Israel knows exactly where Shalit is being held, but...
A report in the London-based Arabic daily al-Sharq al-Awsat claims that Israel knows exactly where kidnapped IDF corporal Gilad Shalit is being held, but cannot rescue him because the site is surrounded by explosives. [T]he IDF knows "exactly" where kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit is being held, and ... the location is under constant Israeli surveillance. Hamas is aware that Israel knows where Shalit is being held, the report said, quoting an Israeli source.All of which goes to show that the IDF probably could have rescued Shalit in 2006 (or at least had better conditions for an attempt) if we'd had a man (or a woman) as Prime Minister rather than a mouse.
The reason Israel has withheld from rescuing Shalit, the report said, is because of a fear that Hamas will kill the soldier if Israel attempts to rescue him. The site where Shalit is being held is surrounded by explosives, which will be set off remotely if IDF soldiers get too close....
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:43 PM
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I don't believe this report, Israel has the capability to block cell phones and radio transmissions, so they wouldn't be worried about explosives that can be set off remotely.
Free, remote detonations can also be hardwired.
The solution remains the same as it always was:
"“We have atomic bombs, and we cannot rescue a soldier [Schalit] 10 kilometers away? We take a list of what they want and simply kill half of them, and every day he is not released, we kill another one. If they kill him, then you attack, and you make sure there is not one Hamas leader who stays alive.”
- Moshe Feiglin
I agree with Moshe Feiglin. That would also make further kidnappings non-option.
Israel could rescue Shalit.
All I hear from the government and the IDF are excuses. If the Israel wanted to try to free him, it could.
Israel has a government of timid mice instead of resolute men.
i also agree with Moshe Feiglin.
some time ago it was:
you kill one of us, we kill 100 of you. when we lost that?
besides, why we must spend our taxes in terrorists that want to kill us??
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