Daily Shmutz | ISRAEL (IINO)  | 6/14/24

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[9:25 AM Eastern, 6/14/2024] +972 54-668-0334: 🔅 Fri before Shabbat – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Erev (before) Shabbat – Parshat (Torah Portion) Naso – Numbers 4:22 – where the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel each bring their offerings for the inauguration of the altar.

▪️REPORT FROM RAFAH.. The IDF has cleared about 40% of Rafah, one out of four Hamas battalions was completely destroyed.

▪️GOT A BIG ONE.. the IDF strike last night resulted in the death of Hashim Safi Al Din, the Head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council and the second-highest-ranking official in the terrorist organization, after Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

▪️DM GALLANT TELLS OFF FRANCE.. “While the State of Israel is fighting the most just war in its history, France has shown hostility and enmity against us, while blatantly ignoring the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists against children and women – just because they are Jews.

We will not be partners in the committee to regulate the security situation on the northern border if France takes part in it.”

▪️RECENT VIDEOS OF CATAPULTS AT THE NORTHERN BORDER.. videos have quickly spread of IDF soldiers using a trebuchet, catapult, fire arrows, and firing Molotov cocktails out of a mortar tube with compressed air to shoot fire objects across the Israel-Lebanon border wall – – beg the question, what is going on?

This note may give a hint: “Fighters who have already carried out a second reserve round in the war in the north tell of a change for the worse in the rules of engagement.  Conversations with senior command only increased the frustration: “They told us you don’t understand the big picture.”  Leading to the improvisations recorded in the latest videos: “The army doesn’t move until we move it.”  (Lighting fires on the other side of the border to clear cover for Hezbollah to come close.)

▪️BUS DISRUPTIONS STARTING SUNDAY.. Many bus drivers are Israeli muslims and are expected to go on vacation for their holiday Feast of the Sacrifice (June 16-19), which will impact schedules and frequency of bus lines.  Up to 30% of drivers will go on vacation.  Check Moovit bus app, dial *8787 or visit bus.gov.il to check schedules.

▪️POLITICAL SURVEYS.. this week is left-wing sources.  Only major change of note, Labor drops back to 5 after a brief bump following electing new leadership:  Surveys by Maariv and Israel HaYom:

National Unity – 24 – 24

Likud – 21 – 21

Yesh Atid – 15 – 16

Israel our Home – 14 – 12

Shas – 10 – 10

Otzma Yehudit – 8 – 9

United Torah Judaism – 7 – 7

Habash Ta’al – 5 – 5

Labor – 5 – 5

Religious Zionism – 5 – 5

Ra’am – 5 – 4

Meretz – 0 – 4

This is prior to former PM Naftali Bennett’s announcement of a new party coming but following National Unity’s MK Gantz’s leaving the war coalition – which by left wing polls has hurt his party.

⭕ 1 ROCKET EVENT since our last report, from Hezbollah at Hanita and Ya’ara, north border towns.

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[9:25 AM Eastern, 6/14/2024] +972 54-668-0334: ⚠️⚠️ Fri before Shabbat – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Prior to Shabbat and Jewish Holy Days, where many Jews observe religious restrictions on life activities (such as not driving) as well as attending synagogue services night and day, we publish an assessment of WAR RISK, so that those who are observing Shabbat or Holy Day restrictions can determine what level of measures to take to protect their lives – and life and risk of life allows for override measures from normal religious restrictions.

⚠️ This weeks risk assessment is VERY HIGH RISK, virtually guaranteed attacks at towns such as Safed, Meron, towns in the Golan, Rosh HaNikra, Nahariya.  Above route 85, you MUST take precautions – very high risk.

Above route 77 to 75, you are at High Risk and should be taking precautions.  This includes Acre, the Krayot, Karmiel.

Haifa, Afula, Tiberious, Nazareth – medium risk until the outbreak of full war, which could be any time!

Please take precautions and make preparations!  Prepare your shelter before Shabbat.  Make sure your synagogue has a shelter option.

