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Israel Is Fighting to Defend Western Values, Not Just Itself
The funeral of Marcel Frielich, one of the seven victims from Kibbutz Beeri, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters/Rami Amichay
I am currently in Israel, and I recently visited some of the sites of the October 7 massacre.
I walked through an army base where IDF soldiers were slaughtered, burnt, shot, and mutilated. I smelt and saw what Hamas burned. I saw fresh blood, and other things that I don’t wish to speak of. These things are beyond the pale of one’s imagination.
I visited Kibbutz Beeri, and saw other horrors there. I saw the homes that toddlers were kidnapped from. I will never ever forget what I saw. Do we still say “Never Again”? It happened again. My grandparents were Holocaust survivors, and we lost many family members there.
This is the most brutal war and threat that Israel has ever faced. Just like the Nazis, we are facing a genocidal enemy that wants to see us all murdered.
But this is about more than Israel.
October 7, 2023, marked the start of a war of civilization. This war began with an attack on sleeping people, on young people dancing at a festival, on the State of Israel simply because we are Jewish. Now a month later, it continues worldwide with rallies against us in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. The Jews are the first to be targeted. But we will not be the last.
You cannot support terrorism, rape, and intentional massacres of civilians in Israel, and oppose them anywhere else.
Evil has happened in Israel, but there has also been incredible hope, strength, and courage to come out of the Jewish state.
Am Israel Chai. The battle between Israel and Hamas is a battle of good vs. evil, and a battle that is necessary for the future of Western civilization. And we will win.
Ronn Torossian is a public relations executive.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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