Gazans relocating back to Gaza City within hours after Israel pulled troops back to the agreed-upon yellow line on Oct 10, 2025:

2025-10-13 12:18 pm: Gazans finally released the final 20 living hostages, the big change is that Hamas had to let go of their demand that Israel completely withdraw all IDF soldiers from Gaza first. That demand did not stand, as Trump, Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar demanded that Gaza release the Israelis with only a partial IDF withdrawal to a “yellow line” within Gaza.

Now, we all know that the Israeli hostages were coerced into position as “human shields” to protect Hamas as well as all Gazans from utter destruction. Now that Hamas has given up their most prized possession, and their greatest protection, THIS would be the perfect time for the IDF, under command of the Israeli Government’s Executive Branch, to yell, “Gotcha!” and rush back from the yellow line towards the Gaza center and massacre all the Gazans that they can.

And why not? The hostages are safe, only dead hostage bodies remain, it’s a perfect time to complete the genocide. Why is this not happening?

The reason: Jews are not genocidal against anyone. Even when their enemies are genocidal against Jews, the Jews do not sink to that level. Ever. And the most Jew-hating cynicists will still say, “It’s because of the dead bodies. That’s what’s holding the Israelis back now.” Nope. Wrong.

All Jew-haters worldwide fervently wish that Israelis will return “an eye for an eye,” because that’s exactly what anyone in the world would normally do. But not the Israelis. And this annoys the nations of the world so much that they “wish” it to be true through false accusations.

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It should be obvious to any thinking person that this deal was made possible through trust in the Israelis to not commit genocide.  There has never been any Israeli genocide against anyone, ever: So Israel has that history to stand on.  Israel policy has never declared genocide on any Arab groups either verbally or in writing.  Finally, Israel’s actions in every war–remember, actions speak louder than words–have shown a deep respect for the lives of noncombatants.

Israel’s urban warfare ratio is less than two civilians (tragically) un-alived for every one combatant.  That’s less than 2:1.

USA/Britain’s ratio while fighting ISIS: 4:1.  

So if that makes Israel “genocidal,” then Britain and the USA are doubly so.

But no one, absolutely no serious person ever accused the USA or Britain of genocide because that 4:1 ratio was unparalleled in the worldwide arenas of urban warfare where terrorists willfully violate the Geneva Convention’s prohibition against hiding behind civilian human shields.  

Unparalleled until Israel blasted that human rights record right out of the water with an approximate 1.8:1 ratio (lower than 2:1 for certain). Humane armies around the world will be studying Israel’s techniques for decades to come. 

 

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Did you know that Israel has Arab Members of Knesset? Two of them were removed from the parliament hall today for disturbing the peace during Trump’s visit. Trump commented how efficiently security removed them.  If Israel is genocidal, why don’t they just kill these troublemakers? Why doesn’t Israel ever use its majority rule to simply oppress the Arab citizens? Why does Israel allow them to live at all, if Israel is genocidal against Arabs?

Video of MKs Odeh and Cassif being removed (one held up a sign accusing “genocide,” obviously untrue – otherwise how does he have the freedom to say it? and the other sign “recognize Palestine,” however next-door neighbor Jordan is already a “Palestinian state,” 85% of its population is Palestinian – but people like this try to leverage every tragedy to create more tragedy and antisemitism:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-870343

Gazans relocating back to Gaza City after Israel pulled troops back on Oct 10, 2025:

More footage of Gazans on this road, unharmed, on Oct 11, 2025 as they make their way back to Gaza City, home to one million people – 900k of whom were safely evacuated under the care of the IDF (beach road footage begins after 10 seconds of commentary): 

How difficult would it be for the IDF? These Gazans are like sitting ducks out in the open, casually walking without fear. They know the IDF has morals. Who in the West knows this?  Who in the West has chosen to be willfully ignorant of this?  

Only those who envy Israel for the moral high ground, and envy Israel for not doing as they themselves would do to their sworn enemies. 

A tip hotline phone number was plastered all over Gaza, for anyone to report information regarding an Israeli hostage.  No one called.

$100,000 prize was offered from a private source for tips leading to Israeli hostages being found – result – nothing. Netanyahu offered $5 Million per hostage, along with free passage to a safe country.  Not one Gazan ever took up the offers.  One hundred such tips would total a cost of $500 Million.  No takers.  All Gazans were complicit with Hamas in hiding the Israelis underground to use them as human shields – alongside the Gazan human shields. 

Yellow line in Gaza, marking the new location of the IDF:

 

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Sources:
Trump: "Extremism, jihadism, and antisemitism have been a disaster, they've totally backfired."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-ribs-netanyahu-ohana-for-long-speeches-that-delayed-his-departure-for-egypt-summit/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-870343

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-gazans-may-return-north-via-approved-routes-warns-against-approaching-troops/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-ceasefire-starts-as-idf-completes-partial-withdrawal-hamas-has-72-hours-to-return-hostages/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-13-2025/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-870305

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-870289

https://www.timesofisrael.com/touring-gaza-pm-vows-hamas-wont-return-to-power-offers-5-million-for-hostages/

https://jihadwatch.org/2024/11/netanyahu-offers-hostages-captors-5000000-safe-passage-from-gaza

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-offering-hostages-captors-millions-of-dollars-safe-passage-from-gaza/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-website-lets-gazans-provide-information-on-hostages-in-return-for-rewards/

https://worldisraelnews.com/entrepreneur-offers-100000-reward-to-gazans-for-hostage-info/

Rolling out the red carpet at the airport for Trump’s arrival:

The ceasefire and hostage return program began at noon on Friday 10 Oct, 2025, when the IDF withdrew to the yellow line in Gaza.

