Day: December 25, 2023
Heroic ambush: IDF Bedouin soldiers take on Hamas https://t.co/zn1fH9pX6H via @Israel Today
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) December 25, 2023
Illustration. Bedouin soldiers of the IDF’s desert reconnaissance unit. Photo: Israel Defense Forces We continue to bring you some of the amazing stories of heroism on that accursed Shabbat morning, October 7, 2023, when Hamas invaded and brutalized the people of Israel.
This story is of the heroic bravery of two Bedouin Arab soldiers who are members of the IDF’s desert trackers unit.
They were at the Re’im base where the Gaza Division is headquartered when the attack began. Re’im base was specifically targeted by Hamas, and its defenders were briefly overcome. The base is also not far from where the Nova music festival was attacked and over 260 young Israelis massacred.
During the surprise assault, these two Bedouin troops put everything on the line to protect their Jewish and Arab comrades. And they did so with shocking efficiency.
The younger of the two soldiers took off the top part of his IDF uniform so he’d look more like the Hamas invaders, who were also decked out in military gear (though not IDF uniforms). He then began calling out assertively in Arabic to the Hamas invaders: “Come… over here…”
He continued, and gained their confidence just enough to trick a number of Hamas terrorists out of hiding and to move toward his position.
That’s when his commanding officer, Lt.-Col. M, began picking off the exposed terrorists from close range.
The two Bedouin soldiers managed to kill many Hamas invaders, and no doubt played a major role the IDF’s efforts to reassert control over the base. More importantly, they saved many Israeli lives.
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the headquarters of the Gaza Division, at the Re’im base – Google Search https://t.co/WWFSXAictZ pic.twitter.com/kwjw7meMB0
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) December 25, 2023
The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused the West of plotting a “color revolution” in Serbia the same tactics that were applied during the 2014 uprising in Ukraine.
The ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that the West is trying to use
the protestors to storm the Belgrade city administration building on Sunday were part of a plot by Western countries to overthrow the Serbian government, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
Thousands of pro-Western demonstrators attempted to break into government buildings in the capital on Sunday evening following the victory of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) over the pro-EU Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in parliamentary elections.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has labeled the protests an attempted color revolution – a term used to describe movements funded and organized by Western countries, usually the US, aimed at toppling world leaders opposed to Washington’s interests.
In a statement on Monday, Zakharova agreed with the Serbian leader’s suspicions and said that “attempts of the collective West to shake up the situation in [Serbia] using the techniques of Maidan coups are obvious.”
The spokeswoman stated that “the only possible reaction” to the weekend’s election results was strict adherence to the letter and spirit of Serbia’s constitution and respect for the choice of its people.
One of the accusations that sparked Sunday’s demonstrations was that the SNS had committed “vote theft” during the election. President Vucic has vehemently dismissed that claim as “lies” and insisted that the protests were being sponsored by the West, which he claims wants to remove him from power over his friendly relations with Russia and refusal to recognize Kosovo’s independence from Serbia.
After Sunday’s protests were dispersed by police, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic expressed her gratitude to Russian security services, which she said had given advance warning of demonstrators’ plans to start a riot. In his initial address, Vucic also thanked unnamed “foreign services” for alerting his government of the upcoming unrest.