IDF Lt. Col. (reserve) Jonathan Conricus is a spokesman for the IDF. He has been working overtime since Hamas attacked Israel and commenced its campaign of atrocities one week ago today. A few hours ago he posted his seventh daily update on the ensuing war (below), this one focused on Gaza. About halfway through the update he turns to Hezbollah’s testing of Israel on the northern border yesterday.

“As we mark a week after this bloody attack against Israel,” he says, “I draw faith and strength from the level of unity in Israel and from the level of cohesion and battle readiness of Israeli soldiers….We are trying to do the right thing.” I find that the IDF generally continues to be a more reliable source of information “from the ground” (as Conricus puts it) than mainstream media sources.

In the video below Conricus goes to work on the CBC. This is worth a look as well.