Jerusalem – Noam Shalit, whose son Gilad was captured in 2006 in a terror raid orchestrated by Ahmed Jabari, the Hamas military commander killed by Israel on Wednesday, said Jabari “had a lot of blood on his hands” and that he hoped the ongoing IDF operation would restore quiet to southern Israel.
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Killing Jabari was “a necessary step” toward bringing calm to the south of Israel, Shalit said. Ultimately, though, Shalit added, Israel would have to deal “directly or indirectly” with Hamas, since “Hamas is not going anywhere.”
Jabari organized the 2006 attack in which Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel via an underground tunnel, attacked an IDF position, killed two soldiers and dragged Shalit into Gaza, where he was held hostage for more than five years. Jabari also escorted Shalit when he was handed over to the Egyptian authorities last year, en route to Israel, as part of an exchange deal under which Israel released more than 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners.
Good ridance !!
The world is a better place without him. Unfortunatelly, this cockaroach will be replaced by 1000 others
I’m wondering if this is the first phase of something much bigger. The Iranian strategy if Israel were to strike their nuclear facilities was to unleash Hamas and Hezbollah plus sending their own air force to attack Israeli air bases and Dimona. Iran would want to tie down Israeli tactical fighters to defend the homeland, thereby assuring that the IDF can’t follow-up fully against Iran’s hardened nuclear facilities. But, if Israel takes the initiative with Iran’s puppets and eliminates or reduces those threats first, then it will have more freedom to use Israeli power in Iran. It would be an interesting strategy, even more so, if Israel had reason to believe that Jabari was briefed on Iran’s strategy and hadn’t shared the details with his lieutenants. Then taking out Jabari would effectively frustrate Iran’s plans to have an effective coordinated strategy with Hamas. That’s all 100% speculation, but you never know.
Should have been done along time ago.
This is an elegant event of Midah K’neged Midah! Gilat is free and Jabari is gone.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Look at the guys stuffed and stocky appearance vs. Shalit’s frail skinny body!! ימח שמו וזכרו!!! Hope this is only the beginning…