...and an Israeli family loses a second son to the jihadists. Not a murmur from our press here--just another day. How many column inches devoted this week to the latest from Sandra Bullock? The NCAA? 'Medical marijuana'?
From the Jerusalem Post, the account of an incursion into Gaza by a tank unit, confronting Hamas fighters planting IED's near the border.
Two Israeli soldiers killed:
On Friday evening, Maj. Eliraz Peretz, 31, from Eli, deputy commander of the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, and St.-Sgt. Maj. Ilan Sviatkovsky from Rishon Lezion were killed during combat with Palestinian gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip, near Khan Yunis.
Peretz led a force into Gaza after two Palestinians were spotted laying improvised explosive devices near the border security fence. During the ensuing fire exchange, a grenade in Peretz’s vest was hit by a bullet and exploded, killing him and wounding two of his soldiers. Sviatkovsky was then shot and killed as well.
Israeli officers still lead their troops, and suffer losses accordingly.
Further down the article, the poignant news is related:
Peretz’s brother, Lt. Uriel Peretz, 22, of Givat Ze’ev, was killed by a Hizbullah bomb along with St.-Sgt. Nitzan Balderan, 19, of Kibbutz Lotem, on November 25, 1998, when the IDF was still deployed in the security zone in south Lebanon. Both men were in the Golani Brigade. The family has another brother serving in Golani Battalion 13. The third brother participated in Operation Cast Lead last year.
OS doesn't know whether to weep, rage, or some combination of the two. Deepest condolences to the families. Who can imagine, much less endure these sorts of losses?
Our President won't be photographed with your Prime Minister, won't break bread with him. He's planning a state dinner for President Calderon of Mexico next month, the leader of one of the most chaotic, brutal and corrupt nations of modern history.
Something is terribly, tragically awry in the White House.
This is how wars begin...
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