 

“Over the weekend, the IDF and Border Police say forces were dispatched to several villages in the Ramallah area where gatherings in support of Hamas were held.”

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Source: 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-cracks-down-on-shows-of-hamas-support-in-west-bank/

This is how Gaza – still in the midst of “genocide,” in a “concentration camp” and a “famine,” reacts at news of the ceasefire:

 

Basically, more songs of “death to all Jews” and “Khaybar, Khaybar ya yahud.” an ancient Arabic call to murder all Jews. Not a single starving person in sight, and all of them carry $500 smartphones.

The plan: They return 20 alive civilians who committed no crimes, and 28 dead Israeli bodies, and receive about 1,000 convicted criminals and terrorists caught in the act, who will now plan to spearhead the next Oct 7 massacres against Jewish civilians who again hopefully will be asleep in their beds and helpless in order to make things as simple as possible for the Hamas/Fatah/Islamic Jihad fighters.

Go back earlier in the video above and see that Israelis are celebrating simply that their loved ones–hostages–are scheduled for return. No racism, no retribution, no war cries, just relief.

 

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Related Video: Israelis in the streets waiting for news of Hostage releases

 

 

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IDF: The Ceasefire Agreement Came Into Effect at 12:00

“Since 12:00, IDF troops began positioning themselves along the updated deployment lines in preparation for the ceasefire agreement and the return of hostages.

“IDF troops in the Southern Command are deployed in the area and will continue to remove any immediate threat.” – IDF Spokepersons

 

And in other news, here are some shipwrecks from the First Temple Period:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-three-shipwrecks-from-biblical-times-uncovered-off-the-coast-of-israel/

 

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As is often the case, Hamas version of the story is in a different reality from that of the Israeli Defense Force.

Hamas fabricated a story about how many IDF were killed; the IDF says no Israeli families lost their sons in this incident:

 

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Source:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-takes-responsibility-for-failed-attack-on-idf-in-south-gaza-hoped-to-kidnap-soldier/

Israelis in the streets of Tel Aviv waiting for news of hostage releases:

https://x.com/jtodorg/status/1976254586232173017

 

https://x.com/jtodorg/status/1976254586232173017

 

 

Together with the Hostage and Missing Families Forum.

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Fox news has footage from the same location where I was, in Tel Aviv: 

 

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Related:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/group-dances-sings-songs-of-hope-and-peace-at-hostages-square-in-tel-aviv/


https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-09-2025/


https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tel-aviv-area-hospitals-prepare-to-treat-malnourished-hostages/


https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostages-square-volunteers-celebrate-deal-announcement-i-hope-we-can-close-up-and-go-home/

IDF: “Earlier today (Tuesday Oct 7, 2025), the IDF struck and eliminated Hezbollah terrorist Mahmoud Ali Issa in the Deir Aames area in southern Lebanon.

“The terrorist Mahmoud Ali Issa served as the local representative of Hezbollah in the Kafra area in southern Lebanon. In his position, he was responsible for the financial and military connections between Hezbollah and the residents of the village.

“In addition, the terrorist operated to seize private assets for operational terrorist use, such as renting houses to store weapons and conduct surveillance activities.

“Moreover, the IDF struck and eliminated a Hezbollah terrorist who operated an engineering vehicle in the Zibqin area in southern Lebanon.

“The terrorist was struck whilst he attempted to reestablish Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites.

“The terrorists’ activities constituted violations of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.

“The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat to the State of Israel.

“Attached is footage from the strikes on the Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon: https://bit.ly/4pZQwF5

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Source: IDF Official Release.




Recently Trump said something to the effect of, “Israel, do not annex the Judea and Samaria. It’s not gonna happen.”

This prompted a comment from my group:

“Did you see this? Does it seem like a change in direction to you? I’m pondering this, but as the Lord has said to me many time in the last year, ‘Give it time and see what develops.’”

 

Now as meetings have developed, I see this simply as Trump taking “annexation” off the table, in order to counterbalance his other plan, which is to block Europe, Australia, and the “goat nations” from authorizing a Palestinian State in Gaza, WB (Judea & Samaria).

We see that after the UN where Netanyahu was treated poorly by the antisemites, Netanyahu then went to Washington where he was treated well by the US State Department. Trump literally stood beside Netanyahu as they each gave words to the press – and pending continuing backroom discussions – did not take any questions from the media at that time.

Things are in the process: Trump and Bibi want to create a comprehensive peace with the moderate states in the Middle East choosing to partner with Israel instead of Iran – and recruiting some of those states to help out with keeping a lid on Gaza and the WB (Judea and Samaria Muslims) going forward. So – to make these deals, Trump must appear even-handed: If he’s going to oppose the creation of a PA state, he also has to oppose Israeli annexation of territory, officially. Israel can quietly continue doing so anyway, as long as it’s quiet enough to not embarrass the USA.

 

Trump has insisted no negotiations are possible with this deal. Israel has accepted, Hamas is mulling it over. Trump has effectively blocked Hamas from their normal dithering and left them with only yes and no as the possible answers.

Here in Israel on Oct 1, the sun will set in a couple hours and Yom Kippur begins. Already things are closed down for the holiday, a day of mourning and fasting and seeking forgiveness.

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Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey are calling on Hamas to accept the deal:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/qatar-egypt-and-turkey-said-to-urge-hamas-to-accept-trumps-gaza-ceasefire-proposal/

BBC warns (as Hamas mouthpiece, to test the waters??) that Hamas plans to reject the deal:

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-869173

 

How Iran spread misinformation:

 

 


Source:

Jerusalem Post, 30 Sept 2025 pg 6.