Thousands of IDF reservists demand Gaza must be crushed to defeat Hamas

Over 4,000 IDF reservists dropped a bombshell on Defense Minister Israel Katz Thursday, signing a letter that’s less a polite request and more a battle cry. They’re demanding a full-throttle invasion of Gaza—think shock and awe—to obliterate Hamas once and for all. 

No half-measures, no tiptoeing. Just end it.

The signatories aren’t just grunts with gripes. We’re talking five brigadier generals, including Erez Viner, who was sketching out Gaza ops for Southern Command until he stepped back. Add to that 16 colonels, 90 lieutenant colonels, 250 officers, and over 3,000 regular reservists. 

This isn’t a petition; it’s a who’s-who of IDF muscle flexing their clout.

Their beef? The government swore up and down that swapping out IDF chief Herzi Halevi for Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir would mean a new playbook: a blitzkrieg to take all of Gaza in one fell swoop, not the drip-drip invasions of the past. But it’s been over a month since Katz and Zamir kicked off hostilities again on March 18-19, and what’s the score? A measly 500 Hamas fighters taken out, compared to 20,000 before the January 19 ceasefire. The invasion’s moving like molasses, barely budging in weeks.

The reservists’ forum isn’t mincing words: Hamas only goes down with a sledgehammer.

A “sweeping and intense invasion of all of Gaza,” they say, with firepower cranked to eleven. If Katz and Zamir are banking on hostage talks, fine—but set a damn deadline. No more open-ended stalling. If Hamas keeps jerking the chain, unleash hell.

This crew isn’t riding the same hobbyhorse as Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who’s itching to resettle Gaza and rewind the clock to pre-2005. These reservists aren’t praying for a new Zion; they’re laser-focused on security, not ideology. The slow-burn war’s been a bust, they argue—Hamas isn’t blinking.

And here’s the gut-punch: “IDF reservists cannot be kept in a circle of endless war.” They’re done with this Groundhog Day nonsense. Speed it up, hit harder, finish the job. 

But what happens if even a maxed-out war doesn’t break Hamas? If the terrorists hold onto the hostages and their guns? The letter’s silent on that, and it’s a glaring hole. Meanwhile, plenty of other reservists are ready to call it quits now, trading all the hostages for a shaky peace that lets Hamas keep its arsenal—a deal that could just kick the can down the road to the next crisis.

The reservists make a brutal point: letting Hamas walk away armed might swap today’s hostage mess for tomorrow’s. Katz and PM Netanyahu, though, are still playing the long game, betting on talks and sweating the fallout of a bigger war. All signs say they’re not ready to roll the dice on Gaza—yet.

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New Israeli military chief sworn in with Gaza ceasefire teetering in the balance

On Wednesday, Israel appointed a new military commander while tensions grew over the shaky ceasefire in Gaza. This situation raised the chances of fighting starting again without a deal to free the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

Eyal Zamir, a former tank commander who retired after 28 years as a Major General, was brought back into service and promoted to Lieutenant General. He took over from General Herzi Halevi, who resigned due to the security failures of October 7, 2023.

“The mission is not yet complete,” Zamir said in a speech as he took command, noting that Hamas still hasn’t been defeated. “We will not forgive, we will not forget. This is an existential war. We will persist in our campaign to bring our hostages home and to defeat our enemies,” he added. 

Fighting in Gaza stopped in January thanks to a truce arranged by Qatar and Egypt, with U.S. support. This deal freed 33 Israeli hostages and 5 Thais in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

A separate war in southern Lebanon, sparked when Iran-backed Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel after the October 7 attack, has also quieted down under its own ceasefire.

However, Israeli leaders have warned that fighting could restart if no deal is made to bring back the 59 hostages still held. Israeli troops have pulled back from some areas in Gaza, but talks to free the hostages and fully withdraw Israeli forces before ending the war haven’t started.

Israel wants to extend the truce past the Jewish Passover holiday in April to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Hamas, though, insists on discussing a permanent end to the war first before agreeing to free more hostages.

Zamir’s appointment comes as investigations begin into how thousands of Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israeli communities near Gaza on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. This was one of Israel’s worst military and security failures ever.

Halevi was in charge during Israel’s campaign in Gaza to rescue hostages and destroy Hamas’s military and governing power. But in January, after the Gaza ceasefire was set, he said he’d step down, taking blame for the military’s weak and disorganized response to the October 7 attack.