(( This is not official, this is our analysis.  But official analyses DO NOT take into account Shabbat observance. ))

❗️EMERGENCY PLANNING

Links to prepare for greater conflict.  Note many of the links work on in Israel, to view from outside use a VPN (special app or program that lets you appear somewhere else on the internet).

.. Preparing your home for an emergency.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15902-en/Pakar.aspx

.. Supplies and Equipment for Emergencies.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15903-en/pakar.aspx

.. Help Prep your Neighborhood and Family Elderly.  https://www.oref.org.il/12550-20999-en/pakar.aspx

.. Know the Emergency numbers

Police 100 emergency, 110 non-urgent situation

Ambulance 101

Medics 1221

Fire 102

Electric Company 103

Home Front Command 104

City Hotline 106

Senior Citizen Hotline *8840

Social Services Hotline 118

Cyber (hack) Hotline 119

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Poll: 73% of Palestinians support October 7 attacks by Hamas   Ariel Oseran

Hamas remains the most supported political party among Palestinians, while support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has dwindled to 12 percent

June 13, 2024 at 12:32 PM  i24NEWS English Channel – A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research reveals that more than eight months into the war in Gaza, 73 percent of Palestinians support Hamas’ decision to launch the October 7 attacks on Israel.

The support is somewhat lower among Gazans, with 57 percent expressing approval.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1801237675258552456

The survey indicates a notable increase in satisfaction with Hamas and its leader, Yahya Sinwar, compared to a similar poll conducted three months ago.

Hamas remains the most supported political party among Palestinians, while support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has dwindled to 12 percent.

The poll highlights the severe impact of the ongoing conflict on Palestinian families, with 4 in 5 respondents reporting that a family member has been either killed or injured.

Regarding the future of Gaza post-war, less than half of Gazans believe that Hamas will win the war and remain in power.

Additionally, 75 percent of respondents reject the idea of deploying a joint Arab peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip.

The survey also reveals a strong opposition to the two-state solution among Palestinians, with 65 percent against it, despite a 30 percent increase in support for the solution among Gazans since the last poll.

Furthermore, 63 percent of those surveyed support armed resistance as a means of achieving their goals.

 

 

🔅 Fri morning June 14, 2024 @ 3:05 AM Eastern – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Erev (before) Shabbat – Parshat (Torah Portion) Naso – Numbers 4:22 – where the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel each bring their offerings for the inauguration of the altar.

📌EVERYONE IN THE TOP 1/3 OF THE COUNTRY should prepare per Home Front Command’s prep instructions:

.. Preparing your home for an emergency.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15902-en/Pakar.aspx

.. Supplies and Equipment for Emergencies.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15903-en/pakar.aspx

.. Help Prep your Neighborhood and Family Elderly.  https://www.oref.org.il/12550-20999-en/pakar.aspx

⚠️ VERY HIGH RISK in the north of increasing war activity.  Last night Israel targeted and may have succeeded in taking out a Hezbollah command building with multiple senior leaders AND a Hezbollah leadership housing building, taking out leaders and family.

Likely Hezbollah response of increased attacks & increased range – meaning more towns farther into Israel targeted.

Plan appropriately.

⭕ BRIEF PAUSE.. only 2 rounds of ROCKETS from Hezbollah this morning in the north, close border towns only – so far plus 1 round of ANTI-TANK MISSLES at Metulla.

▪️IDF RECOMMENDS.. ending the Rafah operation quickly in order to prepare for a wider war in Lebanon.

▪️NORTHERN HOSPITALS.. to decrease the patient population (release them to community services or transfer to central hospitals), along with preparing for evac and responding to patients with special needs per Min. Of Health emergency plans.

🌡PEAK HEAT WAVE TODAY.. high temps expected in all regions of the country. In the coastal plain the temps will not be particularly high, but in combination with high humidity percentages – the heat load is expected to be heavy as well.  Hydrate!  Don’t leave children in the car!  Check your elderly!

