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August 21, 2006
Lone Soldier: Combat
After being called to emergency reserve duty two weeks ago and much indecision on the part of the officers of how we would be utilized in the raging conflict, my unit was assigned a complicated mission. We were to penetrate some ten kilometers into Lebanon and root out and engage Hezbollah guerrillas that were concentrated in bunkers on a mountain slope facing northern Israel. Intelligence and aerial photographs described a site that was heavily fortified and defended by several cells of well-trained and equipped jihadists. Despite a sustained aerial bombardment by the air force, Katyusha rockets continued to be launched from the area into Haifa, Nahariya, Tzfat. The decision was made that the launchers could only be destroyed and the guerrillas eliminated by ground troops. The problematic nature of the action foreboded heavy casualties on our side. It’s like trying to pull a rattlesnake out of its hole without getting bitten. Mine is a demolition unit, so the mission fell on us. I was honored to be the heavy gunner that would be on the point team.
To read the rest of this gripping account of combat click here.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at August 21, 2006 10:28 AM
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Shalom from the Rock Of Gibraltar
Dont you think it is time for a revolution? The revolution needs to take place physically as in changing the Israeli Govt for its shameful behaviour, and also it needs to be a revolution in the Chareidi world, I wish we would wake up from our deep slumber. Religious Zionism with a dash of chassidut is the answer. Does this make sense?
Thanks
Posted by: SHOSHANA LEVY at August 21, 2006 04:26 PM
Shoshanah:
Makes perfect sense to us. By the way, our neighbor and friend from across the street is also from Gibraltar.
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at August 22, 2006 07:30 PM