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On Wednesday, as he handed over command, Halevi called for a broader investigation into the October 7 failures. “The establishment of a state commission of inquiry is necessary and essential – not to place blame, but first and foremost, to understand the root of the problems and allow for correction,” he said.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency have admitted their mistakes allowed the attack to happen. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far blocked a wider investigation that would examine his government’s role.

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IDF to resume the eradication of Hamas: cutting off aid and bombarding Strip with boots on the ground

Israeli decision-makers plan to resume the Gaza war in four to six weeks with shock and awe, sending in tens of thousands of troops to conquer the entire strip in a single coordinated offensive against Hamas terrorists.

Incoming military chief of staff Eyal Zamir has, at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, started developing the plan, according to several current and former Israeli officials with knowledge of high-level discussions.

Israel plans to deploy more soldiers in Gaza than it had previously used--more than 50,000 troops, before relocating civilian Hamas supporters to humanitarian zones. The IDF will then wage a 

Under the plan, Israel will deploy more troops to Gaza than it has to this point in the war—over 50,000—before relocating the civilian population to humanitarian zones and waging a merciless ground campaign against Arab terrorists across the rest of the Gaza Strip.

“We’re going to see four to five divisions simultaneously attack in the north, in the center, and in the south, to occupy every area and clear out the enemy,” Hezi Nehama said. He is a former IDF colonel who co-authored the Generals’ Plan, an influential proposal for a staged siege of Gaza. “It will look different than what we saw in the war until now.”

“It’s going to be decisive,” said Amir Avivi, a former Israeli brigadier general who has advised the Israeli government and military during the war. “Israel will use every tool it has to conquer Gaza and eradicate Hamas.”

It's about time. In the past, the fighting always ended with Hamas and Israel's enemies still intact. This needs to change and Israel must protect itself from future attacks. They need to control all of Gaza and rid the country of Hamassholes, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and their ilk.

The plan begins with a wave of airstrikes on Gaza and a reduction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the sources said. “There will be no aid outside the humanitarian zones,” said Kobi Michael, a former head of the Palestinian desk at the Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry and before that a senior Israeli military intelligence official. 

After all, what army in human history supplied their foes with supplies? And the world expects this from Israel because the world is rooting for the other teams.

“This will prevent Hamas from continuing to steal all the humanitarian aid and will increase pressure on the group through the local population,” Michael added.

Nehama said Israel plans to expand an existing humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza into a single giant refuge. Other sources said there would be several humanitarian zones.

The IDF raised its alert and readiness level along the Gaza border on Sunday, and Hamas has also reportedly started making preparations for renewed fighting.

Zamir, the incoming military chief of staff, estimates that the plan, which he will present to Netanyahu and Katz after taking office next Thursday, can be completed in six months or less, according to Nehama.

The plan could be paused if Hamas agrees to release more of the 59 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, 35 of them confirmed dead, or to disarm and leave Gaza in exchange for an end to the war, the sources said. But the chances of the latter happening is as likely as Mahmoud Abbas converting to Judaism. 

Israeli decision-makers agree and don't believe Hamas is ready to make such compromises. After all, the hostages are the only bargaining chip for the terrorists and if they release them, then Israel can go all-out war on the terrorists.

Israel’s plan to resume the war comes on the heels of a string of military and diplomatic successes that leave the Jewish state less constrained than at any previous point in the past 17 months of war, thanks to President Trump. 

Hezbollah agreed in November to a humiliating ceasefire with Israel, easing pressure on Israel’s overstretched army, but it's not crazy to think given enough time to regroup, resupply and replenish troops that Hezbollah will stay out of the anti-Zionist fray.

“We always had divisions in the north, and now we don’t need divisions in the north because Hezbollah is not a threat,” said Nehama. “So we can take those divisions and put them all in Gaza at the same time, and this is very important.”

In January, President Trump began reversing former alleged president Joe Biden’s efforts to restrain Israel and accommodate its genocidal enemies.

Trump has aligned more closely with Israel against Hezbollah and Iran and ended the Biden handler[s] restrictions on U.S. military aid to Israel.

