A decade after 'Protective Edge': Closing the circle of Givati ​​at the 'Martyrs' Outpost''

May 12, 2024   

A decade later: The Givati ​​Brigade fighters carried out an exciting closing of the circle yesterday (Friday) - 10 years after Operation Protective Edge in 2014 against Hamas. The Givati ​​fighters and the people of Israel will never forget the 'Black Friday' of 'Protective Edge': During the fierce clash between Hamas terrorists and IDF forces, three Givati ​​patrol fighters were killed - the patrol commander, Major Benya Sarel, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, and Sergeant Liel Gideoni. The Hamas terrorists took Goldin's body with them. After the clash and Hadar's kidnapping, the Givati ​​patrol raided the outpost, which is symbolic in the eyes of Hamas terrorists, and conducted an extensive search of it after intelligence information about a tunnel that existed inside the outpost. According to a report by Hillel Biton Rosen on Channel 14, yesterday - 10 years after the kidnapping of Goldin, the Givati ​​Patrol raided the 'Martyrs' Post' again - and this time not to search for anything, but to destroy it. The post from which the terrorists stormed was completely destroyed. Another closing of the circle in this operation: the commander of the Givati ​​Patrol about a decade ago was Eli Gino, who yesterday led the activity at the 'Martyrs' Post' and in his area as the brigade's chief of staff. The commander of the Givati ​​Brigade in Operation Protective Edge was Ofer Winter.