Day 5 of the Israeli - Hamas War UPDATE

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Day 5 of Israeli-Hamas War--here is where things stand:

UPDATE: 22 Americans were killed and 10 have been kidnapped.

Since the sneak attack by Hamas on Israel Saturday, 1,200 Israelis have been killed; 3,007 wounded. Of the wounded, 470 are hospitalized, none in critical condition. While the number of Israelis and citizens from other countries, including the USA that were taken hostage, is unknown, it is believed to be as many as 200.

Hamas has 1,055 killed and 5,184 wounded at last count.

The IDF has struck Islamic University in Gaza City as it's a "major training center for Hamas engineers."

Israel also confirms that there has been no known entries from Lebanon but Hezbollah has taken credit for an anti-tank strike on an IDF position, 

In response, the IDF hit southern Lebanon observation posts and rocket launch sites. They also destroyed Hamas' aerial detection capability.

Turkey's President Erdowan said that "Israel is not acting like a state," in the war against Hamas, probably due to Israel refusing to lie down and take it.

President Joe Biden made a fairly coherent speech and said that the United States stands behind Israel and he also spoke out against Hamas. Standing at attention beside him was Antony Blinken while Kamala Harris looked as if she wanted to smile but suddenly realized it would be inappropriate.

Hopefully Biden's words will become action because as Elie Weisel said in his famous Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1986:

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.”

And let me be clear, anyone who takes the side of Hamas, is not only going against Israel and the civilized world in general, they are also going against the people of Gaza whose necks have been under the boot of Hamas since they elected them in 2006.

America cannot remain neutral. 

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