While Clearing Out Hamas Defensive Positions, the IDF Made a Gruesome Discovery 

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I don’t blame her mother for believing that she was still alive, but it’s now confirmed that Shani Louk is dead. Madeline covered this yesterday. The German-Israeli woman was at a music festival in Southern Israel when Hamas terrorists invaded, some descending by paraglider into the event. They killed 260 people in a campaign of carnage and mayhem that shocked Israel (via Tablet): 

"The attack on the festival outside of Re’im began around 7 a.m. The party was at its peak by then—which meant that by then most people were inebriated. At first, partygoers heard a loud explosion, which they took to be another sporadic rocket attack on southern Israel. But then the explosions grew louder and constant, and kept going for about five minutes. The music stopped, and the police protecting the 4,000 or 5,000 ravers began pushing everyone to leave. 

By then, the terrorists were approaching in pickup trucks bearing Hamas military markings. Read more and see Xs here.

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IDF: Hamas commander who 'directed' October 7 terror attack killed in airstrike

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The Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli Securities Authority said troops killed Nasim Abu Ajina, the Hamas commander who they say directed the part of the Oct. 7 massacre in the Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Netiv HaAsara.

"Yesterday, based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF fighter jets struck the Commander of the Beit Lahia Battalion of Hamas' Northern Brigade, Nasim Abu Ajina, who directed the massacre on October 7th in the Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Netiv HaAsara," the IDF and ISA said in a joint statement. "In the past, Abu Ajina commanded Hamas' Aerial Array, and took part in the development of the UAVs and paragliders of the terrorist organization."

"His elimination significantly harms the efforts of the Hamas terrorist organization to disrupt the IDF's ground activities," the statement added. Read more here.