#Hamas booby-trapped a building in #Gaza and the resulting explosions killed 7 #IDF soldiers with more injured. Another soldier was killed in a separate incident. The names of the deceased soldiers are: Tomer Grinberg (35), Roei Meldasi (23), Moshe Avram Bar On (23), Achia Daskal (19), Liel Hayo (22), Ben Shelly (26), Rom Hecht (20), and Oriya Yaakov (19). ืื"ื
The #IDF recently announced the deaths of 3 more soldiers. Yehezkel Azaria (53) was killed by a #Hezbollah drone strike on Israel's northern border. Joseph Avner Doran (26) and Shalev Zaltsman (24) were killed fighting #Hamas in #Gaza. ืื"ื
Just after Shabbat began, the #IDF announced the death of Amit Hod Ziv (19), who was killed by a #Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern Israeli border. ืื"ื.
@benkap Oct 7 came after a decade plus of "managing" the conflict with a brutal siege and cycles of retaliation by the IDF in Gaza. Why expect that more of the same will make Israelis safer?
I think that Oct 7 made it clear that the only thing that will make Israelis safer is a negotiated settlement. A permanent cease fire on humanitarian grounds is a necessary first step towards restoring the ability of both parties to negotiate. The alternative is more and more death.