IDF soldier Malkiel Ben Yosef told 103FM interviewers how davening Mincha saved his life and his platoon in the central Gaza town of El-Bureij.
“I realized that sunset was approaching, and I hadn’t prayed Mincha yet,” he said.
“The force halted, and I told myself, ‘This is my last opportunity to pray Mincha; otherwise, I’ll probably miss it.’ I stood to daven, facing Yerushalayim, and while I was davening, I saw movement in an open field nearby where engineering vehicles had already passed. About 15-10 yards away, I saw the movement of something metal from the ground.
“At first, I didn’t understand what this movement was. I thought it might be an animal or something. After a second, I realized someone was coming out of the ground with an RPG.
“That second, I shouted for everyone to pay attention because the guys there weren’t far from me, and I started shooting at him. I realized he was a terrorist who was heading towards the rest of the force. From what I understand and realize, he didn’t know that I was there on the side. As soon as I shouted, he turned towards me with the RPG, and I and the friends around me managed to take him down before he could fire the RPG,” Ben Yosef said.
Reprinted from the January 28, 2024 website of Matzav.com
