If you are not from Israel, you probably never saw this guy's picture before. His name is Matan Gotlib and he is one of the Israeli soldiers who got killed this week.
Matan was on a mission in Gaza, during which he was approached by Palestinian kids who were asking him for help and led him to a U.N. run clinic. It turned out that the place was booby trapped and when Matan entered the building, the whole place exploded killing him and two of his fellow soldiers – Omer Hay and Guy Algranati. Helping these kids turned out to be a the biggest mistake Matan ever did. It is not surprising though that he made that decision. These are the values he grew up on – to reach out to a helpless person in need. He didn't just grow up on these values, he also acted upon them in the most dangerous of times and in the most dangerous of places.
I don't know what ended up happening to those Palestinian kids in this story, whether they ran away or got killed in the explosion as well. But I know one thing for sure - The Hamas doesn't care about them, just like it doesn't care about any of the other Palestinian civilians it forces to act as human shields. It is hard to comprehend how people can have total disregard to their own people's lives, but this is terrorist mentality and this is the Hamas mentality. They started this war to get as many Israeli and as many Palestinians dead as possible. This is their goal and they will stop at nothing to achieve it.
When you think about Israeli mentality and values, remember Matan, Omer and Guy. May they rest in peace.
Link to this article - http://edgar1981.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/evening-standard-anti-israel-lies-and.html
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