These are the details of his release:

The negotiations to return the body of the Druze-Israeli teenager came after close to 30 hours of intense talks between Israel’s defense establishment and the Palestinian Authority. His body was transferred at 4 a.m. to his family in Israel through the Salam Crossing.

The negotiations were led by Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian from the IDF’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) along with the Israel Police, Shin Bet and other civilian bodies including international mediators. Rafik Halabi, the head of the Daliyat el-Carmel Council said that Qatar, Jordan and Egypt were also involved in the talks. I have posted about Major-General Ghassan before, he is a war hero: https://www.facebook.com/ugobey/posts/pfbid02GgmpEb1oqfZUjwD3cVPDoN7P8UGLd3VYCobpGhVfnTKvD5QnyQxLGdHjjSWpDVCUl

While there was no immediate public claim of responsibility by any terrorist groups, according to the uncle, the terrorists belonged to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. According to reports, the terrorists believed Fero was an undercover Israeli officer, and they were demanding the release of the bodies of terrorists being held by Israel in return for his body.

A senior IDF officer stressed that there were no negotiations with the terrorists and that there was only one request to the Palestinian Authority and that was to return the body. Had the PA not acted, the officer said, the IDF would have used other means to get the body back.

Had they failed to get the body back, the PA would have lost all legitimacy to act in future incidents, he said, adding that the PA and Palestinian Authority Security Forces took the incident very seriously and were able to pressure the gunmen to release Fero’s body.

During Operation Protective Edge in Gaza 2014, he was injured in his face and eye after an encounter with terrorists whereby he was hit by an RPG. He was evacuated in a complex rescue operation that included heavy artillery fire and he and his soldiers eliminated 15 terrorists in the process, while injured.

Eventually he was transported to the nearest hospital which was in Be'er Sheva but after they completed their checkup, he refused to stay in the hospital then said "I have a lot of soldiers over there and I need to get back to them"....within a few hours he returned to fight alongside his subordinates on the ground. He returned the hospital only after the battle, once all his men were secure and terrorists eliminated.

After the battle, Ghassan was awarded the rank of a Tat Aluf (Brigadier General) and became the highest-ranking Druze in the IDF and the third Druze in this rank in IDF history. This week he got promoted to the rank of Aluf (Major General) which is one under Rav Aluf (Lieutenant or Chief of Staff).

Perhaps he will be our Ramat Kal (Chief of Staff) one day.

Show the man some respect!

A group of teens went to the location of the terrorist attack that took place yesterday in Jerusalem and did what Jews do best in hard times. We celebrate life not death.