Over TWO months and counting….
Still over 100 hostages in Hamas captivity…..
Hospital’s in Gaza are combat locations….
As IS apparent….
Israeli Defense Minister….“Nobody is telling us what to do,”
American President Biden maybe saying one thing in the media….
But on the other hand?….
He IS supplying Israel with ammo and weapons….
Israeli troops ARE engaged with Hamas in urban combat and suffering causalities and deaths…..
With hospitals as combat zones….
Gaza sinks desperately deeper into desolation and despair….
Dec 13, 2023 – ISW Press
Hamas conducted a complex, multi-part ambush targeting an Israeli patrol and quick reaction force (QRF) in Shujaiya’s kasbah on December 12. Hamas ambushed an Israeli fireteam entering a three-building complex during Israeli clearing operations in Shujaiya. Hamas fighters detonated an IED and fired small arms at the Israeli fireteam during the initial ambush. Israeli forces nearby lost contact with the Israeli fireteam inside the building and launched a QRF to rescue the fireteam. One Israeli force moved north of the three-building complex, while another moved south. Hamas fighters continued to attack the QRF by setting off IEDs and throwing grenades at Israeli forces. Israel recovered the bodies of the Israeli fireteam, but five additional Israeli soldiers died during the rescue operation including a battalion commander, three company commanders, and the “head of the Golani Brigade’s forward