“With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh. The family thanks you all for your love and support and asks for privacy at this time.”
The crushing announcement from the family of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin 💔
Incredible details of the Israeli hostage rescue.
Israeli undercover agents had been staying in the neighborhood for days acting as wealthier refugees looking to rent a home. They were scoping the hostage buildings and blending in with locals.
Once the locations were confirmed, the actual rescue operation was given a green light.
The IDF team rescued Noa Argamani from her building while taking out her immediate guards in around 6 minutes.
The rescuing of the other 3 hostages in the nearby building is where things went south. There were unexpectedly about 30 armed terrorists in the building. The commandos entered via ladder directly to where the hostages were being held, but could not get them out because of a heavy firefight with the dozens of terrorists in the building. They hid the hostages in the bathroom while they took out all 30 terrorists (this is where Arnon Zamora was hit).
After escaping the building, they were then surrounded by many Hxmas fighters. Their escape vehicle was hit by 2 RPG missiles. This is when they called in reinforcements with IDF forces hitting from all sides to create an escape route for the hostages and rescue forces.
https://t.co/rQrURoEhCE
Speaking with moral clarity against the terrorism of Hamas is not about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It is not about geopolitics.
It is about human decency.
It is indecent to blame the victims of terrorism rather than the terrorists themselves.
It is indecent to glorify the terrorism of Hamas as “resistance.”
It is indecent to lionize the paragliders who gunned down 260 young Israelis at a music festival.
Decency must prevail.
There were two rallies where participants were found holding up a sign featuring the Star of David that read: “Keep the World Clean.”
The notion that the world must be “kept clean” of Jews is a genocidal antisemitic trope ripped right out of the Nazi playbook.
The first image comes from a local rally in NYC and the second comes from an overseas rally in Poland, which lost 90% of its Jewish population in the Holocaust.
Those propagating antisemitic tropes aimed at dehumanizing Jews—in order to incite violence against them—are the scum of the earth.
“I’m in the room with my wife, and I hear the gunfire directly outside my window, as well as shouting. I understand Arabic. I understood exactly what was happening: that Hamas has infiltrated our kibbutz, that there are terrorists outside my window, and that I’m locked in my house and inside my safe room with two young girls, and I don’t know if anyone is going to come to save us.”
@Yair_Rosenberg shares @amirtibon’s harrowing story.
https://t.co/Q3YtV2w5cu
In tonight’s presidential debate the President said the “Portland Sheriff” supports him. As the Multnomah County Sheriff I have never supported Donald Trump and will never support him.
Can they do a “Chopped Basic” for cooking illiterate folks like me? Give contestants tomatoes and olive oil and regular shit and I will still be like, “damn they took that stuff and made a MEAL?” Magic.
@hanthehorrible Throw back to the best practical joke I’ve ever been a part of. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guy open a stage door with more confusion on his face in my life