On Sunday, November 11th, when many in the US were celebrating and appreciating the veterans who served and died for our country, an IDF-led secret surveillance mission in the Gaza Strip was compromised.
Hamas fighters discovered the undercover soldiers and engaged a firefight. Knowing their lives were in danger, the Israeli soldiers fought back. An Israeli Lieutenant Colonel and seven militant Gazan fighters were killed. To retaliate, Hamas fired an anti-tank missile that hit a bus full of IDF soldiers, although thankfully none of the soldiers were killed.
Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza fired around 460 mortars and rockets into Southern Israel, terrorizing civilians who were confined to safe rooms and bomb shelters.
Click here to read the entire article in The Times of Israel.
Contributed by 2018-2019 Baruch College CAMERA Fellow Yocheved Butler.