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January 11, 2009: Angst and Revolution
From the start of this war, I was determined not to criticize the government, as long as it proceeded to do the right thing —...
January 10, 2009: Chazak! Chazak!
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) When we complete the reading of a book of the Torah, as we did this Shabbat with the completion of Breishit...
January 9, 2009: Games and Risks
We suffered one additional loss yesterday: Staff – Sergeant Amit Robinson, 20, of Kibbutz Magal, was apparently killed by Palestinian sniper fire. during battle. With...
January 8, 2009: Diplomatic Confusion
Major Ro’i Rozner, of the Kfir Brigade, has been killed by mortar fire in a fierce battle in the region of the former Jewish community...
January 7, 2009: Tough Task
In a different battle from the ones that claimed the soldiers I named yesterday, we lost one other soldier: St.-Sgt. Alexander Mashevizky, of the Engineering...
January 6, 2009: Pain and Progress
Our boys are in the toughest of fights now, since the beginning of this war. Overnight, we suffered three losses in the Golani Brigade.This happened...
January 5, 2009: Heads High
Golani Staff-Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof (22), who died of his wounds from a mortar attack in Gaza, was laid to rest in the Mount Herzl Military...
January 4, 2009: Inside Gaza
Barry Rubin, in his latest piece, “On the Ground in Gaza,” observes how upside down and incomprehensible this world has become. His observations are a...
January 3, 2009: We’re In!
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Late this afternoon — in line with a Security Cabinet decision yesterday to expand our actions against Hamas — IDF ground...
January 2, 2009: Day Seven
The time has not yet come for the ground incursion, if indeed it will come as is predicted. I will not report on all of...