This morning I noted that the tone and tempo of Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus’s update had picked up. This afternoon Conricus returned with a second update, this one on the IDF assault on Jabaliya — “a known Hamas stronghold.” I have found Colonel Conricus and the IDF to be more reliable sources of information than the mainstream media. This update is a report of the successful strike on a legitimate military target and obviously intended to counter what the IDF knows will be represented otherwise elsewhere. This is worth your time. See also this JNS story by Yaakov Lapin.
Operational Update with an IDF Spokesperson, LTC Jonathan Conricus. https://t.co/qSjlRurj7b
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 31, 2023
In his update this morning Conricus mentioned Major General Yaron Finkelman, head of the IDF Southern Command. In his message to the troops below, Finkelman strikes a note that reminds me of Dwight Eisenhower’s Order of the Day to the Allied Expeditionary Force on D-Day.
Try not to get goosebumps โ I dare you.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ณ๐:
โSouthern Command forces, this is theโฆ pic.twitter.com/89SRhDxe48
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) October 31, 2023
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