Landing of the kidnapped helicopter/IDF spokesman
After a long period of mishaps, disasters, terrible coincidences and a terrible lack of luck, after a long period in which everything went wrong, all efforts failed and it seemed that time was wasted and there was no scope or horizon, we received a reminder tonight (Monday) that we have an excellent army, that How amazing and capable of shattering every shell of logic. The fighters of the Navy, the Shin Bet, the Air Force, the 13th Fleet and the 7th Armored Brigade provided us with a crazy shot of adrenaline tonight in the Hair Nail operation they led in the depths of Rafah.
This is not Entebbe, but in many ways it is difficult More, more complicated and more dangerous than Entebbe. The HMM proved once again that it is the best unit of its kind in the world.
It is good that it was declared by the previous government as the National Anti-Terrorist Unit. One of the lessons of October 7 is the need to increase the IMM (Bennett has already done it, but not enough), maybe even double it.
There is no more essential force multiplier.
Luis Herr and Fernando Marman rescued from captivity/image processing, no
The Shin Bet, after the landslide of October 7, brought crazy intelligence. The fighters of its operational unit participated in the operation, at its peak. As usual. I assume that Tali Gottlieb will publish later today that this intelligence came from the mouth of Yahya Sinvar, in a night conversation with Shakma's husband ". To all of these should be added the Air Force, the 13th Fleet (in the shell), the amazing tankmen of the 7th Brigade and everyone who took part in the work.
A person who watched the entire operation from the HML told me this morning: "There is nothing about the IMM.
Their composure, control, professionalism, it's a masterpiece.
As soon as they entered, the whole area woke up and lit up.
Every house in the neighborhood opened fire on them.
They laid hands on the abductees, killed the three armed men guarding them, and as soon as they signaled, the command activated the air force, which was constantly in the air, and dropped a powerful jet on the entire envelope to enable the rescue.
We heard the HMM all the time on the phone and it seems to me that even their tone of voice didn't rise, probably neither did their blood pressure."
Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi (center) flanked by Shin Bet Chief Ronan Bar (left) and Southern Command Commander Yaron Finkelman (right)/IDF Spokesman
As usual, after successes, the partners are numerous.
The owners of the first shares are two: the Chief of Staff and the head of the Shin Bet.
Hertzi and Ronan, Ronan and Hertzi.
They hang out together from the first moment and work shoulder to shoulder.
They commanded the operation together from the Shin Bet headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Major General of the Southern Command Yaron Finkelman, who is constantly pushing for operations of this type, commanded his part (navigation, armor, air force) of the command's headquarters. Compliments also go to the level of decision-makers headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, who should give approval for such an operation. This is not an approval Simple. It comes after a series of failures. For the first time since October 7th, our risk management has succeeded. It
is impossible not to hear the howls of joy from the shofars this morning. Some of the tweets that were tweeted by them when word of the operation became known will go into the world idolatry hall of fame. Yes, Netanyahu is coming here Credit (and he received it generously in the previous paragraph), along with Defense Minister Galant, Ministers Gantz and Eisenkot and the other members of the War Cabinet. But unlike all the other heroes of the day, he is the only one who shows up only at the medal distribution ceremony. When you have to take responsibility for less successful events, such as we received in the four months the latter in commercial quantities, he will not be there. Therefore, the principle is simple: those who accept responsibility for failures, can celebrate after successes.
Appears only during the distribution of medals.
Netanyahu/official website, Mark Israel Salem
What next?
We got proof that this kind of promotions are possible.
They also raise the possibility of a deal because Hamas is under pressure and realizes that it can lose more hostages and is faced with a sophisticated, efficient and brave adversary.
On the other hand, we must not forget the facts and the truth: time does not work in favor of the abductees.
The number of abductees who have lost their lives since October 7 in the captivity of Hamas is much greater than the number of abductees rescued by the IDF (Uri Magidish, Fernando Marman and Luis Har). Therefore, at the same time as increasing military pressure and continuing an intelligence and operational effort to bring abductees, it is necessary to conduct negotiations, submit Assertive proposals, think creatively and be willing to pay painful (but not exorbitant) prices for a deal.
That's the right dose.
The next few days are critical.
Hamas is shocked, every beep in the vicinity of abductees can provoke anger, nervousness and unnecessary actions.
We must not forget that the operation is not over.
There is still a lot of work and there will be more difficult and depressing days.
Hamas feels beaten right now, but will recover.
It's not over, until it's over, and it's not close to being over yet.
What is important is to keep your eyes on the ball (Sinwar) and move forward without mania (as we are experiencing this morning) and without depression.
With concentration, focus and fighting spirit.
How long have we waited to say this, and this is exactly the time: Kudos to the IDF, the Shin Bet, the IMM and everyone.
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