“On October 7, 2023, a year after my entry, we went from zero to a million, on the same Saturday when Hamas surprised us with a brutal and unprecedented attack on the Otaf settlements. He slaughters, burns, rapes, kills and kidnaps many citizens from their homes in the settlements. Without mercy and without distinguishing between a civilian and a soldier, between a child and an adult, and even kidnaps and attacks a helpless baby and just people at a party who just want to enjoy life – we will never forget,” said Brigadier General Dan Goldfuss, The commander of Division 98 who finished his duties this evening (Wednesday).
“This is an unbearably difficult Sabbath, we have all failed, the IDF has failed to protect the State of Israel, we have failed to protect the residents of the Gaza Strip,” said Brigadier General Goldfuss, who transferred command of the IDF’s elite division to Brigadier General Guy Levy. Brigadier General Goldfuss added that “on that day, October 7, I called you. I told you I should have gone out to repel the enemy. None of you hesitated, you arrived with tremendous speed, you arrived to fight and repel the cruel enemy, to strike at him and take him out of the settlements and the borders of the country.
“Bleeding and shocked, we came to our senses and went to war, we went to war to dismantle Hamas and return the abductees. We went to a war that has no justice and since that day we are fighting. Division 98 on the Gaza front, fighting with all our might, moving from combat zone to combat zone, tunnel, tunnel, above and below the ground , fighting, learning, improving, not giving up and winning,” he said.
