The liquidations have stopped - and the vow of October 7 is in danger

Of all the clauses that the 'Peace Council' and Israel are now discussing regarding Gaza and the fake known as 'disarming Hamas', one is particularly outrageous: the demand for Israel to cease, even for a short period, the liquidation of the Nukhba monsters and other terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

The very willingness to discuss the matter is problematic. The fact that these liquidations have now been subjected to the approval of the Chief of Staff and the political echelon shows that Israel is already partially yielding to the demand, since until August 4, these liquidations only required the approval of a regional commander.

True - this is probably not a security issue. It is quite possible that the monsters who beheaded, burned, murdered, and raped men, women, and children on October 7 do not currently pose an 'immediate threat'. But this is certainly a moral issue of the highest order, and Israel has a duty to say that it has such an obligation as well. Crimes against humanity and genocide must not be subject to negotiation, not with the 'Peace Council', and not with the USA.

The last of the 2,562 massacre participants that the special task force of the IDF and Shin Bet (Nili) eliminated were Abdallah Abu al-Latif in the Deir al-Balah area, and Salem Jamal Abu Labad, head of a cell in the Nukhba force that raided Kibbutz Nir Oz. Both were eliminated on August 2. Since then, although there have been operational opportunities, the liquidations have been suspended to allow for negotiations on the bluff of disarming Hamas - an idea as pleasant and realistic as the idea of turning Gaza into the Singapore of the Middle East.

The moral damage of suspending and delaying the liquidation of the Nukhba is, first and foremost, towards the families of the hostages, the families of the murdered, and the fallen soldiers. These families were promised that everyone who took part in the atrocities of that day is a dead man walking, and will be pursued every single day of the rest of his life until he is eliminated. This commitment was not just lip service, but a sacred moral vow that Israeli society swore to itself from the ashes of October 7.

This vow, which was attached to the vow of returning the hostages, must not be broken, even under heavy American pressure, and even under the pressure of the mediators, the patrons of the 'Muslim Brotherhood' and Hamas, Turkey and Qatar. But unfortunately, this promise is now in doubt, and I hope we are proven wrong.

After the murder of 11 Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972, Israel carried out Operation 'Wrath of God' and pursued relentlessly, for months and years, all over the world, the senders of the terrorists and the senior members of the Palestinian terrorist organization 'Black September'. It eliminated many of them.

Morally, Israel is obligated today even more than then, both because of the nature of the massacre and because of its scale. According to security assessments, there are about 400 more Nukhba members who participated in the massacre and have not yet been eliminated (or arrested), and thousands more from among the 'uninvolved' population who came to finish the job, to burn, to loot, and even to murder and participate in kidnappings.

All of these must not be part of any agreement or understanding with Hamas or any other party: no temporary immunity and no permanent immunity, and no escape arrangements or territory that will become a sanctuary for them. But only a commandment in the spirit of David's words in the Psalms - 'I pursue my enemies and overtake them, and do not turn back until I consume them'.