intercepted. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen however reported it falsely as having struck its target in Israel.

I’m so thankful that my cats have learned that the air raid siren means snack time inside the bomb shelter.

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Source: Times of Israel

Major attack against Jews in Samaria was thwarted at the last minute this Shabbat:

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is behind on its electricity bills for electricity it acquires from the Israel Electric company.  The PA is the Arab government in charge of the Arab cities in Judea and Samaria:

Arab Israelis have representatives in the Congress, the Knesset of Israel (the Parliament).  Realizing that the current government could disintegrate if Netanyahu approves a hostage return deal, the Arab party has volunteered to join the coalition in case of such emergency, to keep the coalition above the needed 50% mark (61 seats out of 120 are needed), otherwise, elections are required.

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A number of Israeli Muslims are included on the list of hostages, along with Americans and members of other nations.

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It does not look that way. Netanyahu and his team of negotiators have not changed their terms, despite the lies Hamas has told the media.

• Hamas increased their terms
• Hamas holds hostages and refuses to provide a list or any proof of life.
• These are not strategies used when a party wishes to reach an agreement for peace.

The other side would argue that it’s Netanyahu that lies to prolong the war. Well even if that were true, this public statement still serves to encourage Hamas to come and negotiate better. So the end result would be better in either case if Hamas changes their strategy and actually wishes to end the conflict.

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Source: Jerusalem Post, 30 Dec 2024 pg 1

This Shabbat, Israel intercepted one missile from Yemen headed for Jerusalem at 2 am, and then an unusual long-range missile from Gaza at 4 pm headed for Jerusalem.

It’s been awhile since Gaza fired much, and even more since they used one of their precious and rare long-range missiles.

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Source:

Jerusalem Post, 29 Dec 2024 pg 9.

Israelis have collected fragments of missiles from Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen, and artist Eli Gross formed them into a 9-branched candlestick to celebrate Hanukkah:

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Source: Jerusalem Post, 29 Dec 2024 pg 4.