In Gaza, meanwhile, Trump has taken an even harder line than Bibi, pushing the prime minister to resume the war with Hamas and resettle Gazans abroad.

During Netanyahu’s visit to the White House earlier this month, Trump told the prime minister to “do whatever you need to do” to defeat Hamas, according to an Israeli military official who described the meeting on condition of anonymity. But, the official said, Trump gave Netanyahu just 150 days to finish the job.

And this appears to be Bibi's plan.

Israel’s government, meanwhile, has replaced a number of top security officials who resisted deeper involvement in Gaza, including former defense minister Yoav Gallant and outgoing military chief of staff Herzi Halevi, with generals who are considered more hawkish. They had the same historical cyclic strategy to fight, stop, wait, and fight again after the enemy has regained its military strength. 

Israel has got to stop trying to be the good guys in order to win the love of the world. It isn't going to happen anyway, so they need to finish the job and let the haters hate.

An Israeli government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that in recent cabinet meetings, ministers have “completely rejected” Halevi’s approach to Gaza and accused him of “doing everything he can to prevent victory in the war,” the World Israel News reported. 

“Behind the scenes, there are discussions with Zamir, which are much more constructive,” the anonymous official said. “We hope to see him take leadership of the military and execute his plans.”

In a meeting early February with Netanyahu, Katz and Yaron Finkelman, the head of Israel’s Southern Command, Zamir rejected Halevi’s latest proposal for the Gaza war as too timid, according to Nehama and another former Israeli military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The next chief of staff didn’t like what he heard,” Nehama said. “He told the prime minister and the defense minister that he would present them with another plan, much more aggressive and decisive with many more troops involved.”

As I said before, the ridiculous cycle of war between Israel and her enemies has got to end here and now. The Jewish State needs to end the war by ending Hamas and all others who would see the demise of the Jews in Israel and then globally. 

It must end now. 

Am Yisrael Chai.

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IDF will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor

Israel has decided not to pull its forces out of the Philadelphi corridor, which is the border area between Egypt and Gaza, even though this was part of the ceasefire deal with Hamxs, an Israeli official told ABC News.

"We will not allow Hamxs murderers to once again roam our borders with pickup trucks and guns, and we will not allow them to rebuild strength from smuggling," the official explained in a statement. This shows Israel’s worry about Hamxs regaining power if they leave the area.

The Philadelphi corridor has been a major issue in talks between Israel and Hamxs for months before they agreed to the ceasefire. Israel’s refusal to leave could cause problems with both Hamas and Egypt, who helped make the ceasefire happen, especially since the peace is already shaky.

According to the ceasefire plan, Israel was supposed to start leaving the Philadelphi corridor and all of Gaza on Saturday, the final day of the first phase. They were given eight days to fully withdraw from the corridor.

For Hamxs, having Israel leave the corridor is a must. They wouldn’t agree to any ceasefire that let Israeli troops stay there.

Israeli leaders have said lately that they think their army needs to stay in the Philadelphi corridor to stop weapons from being smuggled into Gaza from Egypt. Israel has already destroyed tunnels there to try to stop this.

Defense Minister Israel Katz recently told local leaders that he saw tunnels going under the border when he visited the corridor.

But not everyone agrees. Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant disagreed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insists Israel must stay in the Philadelphi corridor and the Netzarim corridor (which splits Gaza into north and south) to keep the country safe and meet military goals.

Back in August, Herzi Halevi, who was then the head of Israel’s army, said holding onto Gaza or the Philadelphi corridor shouldn’t be a reason to ruin a possible deal with Hamas. He believes the army can handle things even if Israel leaves Gaza and gives up control of the corridor.
The first part of the ceasefire ends this Saturday.

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Bibi orders "massive" counter-terror operation after bus bombings

We can thank G-d anti-Israel terrorists don't know how to tell time very well. 

Explosive devices went off on Thursday night around 9 p.m. local time in the central city of Bat Yam, a little south of Tel Aviv. Thankfully, the person or persons who set the devices had planned on them exploding during the morning rush hour before the Sabbath at 9 a.m., but set them 12 hours earlier. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu ordered on that night for the military to conduct a “massive” counter-terrorism operation in Judea and Samaria, after the buses exploded and bombs were found on two others in what is being investigated as a coordinated attack.

It appears the terrorists were planning a second October 7 attack but their mistake, an actual miracle, probably saved countless lives. 

