Younis Tirawi | يونس
42. Major. Meir Liosh, an infantry commander, ex-spox for Israel’s ministry of defence & current spox for Israel’s defence & security forum, an organization that represents 1700 high-ranking security officials ״Annhilate Gaza inch by inch”, “rivers of blood will flow Gaza” Oct 7: “Don't give us photo ops of government meetings, don't give us videos from the field, don't give us stern-faced declarations. Show us one short video of rivers of blood flowing in Gaza, not of our soldiers or civilians. Nothing more than that.” Oct 7 : “"To destroy, to kill, and to annihilate." Oct 7: “In every military operation, we think to ourselves, "Now is the time, we've paid a heavy price. Let them feel it." And each time, we are disappointed by the ceasefires. Do we need a heavier price than what it is now? Countless dead, captives, and wounded. Gaza needs to be destroyed. Inch by inch.” Oct 8: “Wipe out Gaza” Oct 11: “wipe out Gaza” Oct 14: “The goal is not to defeat Hamas. The goal is to rebuild Gush Katif thirty times over. The State of Israel cannot tolerate a Nazi terrorist state whose citizens fully identify with it—at the distance of a Nazi assault on a nature party. It is time to put an end to this—and start anew. We are returning.” Oct 22: “Only now have I understood the heavy feeling I've been carrying for two weeks. When there were attacks in Judea and Samaria, we told ourselves, "We are from Petah Tikva/Tel Aviv/Netivot/Ofaqim; it won't happen to us." Then there were bombings during the intifadas in city centers, and we told ourselves, "Home is the safest place. Who would come to us at home? We'll keep our children as close as possible." Then came Simchat Torah, and the massacre of the holy ones in the Gaza Envelope. In their homes. In the shelters. In the most protected rooms. In the cities, among the buildings and apartments. They burned the homes with the families, the babies, the elderly parents, the seniors. There's nowhere left to run. Now we need to take such strong, so brutal, so insane, so disproportionate revenge that even at the end of the world, they will fear. Everyone sitting now and in the coming years in decision-making positions, it's time to bring security back home, to the streets, to the city centers, to the restaurants, to the parks, to the schools, and to the synagogues. Through blood and sweat, a race will be established for us, proud and noble.” 9 Nov “*Trigger Warning* The testimonies about the rape and executions in the massacre of October 7 are exactly what I wrote here from the beginning—that we haven't been exposed to anything yet. There are those here who have already become desensitized from the various testimonies, moved on, said, "This was the hardest it got." No, what happened in the Gaza Envelope has never happened in the modern world. Revenge on an unprecedented scale is the only solution. Gaza needs to be destroyed.”
