A7News: IDF officer killed in Gaza op granted Chief of Staff Citation

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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Sunday, Sep. 22 '19, כ"ב באלול תשע"ט HEADLINES: 1. IDF OFFICER KILLED IN GAZA OP GRANTED CHIEF OF STAFF CITATION 2. BURGLAR, CAUGHT IN THE ACT, FALLS TO HIS DEATH 3. 'HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS WHILE DRIVING' 4. CHILD-ABUSING DAYCARE OPERATOR RELEASED FROM JAIL 5. 'HAMAS INHUMANITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS' 6. TERRORIST'S BODY RETURNED TO FAMILY FOR BURIAL 7. DAMASCUS SAYS SECOND DRONE DOWNED IN 48 HOURS OVER SOUTH SYRIA 8. WILL ARAB 'JOINT LIST' GIVE GANTZ FULL SUPPORT? 1. IDF OFFICER KILLED IN GAZA OP GRANTED CHIEF OF STAFF CITATION by Arutz Sheva Staff Earlier today, Sunday, a ceremony was held in which the Chief of the General Staff Citation was awarded to Lt. Col. M. for his actions in the special operation in Khan Yunis on November 11th 2018. The ceremony was held at the home of Lt. Col. M., out of respect for the family. The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi was accompanied by the Head of the Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Tamir Heyman and other commanders. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. M. of the Special Operations Forces in the Military Intelligence Directorate, was posthumously awarded the Chief of the General Staff Citation for his actions in the operation in which he, and his team, operated in enemy territory with determination, composure and bravery, for taking the initiative to defend his friends, for his fighting spirit, for assuming a lead role in assaulting the enemy and for his resourcefulness in advancing the assault. His widow, children and parents received the award on his behalf. The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi: "This is an extraordinary example of outstanding bravery." "I knew M. from the days when he was a young officer in the Paratrooper’s Brigade. Alongside his many talents, he was a humble man, a forthright man, an honest man, a man with whom what you saw was what you got. The operation in which he was killed was part of an event that could have ended much worse. He made a decision, thanks to which he managed to protect, defend and create the proper conditions to prevent us from descending into a crisis with strategic ramifications. "I salute M. for this action. Only those who have been in such situations know what power, pressure and weight of decisions is placed on the shoulders and runs through the mind in such a moment. "I am not the only one filled with appreciation for M.. I speak for the entire IDF when I say thank you for the manner in which he acted to untangle that situation. "M. was a special officer and will be remembered as an exemplar in the State of Israel. M. was lucky to have had such a wife, and I say to the children, you are lucky to have such a mother and such a family. After all, M. was raised in a place that brought about all this. One cannot miss the might of this family. I thank you on behalf of the IDF. This is not an easy day, but the main thing that should remain is pride. I greatly appreciate M's actions, and even in his absence, I salute him". Later today, ceremonies will be held in the Israeli Air Force and the Military Intelligence Directorate awarding further citations and certificates of appreciation. 2. BURGLAR, CAUGHT IN THE ACT, FALLS TO HIS DEATH by Arutz Sheva Staff A forty-year-old man broke into a Haifa apartment, only to fall to his death from its a third-floor balcony. Police investigations show that the apartment's residents surprised the burglar, and he attempted to escape via the balcony, but fell to his death instead. The police investigation is ongoing. Magen David Adom paramedic Assad Jo Hadad said: "An injured man was lying on the path leading to the building, near the entrance. He was unconscious and suffered damage to several bodily systems, after apparently falling from a few stories up." "We performed medical examinations, but he had no signs of life and we had no choice other than to declare his death." 3. 'HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS WHILE DRIVING' by Orli Harari 23-year-old Ran Arazi is the IDF officer who was moderately injured on Friday in a rock-throwing attack on Highway 55, near Ma’ale Shomron in Samaria. The officer, who was on vacation, was traveling by car with his father, Shlomi Arazi, on his way back from the base where his soldiers are serving. Ran, who suffered an injury to his face, underwent several treatments over the weekend and even underwent surgery at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, and his condition has improved. "Ran was driving the car, and as we approached Azzun, rocks were thrown, one of which shattered the windshield and hit him directly. As a result, Ran lost consciousness and fell on me. I had to take control of the vehicle which was travelling at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour," the father told Channel 13 News. "Large vehicles which appeared in front of me recognized that we were in trouble and immediately went off to the side of the road, as did I. Behind me were two vehicles, among them a Red Crescent ambulance. The doctor in the ambulance gave life-saving treatment to Ran. At the same time Yigal, the head of the Karnei Shomron local council, arrived at the scene and called the IDF and an ambulance that evacuated Ran to the Beilinson Hospital." 