Bibi also instructed the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police to step up “preventive activities” against possible future attacks across the Jewish State.

Following a situational assessment on Thursday, the IDF said its operations in Judea and Samaria were ongoing, and that areas within the territories have been closed off.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi instructed the military to assist the Israel Police as necessary.

The IDF also announced the deployment of three additional battalions to reinforce security in Judea and Samaria, adding that it was “prepared to expand the offensive operations.” An IDF battalion has about 400 troops, so that would be 1,200 in total, about the same number of people that were slaughtered by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Payback is a bitch, they say.

All of the explosions on Thursday occurred in parked, empty buses across the central city of Bat Yam, located just south of Tel Aviv. There were no injuries in the attack because the terrorists are low-functioning.

At least one of the bombs had a note, in Arabic and Hebrew, that stated, “Revenge from the Tulkarem refugee camp,” a reference to the terrorist hotbed in Samaria where security forces have been conducting operations, Channel 12 News reported.

Five explosive devices, all with timers set to go off simultaneously, were found in what was intended to be a “strategic terrorist attack,” Channel 12 cited security sources as saying.

The Shin Bet was called to the scenes, and all bus drivers in the Tel Aviv metropolitan were instructed to search their vehicles for bombs.

Israeli transport minister Miri Regev instructed the National Public Transport Authority to “stop and inspect all buses, trains and light rail cars and act in accordance with the instructions of the Shin Bet and the police.”

Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the IDF to increase “the intensity of activities to thwart terrorism in the Tulkarm refugee camp and in the refugee camps in Judea and Samaria in general,” following what he called “attempted serious terrorist attacks.

“We will pursue the terrorists to the bitter end and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in the camps that serve as a frontline for the Iranian axis of evil,” Katz said.

It's time for Israel to get violent and release their shock and awe with the same fury the Palestinians, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad did on October 7th. But unlike them, Israel should take no hostages.

Am Yisrael Chai.

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IDF assisting UN forces in "repelling attack" in Syria

On Saturday, the Israeli army announced that its troops were helping UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights to fend off an attack "by armed individuals," making the notion that war creates strange bedfellows very meaningful.

 Meanwhile, Israel's Foreign Minister stated that "armed forces" had entered the UN-patrolled buffer zone.

The UN force, UNDOF, reported that its personnel had seen "unidentified armed individuals in the area of separation, including approximately 20 who went into one of the mission's positions in the northern part of the area of separation," according to a UN Peacekeeping spokesperson who spoke to AFP.

"The inviolability of UN premises must be respected at all times," the spokesperson said.

In its statement, the IDF described the incident, saying, "an attack was carried out by armed individuals at a UN post in the Hader area in Syria," which is near the buffer zone.

"The (Israeli Army) is currently assisting the UN forces in repelling the attack."

Late on Saturday, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar posted on X: "During the last day, armed forces entered the buffer zone on the Syrian side of the border with Israel. Among other things, attacks were carried out on the (peacekeepers) in the area."

Saar expressed concern about the violations of the 1974 armistice agreement with Syria, stating, "Israel does not intervene in the internal conflict in Syria."

Earlier that day, Syrian rebels had captured the provincial capital of Quneitra, which is about 8 miles (12 kilometers) south of Hader, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain.

The Syrian civil war, which had been at a standstill, saw significant rebel advances late last month, with numerous major cities being taken over.

The Israeli military also noted that its army chief, Herzi Halevi, visited the Syrian border that day. He reiterated Israel's non-intervention policy in Syria, saying, "Israel's primary focus is on observing Iran's movements and interests" while also focusing on Syrian factions to "ensure they do not mistakenly direct their actions towards us."

The military did not provide Brain Flushings nor the legacy media with any updates regarding whether the attack was still happening later in the evening.

Israel took control of most of the Golan Heights during the Six-Day War in 1967 and later annexed it, a move which has not been recognized by the international community.

UNDOF has been overseeing the buffer zone between the territories controlled by Israel and Syria since 1974.

In a notable past incident in August 2014, Islamist rebels attacked UNDOF, capturing over 40 Fijian peacekeepers and holding them hostage for nearly two weeks.

