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Monday, September 30, 2024
As Israel officially mum about ground op, a top politician tweets prayer for IDF soldiers
Shas chair Aryeh Deri arrives at the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
In perhaps the closest an Israeli official has come to announcing Israel is launching a ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shas party leader Aryeh Deri, who has been deeply involved in wartime decision-making, tweets the text of a Jewish prayer for IDF soldiers.
The traditional prayer pleads with God to safeguard the troops operating “from the border of Lebanon to the desert of Egypt,” to smite their enemies and grant them victory.
