Sniper fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza rang out at about 9:00am on Thursday morning. A tractor driver working fields of Kibbutz Nir Am was targeted by the gunfire. Baruch Hashem the first shots did not strike him and he was quick to react, jumping out of the driver’s seat and using the tractor to shield him while waiting for troops to arrive.
B’chasdei Hashem the driver was extricated out of range without physical injuries. The tractor was hit by several shots.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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When all is said and done, the IDF WILL retake Aza.
The sooner it is done, the less Jewish blood will be shed.
Tragically we are still suffering from the meraglim syndrome…
לֹא נוּכַל, לַעֲלוֹת אֶל-הָעָם: כִּי-חָזָק הוּא, מִמֶּנּוּ
וַנְּהִי בְעֵינֵינוּ כַּחֲגָבִים, וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם…
This attitude was a major chilul HaSh-m, and it caused a punishment from HaSh-m we are still receiving today.
To break out of this syndrome we must adopt the opposite attitude, that of Yehoshua and Kalev…
אַךְ בַּיהוָה, אַל-תִּמְרֹדוּ, וְאַתֶּם אַל-תִּירְאוּ אֶת-עַם הָאָרֶץ, כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם; סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וַיהוָה אִתָּנוּ, אַל-תִּירָאֻם
Bitachon was the answer THEN, and bitachon is the answer NOW.