\nDuring his remarks, Brook described the cruelty of the enemy. \u201cMy comrades and I fought on the frontlines\u2014up north, in the south, and around the Gaza envelope. I saw it with my own eyes, so I don\u2019t need anyone to explain who or what we\u2019re dealing with. I even apprehended children\u2014six- and nine-year-olds\u2014carrying knives, sent to murder Jews. We\u2019re at a critical moment before another major escalation. We need to be sure our blood wasn\u2019t spilled in vain, that we did everything to win, to bring back the hostages who are now rotting in Hamas captivity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us bring the hostages home. Let Hamas fall to its knees\u201d<\/strong> \u201cAs someone from the Gaza envelope, someone who fought there, who was devoted to protecting those communities, I tell you this\u2014you have a responsibility to provide real security, not a fa\u00e7ade. Anything short of the truth is a burden we all carry\u2014every citizen of this country. That\u2019s why I urge you to do everything you can to enter this war and finish it. There must be a clear end.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe expect this mission to be completed from start to finish. And if the time comes and Hamas continues to ignore our appeals\u2014our desire to resolve this\u2014then so be it. Unleash the full force. Let us bring the hostages home. Let Hamas fall to its knees. The sooner the better. We, the reservists, the wounded\u2014those who return, who rehabilitate, who fight hard\u2014we spilled our blood so this nation could rise again. We spilled our blood so the hostages could come home. If you can\u2019t finish the job as it must be done, then we have a very serious problem,\u201d Brook warned.<\/p>\n \u201cNo place for petty politics\u2014we are brothers\u201d<\/strong> Brook came to the Knesset as part of the Forum of Wounded Soldiers, formed in recent days and uniting hundreds of IDF veterans wounded during combat across multiple fronts. Just last night, the forum sent a letter to the Prime Minister, government ministers, the IDF Chief of Staff, and General Staff leadership, declaring that the war must end with one outcome only\u2014total victory. The letter was signed by over 250 wounded soldiers, who wrote: \u201cEnding the war without total victory means our blood was spilled for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lt. Col. (res.) Tomer Brook, injured while fighting in Jenin, appeared before the Knesset\u2019s Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy to demand continued military action in Gaza: \u201cWe want to make sure we\u2019ve done everything possible to win, to prevail, and to bring the hostages home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":22325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,8,6],"tags":[5361,5358,1476,5179,1482,2047,1475,3818,2543,1483,2551,5360,5357,5359,3487],"class_list":["post-22327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-politics","category-security","tag-battlefield-testimony","tag-forum-of-wounded-soldiers","tag-gaza","tag-gideons-chariots","tag-hostages","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-idf","tag-israeli-unity","tag-jenin","tag-knesset","tag-reservists","tag-security-policy","tag-tomer-brook","tag-war-strategy","tag-wounded-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBrook called for a dramatic shift in how Israel defines military success. \u201cUntil now, we\u2019ve focused on security theater\u2014shallow raids, half-measures, operations that don\u2019t go all the way. In the end, we\u2019re presenting a \u2018picture of security,\u2019 not real protection for the people of Israel. This is a moral obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-46-1024x683.webp\")
\nBrook ended his remarks with a call for unity. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to argue. No room for petty politics\u2014we are brothers. On the battlefield, we are brothers. It doesn\u2019t matter if the person next to you is from Kaplan or Bibi\u2019s base, from a settlement, a kibbutz, or a moshav. It\u2019s irrelevant. Watch my back. Cover me. That\u2019s what we, the wounded, ask from the State of Israel. Look at us. Don\u2019t let our blood be for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n