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IDF announces 2 soldiers killed, 2 wounded in blast at booby-trapped tunnel in Rafah, Gaza:
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Sources: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC04052025437861432 https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-04-2025/
Culture: Tomorrow, the air raid sirens will sound for 3 minutes starting at 10 am. The nation will rise and stand still in remembrance of those who have fallen while protecting us.
This is distinguished from the day last week which was remembrance of the Shoah (Holocaust).
Then, the following day is a celebration for Independence Day. (On the 5th* of Iyar, the Second Month. In 1948, it was named as the 14th of May on the Gregorian Calendar).
I think it’s so amazing that this nation, oddly, keeps the memorial day connected with the independence day, rather than separation of some months in between. The intention is: There’s no celebration of independence without giving respect to those who sacrificed – and continue to do so – for this independence which we enjoy. And then after the mourning, immediately celebrate because this is the result of their sacrifice. So celebrating independence is another way to honor the fallen.
Israel is the most life-affirming country I’ve ever experienced.
*In the event that the 5th lands on a weekly Shabbat, the celebration day would be moved a couple days to honor the Shabbat which holds the higher position in honor.
Related:
https://jtod.org/us-archeologists-headed-to-the-ararat-mountains/
More films:
The Commandant’s Shadow – 80 years after the murder of over a million Jews in Auschwitz, Hans Jurgen Hoss, the son of the Camp Commandant, confronts his father’s sins for the first time, as he meets the camp’s survivor, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived as a cellist in the band entertaining the soldiers. 2024, 98min, IMDB 7.3, ages 14+.
Plunderer – Series: Filmed for more than five years in seven countries, this documentary reveals how Nazi art dealers continued to prosper while Jewish families struggled to regain the art that was stolen from them. 2024, IMDB 6.5, ages 14+.
Franchesca – The film delves into the story of Francesca Mann, the Jewish dancer who killed an SS officer near the gas chambers in Auschwitz, to deconstruct the myth that is gradually being built about her. Dir. Lena Chaplin, Israel, 2024. 62min, ages 14+.
Film Reviews: "Among Neighbors:" https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-851128 "The World Will Tremble:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-film-shows-how-escapees-from-1st-nazi-death-camp-revealed-final-solution-to-the-world/
Film: “The World Will Tremble” by director Lior Geller:
Not only did we have a Yemen missile attack during Shabbat, but another one this morning around 5 am:
Second Houthi missile in two days just four hours ago.
Sources: Film "The World Will Tremble" https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-film-shows-how-escapees-from-1st-nazi-death-camp-revealed-final-solution-to-the-world/ Missile 2:48 am Shabbat morning: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/missile-fired-from-yemen-triggers-sirens-across-broad-swaths-of-israel/ Missile 5:14 am this morning: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/houthi-missile-triggers-alarms-near-dead-sea-is-intercepted-idf/
Selected highlights from the IDF’s investigation:
At 6:29 a.m., Hamas launched an initial barrage of over 1,000 rockets at Israel, mostly aimed at Israeli military bases.
At 6:41 a.m., terrorists breached through the Gaza border just across from Nir Yitzhak and headed toward the kibbutz. At the same time, Maj. Chapell ordered a patrol to head for Nir Yitzhak and for the tank to head for the border.
First wave: At 7:33 a.m., the first 15 terrorists, from Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, breached into the kibbutz on foot via the main gate.
Second wave: At 9:06 a.m., a group of 25 more terrorists on a pickup truck and seven motorcycles arrived at the kibbutz.
At 9:56, terrorists from the first two waves left the kibbutz and returned to Gaza for unknown reasons.
Third wave: At 10:00 a.m., some 50 terrorists, including unaffiliated* Palestinians, entered the community. The terrorists entered 32 homes, where they looted valuables.
*Unaffiliated Palestinians in this context are Gazan residents who had not previously affiliated with either Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or any of the other terror organizations in Gaza.
For more details and video, see the article address below.
Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/nir-yitzhak-security-team-resisted-terrorists-on-oct-7-preventing-murderous-rampage/
“To understand how this betrayal came to pass, one must begin not with the fascist regime but with the Jews of Italy themselves–among the oldest communities in Europe.”
“Israel’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to article 19(2) of the Statute should not have been dismissed as premature.” –ICC Appeals Court.
Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-851409
Holocaust Remembrance Siren to sound across Israel at 10 am on 24 April 2025.
In the USA, President Trump concluded his remarks with:
“I do hereby ask the people of the United States to observe the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust from April 20 through April 27, 2025, and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camps with appropriate study, prayers, and commemoration and to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by remembering the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never repeated.”
Sources: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-851330 https://www.timesofisrael.com/hostage-families-join-holocaust-survivors-in-auschwitz-for-annual-march-of-the-living/ https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-851297 Interesting comment; Biden's "Never Again" vs Trump's: https://www.openweb.com/share/2wAJhbUdY1qC4CFQlksJvCkbAQ1
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3418683/Video-Pope-Francis-hosts-awkward-meeting-Vice-President-JD-Vance.html?mwv_rm=rta
Strategies for militarily dealing with Gaza:
“Whether the current IDF pressure will prove sufficient to increase and proliferate such scenes across Gaza remains very much to be seen…”
Shark attack:
”Witnesses at the beach said they saw blood in the water and said that they saw someone screaming for help… police officers from the Hadera station were dispatched following a report from citizens who claimed to have seen a shark attacking a diver in the water.”
They have found the belongings, but not even one finger of the 40 year old man, after a 24 hour search.
“Sharks, which are found in the area every winter, have ‘apparently reached the Caesarea and Hadera areas following a fish mortality event at the mouth of the Alexander River,’ said Itamar Avishai, scientific director of the Israeli non-profit organization EcoOcean.”
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-851051
It gets worse… apparently as the sharks gathered in the warm water outlet, dozens of people hung around in the water, amused by the large animals. The guy said to his friend “I want to swim with the sharks.” Famous last words. See photos at the Daily Mail article, linked below.
Update: Man identified as Barak Tzach, age 45.
Years ago, when a shark attacked near Sinai, an Egyptian official accused the Israeli Mossad of controlling sharks by GPS to attack Arabs.
Sources: Update: Man identified as Barak Tzach: https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-confirm-man-killed-in-shark-attack-victim-named-as-barak-tzach-45/?utm_campaign=most_popular&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end&utm_content=6 Cutting off Hamas: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-850955 Original shark article: h ttps://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-850926 Belongings found: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-851051 Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14634733/Married-father-wanted-swim-sharks-warned-not-enter-water-savaged-Israeli-beach-friend-reveals-victims-haunting-words-revealed.html Evil Israeli plot to control sharks: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/1343/Egypt/Politics-/Expert-shoots-down-conspiracy-theory-blaming-Israe.aspx Jpost: Israel rejects the notion as "too ludicrous" for comment; https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/egypt-sinai-shark-attacks-could-be-israeli-plot