Earlier in the week YWN-ISRAEL reported that an IDF vehicle flipped during an operation to arrest suspected terrorists resulting in the death of a terrorist who tried throwing a firebomb at soldiers.
It has since been learned that one of the jeeps of Nachal Chareidi that participated in the operation in the Arab village of Malik in the vicinity of Ramallah was the jeep that flipped as a result of obstacles placed at place by local residents.
The jeep rolled over an Arab who tried to attack the soldiers with a Molotov cocktail, and consequently killed him. B’chasdei Hashem the four Chareidi soldiers who were in the jeep survived the attack, partially due to the precaution they exercised during the ride. The dead terrorist was previously known by authorities in Israel.
The soldiers entered the village of Malik for an ordinary activity of summoning a few of the local residents for investigations in the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet). As the activity began, the soldiers were pelted with stones and were tackled by numerous obstacles positioned in the village roads in order to encumber their exit. As the activity was over, one of the jeeps tried to bump into the obstacles in order to remove it – an attempt that had led to its turning over. The Arab lurked the jeep inside the obstacle so he would be able to throw a Molotov cocktail once the vehicle would approach, but he was eventually squashed under it.
As a result of the incident, extensive public disorders broke out with dawn at the village, during which blocks, stones and Molotov cocktails were hurled at the soldiers. The soldiers managed to get out of the village unharmed.
Rabbis at the Nachal Chareidi Foundation escorting the chareidi soldiers throughout their military service stated that “the Chareidi Nachal soldiers risk their lives on a daily basis in face of the organized and spontaneous terror of the Arabs. We thank G-d that the event ended successfully”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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6 Responses
i dont understand why you have to write ” four Chareidi soldiers in the jeep survived” why cant you just write the four soldiers baruch hashem survived?
does it make a difference if the soldiers were chareidi or not? these young soldiers are there risking their lives for us, and all you care about is if they were chareidi. stop this nonsense please. a yid is a yid, a soldier is a soldier. none of us would be here if it wasn’t for these soldiers, charedi or not. grow up
#1, maybe the point of mentioning that they were Chareidim is to highlight the fact that there are many Chareidim in the army and putting their lives on the line to protect Eretz Yisroel. The Chareidim are stereotypically made out to be those that don’t do anything for the benefit of the country, so whenever possible, I think it’s appropriate to point out what they DO contribute.
#2, all the soldiers put their lives on the line in the army not just chareidi soldiers. this article has nothing to do with the stereotypical stuff you are referring to. the article went out of its way just to write the soldiers who were saved were chareidi soldiers, implying if they were charedi it wouldn’t be a big deal if they were saved or not.
we need to stop with this chereedi or non cheredi stuff. these terrorist who tried blowing up the tank had no idea who was in it, charedi soldiers or not. all they knew was it was a IDF tank with JEWISH soldeirs inside. they wanted to kill Jews, they didn’t care if cheredi or non cheredi. a Jewish life is a jewish neshama no matter what.
#1&3, I wish your secular media would also stop differentiating between chareidi and non-chareidi jews like you…
#1 #3
There’s more to it, metaphysical though
As R` Berel Soloveitchik put it
one who gives up his life to defend Jews is deemed a worthy for a ‘Korban.’
That is however for those who go forth with the proper intentions. For the others, their misguided potential is `pigul`
BS”D
#1 and #3: Obviously you are correct that a Jew is a Jew and we’re all one family, etc. But isn’t #2’s point well-taken? And also, is it maybe possible that the author of the article wants to suggest that there is a cause-effect relationship between the miraculous siyata d’Sh’maya that these soldiers experienced and their being shomer Torah and mitzvos?