Thousands rally in Jerusalem in call to continue Gaza war until victory

Parents of fallen IDF soldier Amit Bonzel say he wrote in his journal, 'We must finish it with a resounding victory,' advocating for Israel to persist until achieving total victory, to ensure fallen soldiers did not die in vain
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Several thousand Israelis demonstrated Thursday in Jerusalem, urging the government not to yield to international pressure for a ceasefire, and to continue the Gaza war until Hamas is defeated.
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Many demonstrators held up posters featuring images of fallen IDF soldiers alongside messages expressing their belief that they had entrusted Israel to pursue victory.
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עצרת הניצחון מול קריית הממשלה בירושלים
עצרת הניצחון מול קריית הממשלה בירושלים
Jerusalem protest calls for a Hamas defeat
(Photo: Amit Shabi)
In their speech at the rally, Itzik and Noa Bonzel, the parents of Staff Sergeant Amit Bonzel, who fell in combat in the Gaza Strip, emphasized that "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the War Cabinet must heed the call and demand for total victory."
"Amit fell on December 6th. Just days before, he wrote in his journal, which was handed to us with his belongings, that he was proud to be a soldier in the IDF, and that 'the feeling is that we are in a historic operation, and we must finish it with a resounding victory.' We are committed to fulfilling Amit's and all the fallen soldiers' will."
The Bonzel couple addressed the families of the captives: "It is difficult for us to imagine the magnitude of pain, anxiety, and suffering you are enduring. We urge you in this tense and difficult time, amid negotiations for the release of the captives, not to see us as enemies but as brothers. Accept us, we fear that releasing more terrorists will harm Israel's deterrence. Do not view us as enemies when we demand to continue the fight and defeat Hamas. We are brothers."
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Israel and the UNSC don't recognized Gaza as a state
Well actually Palestine has signed the GCs in 2014, however , Israel and the world leaders never recognized it as a sovereign state, for thks reason Gaza or so called Palestine are not even be members of the UN. They only have an observer status there, because UN Security Council does not view them as a sovereign state. This opposition of the UN SC to view them as a state and the consistent position of Israel that does not recognize them as a sovereign entity factually makes it a declaration under the GCs not recognizing the GCs as a treaty valid between it and entitles that it doesn't recognize and the UNSC doesn't recognize as a sovereign state. So they may have signed the GCs ,but it remains not appiicableb as a treaty between Israel and entitles that are not recognized as sovereign nations. For Israel Hamas forces in Gaza continue to be viewed as just guerrillas. And Hamas being a terrorist organization by committing war crimes like taking hostages, and massacring civilians as they did in 7 October, hiding among civilians, they lose the status of combatants, they can be killed on the spot and don't benefit from the status of prisoners of war if captured, can be tried and emprisoned as terrorists, ordinary bandits and not as members of a party to an international conflict under the GCs. However, even if Gaza is not viewed as a sovereign state and therefore Israel does not recognize the GCs as a treaty between it and such no sovereign entities like Hamas, Israel can still opt to apply the rules of war in Gaza, protecting civilians and civilian objects according to the GCIV, which Israel has been doing out of humanitarian considerations. Giving advance warning to civilians of it's attacks, ensuring that civilians get free passage out of areas of combat, protecting property that is not a military target because it is being used by Hamas guerrillas etc. All this IDF have been doing in Gaza contrary to the war crimes of the terrorist Hamas guerrilhas . Hamas needs to understand that to be given some status under the Laws of war applicable in non international armed conflicts, they must obey to those rules in particular release immediately the hostages they took on 7 october. By not doing so since 4 months, by hiding behind civilians in combat, by not distinguishing themselves from civilians , they become ordinary bandits can be killed in the spot and imprisonment as ordinary bandits. Raffah is our goal, full security control of Gaza is our goal!! A Gaza without Hamas civilian or military is our goal for the day after!! So let it come soon!
Baruch | 02.12.24
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Gaza is not a state, the GCIV does not apply
Someone in the UN human rights office said Israel is supposedly violating the GEneva Convention IV on protection of civilians because there is massive destruction of houses etc. Well the GCIV does not apply in the conflict in Gaza, because Gaza or the so called Palestine are not a state, the GCIV only apply between states. Gaza not being a sovereign state the GC don't apply to the Conflict there! There is only article 3 to the Geneva common to all Geneva conventions which is customary law, but it only offers minimum suport for those who are not taking part in the conflict against deliberate killings, however if hamas is hiding among those not taking part in conflict and is attacking IDF from there , so that they are dressed as civilians and it is impossible to distinguish between hamas shelling and those who are not hamas but are together, IDF response is legitimate even if it kills accidentally those who say were not combatants but are dressed like hamas and together with those who are shelling against IDF. So the GCIV does not apply in Gaza. The UN should know this. There is no war crimes in Gaza! All is bring done according to the minimum customary law of war applicable to such conflicts that are not considered international armed conflict and therefore do not fall under the GCIV! To prevent the 7 October pogrom of Jewish from happening again, it is necessary to demilitarize Gaza and Israel should exercise full security control over all Gaza forever up to Raffia and the Philadelphia Corridor at the border with Egypt! The full security regime there should be the same as in Judea and Samaria. Obviously it means terrorist organizations cannot be left there, hamas and etc they all must surrender and be exiled to Qatar or Iran. If they insist to be there, they will face imminent destruction in Combat! They cannot be there in the day after!! Obviously not! May Adonai bless the Jewish people and the Army of Israel to crush Hamas up to final victory ✌️!! ברוך השם
Cohen| 02.10.24
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Of course we must
We all know what would be if we fall short of total victory against Hamas: more October 7ths, more Jews killed, more hostages. We all know that our enemies are looking at what we do and if we fall short, we will have wars all around us. No rational person could talk of stopping the war and releasing murderers “at any cost”. Of course, the Marxists, leftists have used many of the hostage families for their political power. Don’t worry, these guys will go to live in Germany and Spain once israel if taken over by our enemies (G-d forbid). They know how to take care of themselves.
David| 02.09.24
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