Thinking of the boys in the IDF

January 16, 2009 - 3:48 PM by

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS GAZAAs we finish the third week of Operation Cast Lead, there’s a growing sense that the diplomatic process is taking over. And before we finish the fourth week, some mechanism will be in place that both Israel and Hamas can accept.

While it remains to be seen whether we will have achieved our goal of bringing quiet to the South, one thing is clear – we have every right to be proud of our soldiers. Mostly kids and mostly untested, they’ve proved their mettle in performing their mission.

And despite the calls of ‘war crimes’ over the civilians who have tragically been killed in the fighting, they’ve conducted a moral war. AP reported about Capt. Orr, 25, a pilot who’s been conducting sorays into Gaza and targeting Hamas fighters. He told the AP reporter that he felt that aborting some of his targets for fear of harming civilians were among his proudest achievements.

“The ones I remember are when I have locked in on a target and I fire and then at the last second I see a child in my cross hairs and I divert the missile,” he said. “That leaves a mark.”

Of course, even one civilian casualty is too much, and we won’t get into the whole Hamas human shield /value of life issue that resulted in so much innocent life lost. But with all the talk about Palestinian casualties, let’s not forget that there have been soldiers killed during this operation and many wounded.

Observant Jews read off the names of loved ones during Shabbat morning services in a prayer for healing. But you don’t need to be religious to scan down this list of soldiers wounded in Operation Cast Lead as of Friday morning and wish them a speedy recovery. Shabbat Shalom.

Aharon Yehoshua ben Chaya Shoshana

Avi ben Shoshana

Ben ben Batya

Binyamin Ben Ben Netiva

Chaim Moshe Naftali ben Ruth Reizel

Daniel ben “Sara”

Dov Baer ben Devorah Blumah

Dvir Ben Laya Â

Eitan ben Sarah Â

Elishama Shalom ben Rivka Leah;

Eran ben Batsheva

Gal ben Hedva

Gal Or ben Aliza

Geva ben Avital

Hoshea ben Miriam

Idan ben Liora

Idan ben Nadi

Itai ben Rinat

Liel Hoshea ben Miriam

Lior ben Mazal

Maxim ben Olga

Mor Mordechai ben Orna

Moshe ben Chana Malka

Moshe ben Dina

Moshe ben Eidi

Moshe ben Pnina Rose

Nadav ben Miriam

Nechemia Dov Ber ben Arilin (Orly? Arlene?)

Neriya ben Rivka

Netanel ben Mazal Tov

Netanel ben Nava

Noam ben Aliza

Ohad ben Bracha

Omar ben Dorit

Or ben Elana

Or ben Rachel

Oren ben Chaya

Refael ben Dina

Ran ben Mirel

Ron ben Bilha

Ron ben Havatselet

Ronen Chai ben Leah

Rotem ben Lea

Sagi ben Osnat

Shachaf ben Dalia

Tal ben Anat

Tom ben Chana

Tzviki bar Chai

Wahal Mijan

Yaakov ben Orli

Yaakov Yisrael ben Yardena

Yevgeny Ben Elizbeta

Yisrael ben Ilana Â

Yitzchak ben Bia

Yitzhak ben Nava

Yo’ad Ido ben Frieda Elka

Yosef Chaim ben Ziva

Avi Cohen

Ben ben Batya

Daniel Tamarov

Dov Baer ben Devorah Blumah

Gal Or ben Aliza

Natanel ben Mazel Tov

Oleg Dizengoff

Omer ben Dorit

Ori Noga

Rafi ben Dina

Raphael ben Nina

Roni Rapaport

Yaakov ben Orly

Yaakov Yisrael ben Yardena

Yedidya Schlesinger

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Comments

5 Comments on Thinking of the boys in the IDF

  1. Larry in L.A. on Fri, Jan 16th 2009 6:41 PM

    2. Nice post. We’ll say refuah shleima tonight. Shabbat Shalom.

  2. David-Joe on Mon, Jan 19th 2009 12:14 AM

    3. So the Captain felt pride in aborting his mission because of civilians – I want to know if this same Captain would have also aborted a mission over Germany during World War 2 because of civilians?

    He has a seriously misguided sense of morality.

    The government of Hamas was elected by the people in Gaza, just as Hitler was Germany.

    War is not between governments – “victims of their government” – it is between countries or in this case against an area that supports and nourishes a terorist organization.

    Those same people that he did not want to bomb want to see Israel destroyed. Until Israel decides to hurt the enemy and not sacrifice itself, the rockets of Gaza will conntinue to be launched.

    He did not complete his misson because of sympathy for the enemy – the Captain ought to be relieved of command and court marshalled, not celebrated.

    You think Hitler would have been defeated if the “poor civilians” had been spared?

    Thank God it was the Royal Air Force carrying out bombing missions and not Captains like Orr!

  3. David on Mon, Jan 19th 2009 9:13 AM

    4. WTF David-Joe. Give it a break already…

  4. David-Joe on Mon, Jan 19th 2009 1:41 PM

    5. Rude language is a response to truth? You have my pity.

  5. Duckrabbit on Mon, Jan 19th 2009 8:14 PM

    6. Some thoughts on the legality of this war, from David Luban (an outstanding moral philosopher): http://balkin.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-gaza-war-legal.html

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