Month: August 2006

The Story of Benny Darom

On year ago, Tuesday on the English calendar, just a few days before the expulsion, this article appeared on Katif.net A year later, it seems important to revisit the ficticious Benny Darom and the lingering mental, psychological traumas surely being suffered by more than a few of the soldiers who took an active part in the expulsion, the eviction of Jews from Gush Katif.

This fictional story of Benny Darom bears rereading; One year ago our brethren were ousted at legalized gunpoint from Gush Katif, from all that was Theirs, from a part of Eretz Yisrael. read more

At Least 11 Dead, 13 Hurt, in Massive Hezbollah Rocket Barrage Across North

Excerpt;

“A direct hit on an open area in the northern community of Kfar Giladi, as Hezbollah renewed its rocket fire against Israel with what was described as an enormous barrage.”

For more background, click; Ten Killed in Katyusha Attack near Kiryat Shemonah

Excerpt;

“A massive wave of Hizbullah-fired rockets hit throughout northern Israel around noon. One of the rockets hit a group of people sitting outside the Kfar Giladi cemetery, killing nine and critically wounding four more. Several of the casualties were members of one family. Elsewhere in the area another man was killed.” read more

The Open Wound of Gush Katif, By Nadav Shragai

For context and for pictures, click here, here and here

When Makor Rishon’s photographer, Miri Tzahi, saw the photo of First Lieutenant Amihai Merhavia, who was killed in the battle of Bint Jbail, it jogged something in her journalist’s memory. She thought she had seen this face before.