4. CHILD-ABUSING DAYCARE OPERATOR RELEASED FROM JAIL by David Rosenberg A daycare center operator from central Israel was released to house arrest Sunday, drawing protests from neighbors, as well as the families of the alleged victims. Carmel Mauda, 25, was released to house arrest Sunday, following a Supreme Court ruling last week enabling her to remain out of prison during her trial. Last Thursday, the court ruled that because of the very specific nature of the kind of abuse Mauda carried out, she may be permitted to stay in house arrest until the end of her trial. “Given that the dangers posed by Mauda are limited to the very specific circumstances of children under her care, it is decided that she may be released to house arrest, with limiting conditions,” wrote Justice Yitzhak Amit. Mauda was originally slated to be released Thursday to house arrest at a home in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. Following protests led by parents of the alleged victims, however, the family which was to have hosted Mauda backed out at the last minute. Over the weekend, however, Mauda found another host, a man living in the Sharon region in central Israel. On Sunday, Mauda was released from custody to house arrest, drawing criticism both from parents of the children Mauda allegedly abused, as well as neighbors of Mauda’s host, who feared they could suffer if Mauda was targeted during her stay in the apartment building. “I don’t accept her being here,” Rachel Voll, the superintendent of the apartment building told Israel Hayom. “I couldn’t bear to see what she did to those children.” Another resident of the building said the neighbors “absolutely would not accept her staying here at all. The parents of the children from her preschool said they’d make problems here. There’s also a daycare here, and the parents called up the manager and said that they won’t bring their children in if [Mauda] is here.” Two months ago, Mauda’s apartment in Rosh Haayin was torched by 18-year-old Adir Ratzon, who was apparently hired by parents of one of Mauda’s alleged victims. Authorities have charged Mauda with 18 counts of abuse against 11 different children who had been enrolled at her ‘Baby Love’ daycare center in Rosh Haayin. According to the indictment, Mauda is accused of covering the children's heads with a blanket and sitting on them to prevent movement; tying a minor’s hands using string for minutes to hours; picking up minors by forcefully grasping the arm; swinging them in the air and throwing them onto the floor; shaking babies; placing toddlers facing the wall, sometimes for several hours; whipping the minors with a diaper, slapping them, pinching and pulling toddlers' heads back, blocking their noses and mouths until breathing difficulties arose. In one case she forced a minor to eat the contents of a plate into which he vomited. 5. 'HAMAS INHUMANITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS' by Arutz Sheva Staff Dr. Leah Goldin, the mother of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, will attend a conference of human rights organizations at the United Nations in Geneva tomorrow. Goldin will appear in a special hearing in which she will address the member states of the Council and call on the international community to act and assist in bringing back the IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians held by Hamas in Gaza. Goldin will be accompanied to a discussion at the Human Rights Council by Adv. Arsen Ostrovsky, who specializes in human rights and serves as the head of the Israeli-Jewish Congress. Ahead of her participation in the debate tomorrow, Goldin said, "Hamas is cruelly tormenting our family. Their inhumanity knows no bounds." "The international community bears moral and legal responsibility for the return of abducted citrus taken captive during a humanitarian ceasefire under the UN and US sponsorship and sponsorship," she added. The body of Hadar Goldin has been held by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza since the 2014 Gaza war. 6. TERRORIST'S BODY RETURNED TO FAMILY FOR BURIAL by Shimon Cohen The body of Nazim Abu Rumi, one of the terrorists who carried out a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem, was returned a few minutes before Shabbat last week. One person, a police officer, was wounded in the attack. Maor Zemach