Yazidi Girl Held As Slave By Hamas For Ten Years Is Rescued By Israeli Troops In Gaza

Posted • October 3, 2024: There are, on occasion, stark reminders that the current conflict in the Middle East is not just a battle of cultures or religions; it is a conflict of civilization against barbarity, of reason against savagery, of humanity against inhumanity. One such reminder is the case of Fawzia Amin Sido, an innocent girl taken from her home in Iraq by ISIS, sold into slavery in Gaza, and held there for ten years. We cannot know or imagine the abuse this innocent girl has suffered, but now that is over. Israeli Defense Forces troops, acting on information from the United States, have freed her from captivity and returned her to her family. A young hostage kidnapped by ISIS terrorists at age 11 and then held by Hamas for a decade has been rescued by Israeli forces in Gaza after a months-long operation led by the US, officials said Thursday.

Fawzia Amin Sido, 21, was freed earlier this week, with footage showing her being embraced tightly by her emotional family soon after touching back down in her native Iraq. “Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and brought to Gaza at just 11 years old, has finally been rescued by the Israeli security forces,” tweeted David Saranga, the director of the digital diplomacy bureau at Israel’s foreign ministry. While we rejoice for this innocent girl and her family, it's important to absorb the lesson that this incident presents. Israel is bearing most of the brunt of this conflict right now, and they seem to be handling it pretty well; there have been some downright brilliant operations aimed at revoking the birth certificates of Hezbollah and Hamas goblins recently, not the least of which was the pager-go-BOOM exercise, which was as much a psychological exercise as a tactical one.

But it's important to understand the nature of this conflict, which daily seems more likely to escalate beyond the bounds of the Middle East. This is a conflict of good vs. evil. There is simply no other way to describe it. (…)

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New York Post: Yazidi girl Fawzia Amin Sido, taken as ISIS slave at age 11 — and then held by Hamas for 10 years — is rescued by Israeli troops in Gaza
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