{"id":276797,"date":"2023-11-29T08:20:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=276797"},"modified":"2023-12-01T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T08:28:29","slug":"they-ran-away-from-the-battle-in-gaza-israeli-military-expels-two-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=276797","title":{"rendered":"They Ran Away from the Battle in Gaza \u2013 Israeli Military Expels Two Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Military drill conducted by Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Palestine Chronicle \u2013 Nov 27, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Israeli army expelled a combat battalion commander and his deputy after they ran away following an ambush by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The episode took place during the Israeli military invasion of northern Gaza, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynet.co.il\/news\/article\/yokra13692413\">reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli army\u2019s decision was justified on the basis that the battalion, supervised by the two officers, \u2018withdrew\u2019 from its position during a ground maneuver.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reported that the officers, along with dozens of their subordinates, asserted that they decided to withdraw because the unit did not receive military support or air cover when confronting dozens of fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades during the ambush.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a just-released video, Al-Qassam fighters are seen attacking Israeli tanks and military vehicles in Gaza. The footage showed the military uniforms of several Israeli soldiers, their necklaces, and military equipment.<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXkQLwI34V\">https:\/\/t.co\/JXkQLwI34V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2ihKIhKVM\">pic.twitter.com\/n2ihKIhKVM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalestineChron\/status\/1726235696636022795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli army stated that the sudden withdrawal resulted in events described as \u201cunusual\u201d and created a \u201csevere crisis\u201d, which prompted about half of the soldiers not to return to military service and fight in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reported that the soldiers of the company and the combat unit said that they did not receive support or air cover from the Israeli Air Force, when they fell into an ambush by Al-Qassam Brigades fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe entered a trapped area and many terrorists fired RPGs in our direction with relentless fire,\u201d the soldiers of the company testified in the investigation, according to Yedioth Ahronot.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the military company retreated back in front of dozens of Palestinian fighters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a just-released video, Al-Qassam Brigades fighters are seen clashing with Israeli soldiers in the Juhr Al-Dik area east of the central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> Strip.<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EWyzXaTflT\">https:\/\/t.co\/EWyzXaTflT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tG8QZ1RSbG\">pic.twitter.com\/tG8QZ1RSbG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalestineChron\/status\/1727007429416845632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The newspaper\u2019s military affairs correspondent, Yoav Zeitoun, quoted Israeli army officers as saying,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers in the brigade admitted that the force was sent on a mission in a poor manner after being in another prolonged activity in the Gaza Strip without rest, and that the incident created a difficult atmosphere in the battalion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper also pointed out that since the beginning of the war on Gaza, the aforementioned battalion and combat unit were exposed to other serious events in October, which included the killing of an officer and the injury of other officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance movement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hamas<\/a>, said in a recorded message of which The Palestine Chronicle received a copy, that the Palestinian Resistance will respond to the massacres underway in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rlITGtB6FD\">pic.twitter.com\/rlITGtB6FD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalestineChron\/status\/1711430058559058329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be noted that the battalion suffered other severe events in the last month.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers from other units are brought in to fill the gap (and) a crisis of confidence was created,\u201d the Israeli army stated, according to Yedioth Ahronot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?cmd=_donations&amp;business=editor@palestinechronicle.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Support The Palestine Chronicle<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/they-ran-away-from-the-battle-in-gaza-israeli-military-expels-two-officers\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli Army was once regarded as one of the \u2018finest armed forces in the world\u2019, according to the encyclopedia Britannic. Not anymore. 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