Israel at War: Week 36

Over the past week 11 IDF soldiers died in the Gaza campaign. Eight of those deaths caused by a blast in Rafah. Among those killed in the blast was Druze commander Captain Wassem Mahmoud, 23 years old, from Beit Jann. Avi Abelow of The Pulse of Israel calls the fallen warriors “ our holy soldiers” as they protect both the people and the land of Israel. To put that number into perspective, i