Hamas Murdered Their Friend. Now, They Are Meeting Needs of IDF Soldiers to Keep His Legacy Alive

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

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David Newman sent a text to a friend the morning of Oct. 7. Something terrible had happened. Word quickly spread among Newman’s group of friends, who had known each other since high school. Newman had traveled to the music festival close to the border of Gaza on Friday night. It was supposed to be a fun weekend with his girlfriend “celebrating life,” something Newman was very good at and loved to do, according to friend Gidon Hazony. Hazony later learned that Hamas had murdered Newman, 25, on Oct. 7, but not before saving nearly 300 lives, including the life of his girlfriend. Newman’s actions that day, and the atrocities Hazony and so many in Israel witnessed on Oct. 7, led Hazony, David Gani, and several of their friends to quit their jobs and start a nonprofit called Soldiers Saves Lives. The organization is working to collect tactical and humanitarian aid for Israel Defense Forces. According to the group’s website, they have supplied more than 20 “IDF units and civilian response teams with protective and self-defense gear.” Gani, who serves as board chair and CFO/CTO of Soldiers Save Lives, and Hazony, president of the organization, recently traveled to Washington D.C. to raise support and awareness for their mission to provide IDF soldiers with needed supplies. They join the podcast today to explain how to partner with them, and to honor the legacy Newman leaves behind. Learn more about Soldiers Save Lives here: https://www.soldierssavelives.org/ Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	I remember standing there confused for about 15 seconds a feeling that I've never felt before as I stared at something I didn't fully understand and after about 15 seconds I realized these were these bodies were no longer alive and not only were they no longer alive they've been dead and lying in the middle of the highway for hours.
0:17.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, December 14th.
0:26.6	I'm Virginia Allen, and that was Gidon Hazoni.
0:30.6	Gidon received a troubling text message from his friend on October 7th.
0:35.0	His friend was attending the Music Festival in Israel near the border of Gaza.
0:40.0	Something was wrong. Without hesitation, Gedon and one of his other friends jumped in their cars and they started driving south to see if they could save their friend David Newman.
0:51.0	Tragically, they never made it that far south and their friend David Newman was killed by Hamas Terrace on October 7th.
1:01.0	But the experience of seeing what had happened in Israel that day inspired Gedon and a number of
1:09.5	his friends to found an organization in honor of their friend David Newman's life.
1:15.0	They started a group called Soldiers Save Lives
1:19.0	to provide needed materials to the IDF soldiers, things like bulletproof vests or cots to sleep on.
1:26.6	Both Gydon and his friend David Gani, who serves on the board of soldiers Save Lives are joining the show today to talk about their
1:36.1	work and to share about the life and the legacy that David Newman leaves behind.
1:43.4	Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
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