(JNS) Fiamma Nirenstein - Israel is advancing slowly but steadily into the heart of Hamastan. This is a war to the finish, and Israel intends to finish it. Irwin, an IDF soldier who just returned from India, told me: "We know that we can die, but the purpose is bigger than us. There is no choice. We will not suffer another attack like the one on Oct. 7." These soldiers fight out of love for their homeland, for their homes and families. Shahar, 30, a paratrooper, recounts, "On the 7th, they sent us directly to the kibbutzim. As soon as we arrived in Be'eri, in Alumim, we were hit in the face by the blood, the dead on the ground, the horrors and a huge number of terrorists. I lost a very dear friend of mine there. Entering Gaza to fight is the most natural thing. I was injured in the back and head, but I asked to return as soon as possible. My grandparents were Holocaust survivors, my father fought in the Yom Kippur War. Never again is now - and now, it's my turn." "If we show weakness, Hamas will try to tear us to pieces again. It makes me angry that the world doesn't care about us. We do everything to save the civilian population. Hamas uses them as a human shield. My mother takes people from Gaza to hospitals in Israel. We offer incubators to hospitals that hide terrorist leaders. What else do you expect from us?" The writer, a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, served as vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
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