During the harrowing moments on Oct. 7, the special unit – which normally fights only alongside other commandos – improvised on its own. “A dog who was with one of our men went in to comb a house,” Lieut. Col. A. related. “He revealed the location of two terrorists, took a burst of gunfire from them, and was killed."
Video circulating on social media showed the students hiding behind closed doors in the school library with pro-Palestinian protesters banging on the doors.
Questions about the need for aerial softening, tunnel warfare, and defining the goals of the operation are being hurled into the air, and many find it altogether difficult to imagine how a large IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip would look.
The connection between Erdogan and Hamas has been long-standing. The Turkish president and the murderer Saleh al-Aruri, linked to the October 7 massacre, have been buddies for years, with Hamas having unfettered freedom to plot attacks from Turkish soil.
Israel cannot let Doha get away with being both the financial backbone of Hamas and a partner in the negotiations for the return of the kidnapped.