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Confirmed: Hassan Nasrallah has been killed

Ding dong the dude is dead along with several others who were meeting with him to discuss how to destroy Israel. Instead, the Israel Defense Force put a crimp in their plans and dropped a mother of a bomb on Hezbollah headquarters in an airstrike on Friday.

IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lft. Herzi Halevi said about the killing of Nasrallah, "This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel - We will know how to reach them."

The Israel Air Force (IAF) struck Iran-sponsored terror proxy's headquarters in southern Beirut and said that they had intentionally targeted Hassan Nasrallah. Initially, a Hezbollah media relations terrorist claimed Nasrallah was "fine and well." However, Israel confirmed his demise early Saturday morning.

Along with the "Head Honcho of Hate," were at the very least, two others killed and scores wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said.

On Friday, United States' useless Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters, "The United States was not involved in Israel’s operation," noting there was "no advance warning," from the Israelis. He said this in order to avoid any trouble the strike might have caused the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) was in New York where he addressed the scum at the UN General Assembly who support Hezbollah, Hamas and any Islamic group or nation that hates Jews. He warned Hezbollah about Israel's right to go on the offensive before its enemies strike.

"As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice, and Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their home safely and that's exactly what we're doing," Bibi said.

After his speech the prime minister’s office released a picture showing the Israeli leader in his New York hotel approving the operation against the terror chief--it was glorious in its power.

Rich Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that Nasrallah’s death would prove a significant victory for Israel due to his close ties to Tehran.

"People don't appreciate that Nasrallah took over for Soleimani as senior strategist for Khamenei," Goldberg explained.

"The calculus that led to that decision hasn't changed," Goldberg added. "Should Khamenei decide he's feeling lucky tonight and order a direct attack, we should reset all our assumptions about what Israel is willing to do inside Iran."

Meanwhile in Syria, people are handing out candy and dancing the boogaloo in the street over Nasrallah's death, while congressional members of America's so-called "Squad" are in mourning.

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Republicans warn ICC prosecutor: If you target Israel, we'll target you

It's too bad they didn't do it for former President Donald Trump in his current case, but a dozen Republican senators on Monday warned the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan not to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, just a few days after Khan cautioned against attempting to sway the court.

That was red meat for the senators led by Tom Cotton (R-AR) who said in a letter, "Target Israel, and we will target you. Such actions are illegitimate and lack legal basis, and, if carried out, will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution.”

Sens. Mitch McConnell (minority leader), Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio also signed the letter, amid increasing concern in Israel that the Muslim-dominated UN court could issue arrest warrants for senior political and military officials over their defense of Hamas in Gaza after they invaded Israel. Rather than allowing Hamas to continue killing Israelis, Israel fought back and killed Hamas terrorists, and did so with aplomb. 

But as the war approaches seven months, the ICC is looking to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.

While the US and Israel officials tried to dissuade the ICC from issuing arrest orders, Khan said the ICC "welcomes open communication" with government officials and non-government bodies, but they will only engage with them if they stick to the script, that is, as long as it's “consistent with its mandate under the Rome Statute to act independently and impartially.”

“That independence and impartiality are undermined, however, when individuals threaten to retaliate… should the office, in fulfillment of its mandate, make decisions about investigations or cases falling within its jurisdiction,” he added, demanding that “all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately.”

In spite of the symbolic crotch-protecting and shoulder rolling by the ICC, the senators wrote that the ICC “is attempting to punish Israel for taking legitimate actions of self-defense against their Iranian-backed aggressors. In fact, in your own words, you witnessed ‘scenes of calculated cruelty’ conducted by Hamas in Israel following the October 7 attacks.”

Khan, who is no fan of the, you know, Jews, visited the Jewish State last December at the request of the families of the hostages Hamas kidnapped on October 7. During his visit, he toured some of the communities  the terrorist scumbags attacked during the October 7 massacre of the innocent. He saw Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, among others, and heard testimonies from survivors of the Hamas slaughter of men, women, children and babies. 

“These arrest warrants would align the ICC with the largest state sponsor of terrorism and its proxy. To be clear, there is no moral equivalence between Hamas’s terrorism and Israel’s justified response,” the senators wrote.

The mere fact that Khan and the ICC is even considering to arrest these Israeli leaders, is without doubt of their alignment and anti-Semitism.

It's only the Jews that are judged by a different standard.

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