EIN HABESOR, Israel — President Joe Biden, the European Union, the United Nations — all the world, it seems — has been demanding Israel stop firing into Gaza and halt shooting at Hamas and to basically, give peace a chance.
But that’s a delusional way of thinking.
It’s disingenuous to think that Hamas terrorists, who want nothing more than to eradicate the Jewish people from the face of the earth, will strike a peace deal with Israel if only Israel will stop rooting out and killing Hamas.
The effects of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel by Hamas linger, especially in Gaza border areas hit hardest by the terrorists.
From Michal Uziyahu, who’s running for mayor of the Ein Habesor region, an area three miles from Gaza that was under massive assault by Hamas — this: The day opened in the early 6 a.m. hour with the head of community security telling everyone to go into their home shelters. A few minutes later, she said, the municipality began sending messages over the WhatsApp platform to stay in the safe spaces.
“There were explosions everywhere,” she said. “It was like ten, 15 minutes of constant shooting.”
Then, from within the walls of her home’s safe room, Uziyahu and her family started to see reports on WhatsApp from neighboring communities.
“Then step by step we see injured people [images, on WhatsApp]. … Then around 7:35, 37 … [they’re] saying, ‘why the army not here.’ … They’re starting to beg — please come to my community. We have people who were killed … they’re in our community, they’re in our community … and on and on and on … “
A picture of her son’s friend, Liam, taken hostage by Hamas and sitting with an assault rifle pointed at his head drives home the fact they are not in a drill. Even more shocking is the fact her son abandoned plans with his friend, Liam, an hour or so early and inexplicably, came home about 5:30 a.m. — barely an hour before the terror attack; barely a couple hours before Liam was taken hostage.
Hamas still holds dozens of hostages.
“It saddens me that the world is not fighting to get some information on our hostages. I’m not asking for excess … but it doesn’t make sense that the world is standing in front of Israel and demanding to help the people of Gaza without then demanding the leadership of the people of Gaza to do a basic thing — let us know who is alive and how they are doing, and make sure they are not being tortured,” Uziyahu said.
Tune in for more with Michal. And don’t forget to subscribe to Bold & Blunt!
For comments or feedback, email media@washingtontimes.com using the subject line “Bold & Blunt Podcast.
Click HERE for more about Cheryl Chumley.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.