Residents of the area – be patient, we will respond, and when that happens, they may shoot [at northern Israel] more,
The State of Israel will not remain silent. We will not allow this to be put on the agenda,
Our support for Israel's security is iron-clad and unwavering against all Iranian backed terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah,
It was bound to happen,
Any reasonable person can see that the military presence is not helping to bring the hostages back,
If anything, some of these operations have endangered the hostages, and the army has also killed some by mistake,
The IDF’s military pressure on Hamas has brought many hostages back home, as it has yesterday when five bodies were recovered by the IDF’s 98th Division,
The answers he gave me were not good enough. I said: ‘If we’re doing all of this for no reason, I’m not going to participate.’ I left the next day.”
The half year in which we took part in the war effort has proven to us that military action alone will not bring the hostages home. Every day that passes endangers the lives of the hostages and the soldiers still in Gaza, and does not restore security to those living on the Gaza and northern borders,
If something happens in the north, there’s a chance I’d go, but on other hand, I know what it might be like. I know what we did in Gaza – there’s no reason to believe we’d act any differently in Lebanon.”
We were given an order. We were inside a house and our commander ordered us to burn it down.”
The IDF provides extensive training to its soldiers on them and how to act accordingly,
Suddenly, you see a building go up, or a car you’ve been following for an hour suddenly disappear into a cloud of smoke. It feels unreal,
So if we’re not bringing back the hostages, all this is doing is causing more death on our side or the Palestinian side … I can’t justify this military operation any more. I’m unwilling to be part of a military that’s doing this,
After they shot the three hostages last December, I tried to remember if I ever saw a document like this – I was supposed to,