Yarden Bibas, survived over 500 days as a Prisoner of War in Gaza, only to return and eventually find out that his wife Shiri (32) and boys Ariel and Kfir had been slaughtered in captivity by Gazans who used their bare hands. Yarden sent a letter to Netanyahu, delivered during the Knesset session yesterday. See below:
Times of Israel, captured 5 March 2025.
Bereaved parents were also violently prevented from entering the Knesset observation gallery. Some parents were injured in the scuffle, while others were eventually allowed into the sound-proof observation room, called the gallery.
The Israeli Knesset was modeled after the British style of Parliament, and both have plenty of shouting and arguing between their parliament members. Evidently if the public gallery were not soundproofed, the shouting from the public would be so disruptive that the Knesset members would not be able to hear one anothers’ shouting.
The people of Israel do demand a commission of State Inquiry into the failures of Oct 7. However, there are plenty of Israeli politicians who would like to use that commission to further their own personal political goals. Netanyahu’s stance is that such a commission must be balanced, not partisan. As Bibi sees it, the retired judge who would appoint the commission is a partisan leftist, given that the judicial system has not yet been reformed. Of course the existing judicial system, while leftist, itself believes that it should always remain as such.
On the one hand, I’m not impressed by the accusations from Knesset Member Lapid against Netanyahu. It’s the same anti-Right tone as before the war, and Lapid stands to gain politically. On the other hand, I’m not impressed with Netanyahu for refusing to acknowledge the letter from Yarden Bibas, a grieving father who “failed” to protect his family using one single gun. This casts Netanyahu in a bad light, as if he himself has his own petty political aims just like so many of the others. And yet, he does have a point: what’s the use of a state commission that is unbalanced and used as a weapon against the majority political movement in the nation?
Another point remains: The head of the Shin Bet (Security Service) failed to wake Netanyahu when he knew an attack had begun. Lapid, blaming THAT on Netanyahu, seems petty for it.
Bereaved parents, invited to the Knesset observation gallery, were beaten by guards. Yarden Bibas, bereaved husband and father, and surviving POW, sent a letter which was read aloud. It’s hard to say what are the motives of the politicians involved – how much do they want “truth” and “justice” and how much do they want to preserve or advance their careers? Prayer for Israel is requested.
It was IDF soldiers indiscriminately posting photos that accidentally revealed intel to Hamas about the function and location of all buildings in the base, as well as how much time it would take for patrol and response time.
Many often wonder why more Israeli civilians are not armed. We now learn that not even all the IDF personnel were armed! These soldiers were stationed in the base just several yards (meters) away from Gaza:
Jerusalem Post, 4 March 2025 pg 1 & 7. “IDF: Social media posts aided invasion.”
Yarden Bibas in captivity refused to convert to Islam. Just before the burial of his wife Shiri and boys Ariel and Kfir, Yarden accepted a gift of a Torah scroll donated from a Jewish community in the USA.
Skip to 5 minutes to get exactly to the testimony:
What is the Hannibal Directive? It’s a strategy the Israeli Defense Force uses in desperation: shoot everything that moves, to get rid of the terrorists at any cost, even at the cost of innocent Israeli victims.
Yesterday, the bodies of Yarden Bibas’ family were laid to rest. On Oct 7, he and his wife Shiri decided that he should go out and fight Hamas, leaving Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir at home in the bomb shelter, rather than surrender together. They were taken as POWs separately, he was released around 500 days later on Feb 1 2025, and no one was able to say for sure what became of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir. Eventually after a long process, their bodies were released, and it was discovered they had been murdered in captivity after only about one week.
Times of Israel, captured 27 Feb 2025.
In a glaring spiritual misunderstanding, Yarden prayed to Shiri as if she is now capable of watching his life and giving him directions while she is departed and on the other side. Let us pray that his spiritual eyes will be enlightened.
Argentina’s President Milei ordered the release of WWII files which detail how Nazis escaped justice with help from the Argentinian president and regime at the time:
Jerusalem Post, 26 Feb 2025 pg 6.
Recall from history that Adolf Eichmann was a high-profile German Nazi who successfully escaped to Argentina at the close of the war. He was captured by the Mossad, Israel’s Secret Service, and smuggled out of Argentina to stand trial in Israel, where he was given the death sentence (one of the few times that Israel has ever issued any death sentence).
Truth is released in places where the Believers pray and take action. Argentina voted for Javier Milei, a true believer, and he announced national days of prayer and told his Cabinet they will ask YAH for solutions to fix their country. Then when they got answers, took action, the corrupt judges tried to block them legally and they had to fight more. It’s quite a testimony – look for Tucker Carlson’s interview of Javier Milei.
📰 🥲 A sad morning in Israel. This morning is the burial of the bodies from the Bibas family. Yesterday the body lf grandpa Oded Lifshitz was laid to rest. The public are lined up along the road for the procession to a closed private ceremony, which will have livestreamed eulogies. While the living family members plead for privacy, the government publishes gory details of the bare-handed, cold-blooded murder of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir after just one week of captivity as POWs. The reason: the government knows that the world mostly yawned and ignored the atrocities, and made excuses in order to support the enemies of the Jews. Both viewpoints are easy for me to understand. Of course the family doesn’t like gory details and may sue the government in court fo speaking beyond the approved words; on the other hand, the government has a task to fulfill before the eyes of the public and the world.
