As many of you are aware on Sundays I write about individuals who deserve our respect and praise. Omri Michaeli is such an individual.
From the Epoch Times:
On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked, Israeli reserve Master Sgt. Omri Michaeli didn’t wait for orders to report. The veteran reserve commando kissed his girlfriend goodbye and headed to his base outside Jerusalem.
At the base, he quickly loaded weapons in his car, teamed up with three buddies who were ready to go, and drove south—to kill the terrorists who were killing Israelis.
They headed first to Yad Mordechai, a mile north of the Gaza frontier. They killed terrorists along the way, All the roads near Gaza were filled with terrorists. There were an estimated 3,000 terrorists on Israeli soil, the equivalent of a brigade.
Mr. Omri Michaeli was a reservist in the Duvdevan elite commando brigade specializing in urban counterterrorism. Its members sometimes go undercover in classified operations. Duvdevan regulars arrived at Kfar Aza via helicopters at about 9 a.m.
Inside the kibbutz, their commander sent them to clear the youth area. It had small apartments where young kibbutzniks moved upon leaving their parents’ houses. The apartments, on the kibbutz’s edge, back up to its fence. The Gaza Strip is a little more than half a mile away across the fields.
The IDF soldiers faced a unique situation: They were in Israel, attacking dwellings that might have Israelis inside. They couldn’t just toss in a grenade.
“The officer said, ‘OK, who’s going first?’ And there was a silence.
Omri stood up and said: ‘Are you joking? Come on behind me.’”
Mr. Omri Michaeli’s team of six got started and cleared three apartments in about an hour. At the fourth apartment, the team ran into trouble.
“Behind me.” Mr. Omri Michaeli was about 6 feet, 2 inches tall—and strong.
He went in, and they saw three guns, three terrorists, in the front room.
“When he made the first step, they shot him from up to down,” his father said.
Omri Michaeli died a hero!
5/19/24