of the "Go Jerusalem" movement lamented the return of the terrorist's body in an interview with Arutz Sheva. Zemach said that the body of the terrorist Omar Younes, who carried out a stabbing attack at the Tapuach Junction last April, was also returned to his family for burial. How do the bodies of terrorists go back to their families without the Israeli public being aware of it and at the same time what seems to contradict the government's position. Zemach said that in most cases, these cases reach the High Court of Justice, and already there in the preliminary hearings, even before the High Court makes its final decision, the government announced that it has agreed to return the bodies of the terrorists. "This was the case with the terrorist from the Issawiya neighborhood two months ago and so was what happened yesterday." He said in a stabbing attack in the Old City, a police spokesman's statement said that two terrorists were killed. "It was inaccurate that one was critically wounded and doctors went out of their way to save his life, which they succeed in. He was indicted and the other terrorist was returned yesterday and buried in the morning following a campaign that was all incitement in Abu Dis." And what about the restrictions that used to be part of the agreements with the family members, agreements that included a limit on the number of funeral participants, the setting of a late night time for the funeral and the prohibition of animate signs during the course of the funeral? All of these, it turns out, are irrelevant when the terrorist is not a Jerusalem resident. "Arrangements apply to terrorists from Jerusalem. Recently, [attacks have been committed] by terrorists who are not from Jerusalem. If such an event occurs, the body was returned on condition that it would be buried in one of the suburbs of Jerusalem. Al Azaria is not a Jerusalem neighborhood but is adjacent to Jerusalem, but it is in Area B. According to the High Court, if the terrorist is identified with Hamas then he remains a bargaining chip. Abu Rumi is identified with Fatah, which issued a proclamation in his memory and also the flags of the Popular Front and Fatah were the ones at the funeral. "Beyond the burial campaign being an incitement to violence, it must be understood that the same minor terrorist, less than 15 years old, came to carry out an attack in the heart of Jerusalem after attending a PA summer camp in El Azaria, which is on the road to Ma'ale Adumim. A week after the camp ended, he and his friend arrived to carry out a terror attack in Jerusalem," noted Tzemach. 7. DAMASCUS SAYS SECOND DRONE DOWNED IN 48 HOURS OVER SOUTH SYRIA by AFP A drone was shot down on Saturday in Quneitra province in southern Syria, the second such incident in 48 hours,state media said. Authorities "dismantled a drone" after it was shot down on the edge of Jabal al-Sheikh in the Quneitra countryside, southwest of Damascus, state news agency SANA reported. The drone was loaded with bombs and C4 explosive, it said. The origin of the drone was not specified, though SANA reported it "came from the west." The Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesman said the drone did not come from his country and was likely Iranian. "What is certain is that it is not an (Israeli army) drone," Avichay Adraee said on Twitter. "Today we see proof... that (Iran's elite Quds Force commander) Qassem Soleimani does whatever he wants in Syria, and of course does not tell" the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. On Thursday, another drone was downed by Syrian anti-aircraft defenses over the village of Aqraba, south of Damascus, SANA reported, also without specifying the origin of the drone. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the downing of the drone on Saturday but was unable to confirm if it was hit by forces of the Syrian regime, or its ally, the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. 8. WILL ARAB 'JOINT LIST' GIVE GANTZ FULL SUPPORT? by Arutz Sheva Staff The four factions which make up the Joint Arab List met Saturday in Kfar Qasim,to decide whether to support Blue and White leader Benny Gantz as candidate for the next Israeli prime minister. At the end of the meeting, MK Ahmad Tibi said: "There was a deep and serious discussion, but no decision was made." The party's factions are scheduled to meet again on Sunday, prior to their scheduled meetings with Israeli President Reuven RIvlin. On Sunday, Rivlin is scheduled to begin asking partly leaders who their recommendation for Prime Minister is. If the Joint Arab List does recommend Gantz, the Blue and White leader will have at least 57 MKs recommending him: 33 from his own party, 6 from the joint Gesher-Labor list, 5 from the Democratic Union, and 13 from the Joint Arab List. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu only has the backing of 55 MKs.

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