Itamar Revivo, head of the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, had four unbearable days. "In the enrichment lane there are 20 murdered, a real massacre, terrorists who also entered with paragliders and simply slaughtered people."
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"In Zikim, the alert squad with a civilian force managed on its own to repel the terrorists. There is no doubt that this is a very, very difficult event," Revivo told Israel Hayom.
The head of the council, who also took place in several communities in his area, strongly criticized the government and demanded that it and the decision makers "I don't know what will change, but I know what we demand. The bottom line is that the entire concept, the entire concept of defense in the surrounding communities, has completely collapsed. Everyone thought the infiltration threats were over because of the sophisticated fence."
"We were there, cutting the ribbon. Millions were invested there. We were told that there was 'only' a rocket threat and anti-tank fire. As a result, there were no forces in the area, no tanks and no one to respond in real time. Terrorists entered and returned to Gaza undisturbed! Inputs from the air, land and sea - a civilian force had to repel all this threat. We demand immediate change!"
Revivo. "They thought the threats were over", Photo: Yehuda Peretz
"Restoring the value of victory"
"We know they gathered intelligence on us – everything was discovered and collapsed in an instant. They said there was no real threat and that we controlled them intelligence. I call on decision makers to destroy the threat, strive for contact and restore the value of victory.
"Now, when we meet with people and understand that they had maps of these communities and we understand where it came from, our demand is immediate – to erase all the threat coming from Gaza. It doesn't matter to me what kind of organization it is."
Hamas terrorists at the entrance to one of the gates near the Gaza Strip,
"We must remove this threat, seize a safety zone for years to come and not allow anyone to approach. I call on the government to strengthen the existing communities, to give them real security, not false security, and to announce the establishment of new communities near the Gaza Strip, even though people are in a very big crisis."
"We are going through difficult days. We need to raise our heads. We have known crises in the past and we have overcome them. We will join forces, the authorities and the government, and make those residents return to a different and safe place, and not in false security. They ask me where to return and who to trust."
IDF soldiers in the village of Gaza, today, photo: AP
"I call on the government to expand the area surrounding the Gaza Strip at the expense of the Gaza Strip. To establish new communities today, so that they will know that whoever comes to kill us - we rise up to kill him. We will stay here. We demand that this threat called Gaza be removed from now on and forever."
Revivo addressed the residents and all the residents of the envelope and thanked them: "Thank you for your heroism and fortitude. I would like to send condolences to all the bereaved families and wish a speedy recovery to the injured and good news to the families of the missing."
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