▪️US SEC STATE – PAY THE PA!  US Sec State Blinken pressed PM Netanyahu to release the Palestinian tax money that Finance Minister Smotrich had frozen since the beginning of May.

▪️GOT ONE.. one of those killed in counter-terror operations in Kabatia near Jenin is Muhammad al-Shalbi known as “Abu al-Jaber”, a commander in the Jenin battalion of Islamic Jihad.

▪️THE U.S. FOOLS ITSELF.. The US State Department: We are following what is happening in Rafah and we do not believe that Israel has yet launched a large-scale operation.

🔥LARGE FOREST FIRE FROM ROCKETS in SAFED.. 15 fire teams worked overnight on a large forest fire started by Hezbollah rocket fire.

⭕ HOUTHIS – NEW ATTACK METHOD.. a Houthi speedboat fired MISSILES at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden ship.  3rd ship attacked yesterday.  Damage and fire to the ship.

▪️AID PIER TO BE TAKEN DOWN TEMPORARILY.. fears that the stormy waters could break it again.

▪️PALESTINIAN SURVEY.. 73% support Hamas’ decision to launch the October 7th attack.  96% of the Palestinians who did not watch Oct. 7 videos do not believe that Hamas committed atrocities against Israeli civilians.  54% of the Palestinians who saw the Oct. 7 videos do not believe that Hamas committed atrocities against Israeli civilians.

▪️COURT ON TERRORIST BODY.. The Court issued an order to the State to explain why the body of a dead terrorist will not be released – despite the explanation that it is an asset in the negotiations for the return of the hostages.  (( This is crazy, but equally: who sued??? ))

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UNCONFIRMED REPORT: SENIOR HEZBOLLAH OFFICIAL SUBHI AL-TUFAYLI ELIMINATED BY ISRAELI AIR FORCE +2

ISRAEL REALTIME — “Connecting the World to Israel in Realtime”    June 13, 2024 @6:17 pm Eastern:  There is an unconfirmed report that Subhi al-Tufayli, a senior Hezbollah official and co-founder and first Secretary-General of Hezbollah, was eliminated by the Israeli Air Force a short while ago. Additionally, two other Hezbollah leaders, Naim Qassem and Hashim Safi Al Din, have reportedly been also assassinated by IDF air strikes in the city of Janta in southern Lebanon tonight.

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Change of Plans: The IDF is expected to advise the Cabinet tonight to end the operation in Rafah as soon as possible to allow for an offensive in the north.

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Thu afternoon June 13, 2024 @ 1:55 pm Eastern

 

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Thursday afternoon June 13, 2024 @ 7:53 am Eastern

❗️SUICIDE DRONE BARRAGE in the north!  30 rounds/alerts.

❗️ROCKET BARRAGE in the north!  Over 120+ rockets fired at Israel.

.. hits in Katzrin, Golan – 2 injured.

.. hit and fire in Tzahar Industrial Area.

.. fire from rocket strike in Beria.

.. location not stated: soldiers hit, severe injuries.

.. hit in Hatzor – injuries.

.. fires throughout the Golan (at least 15 locations) from rocket falls.

.. hit on a home, Echbara.

.. hit in Safed, fire in Safed from rocket fall.

.. hit to a building in Kibbutz Yaraon.

‼️SAFED EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS.. parents must pick up their children ASAP.

‼️GOLAN SCHOOLS.. students in protected spaces, transportation stopped.

♦️IDF ATATCKING LEBANON.. “belts of fire” bombing patterns in Fati Marjion, al-Qusayr, Haris and al-Qatrani in southern Lebanon.

♦️HUGE MINES SET OFF in JENIN as IDF forces rip up the roads to protect from those mines.

▪️POSSIBLE HOSTAGE BODY LOCATED.. not in Gaza, in a field in Sha’ar HaNegev.  DNA testing in progress to determine if the remains are of someone thought to be a hostage.

▪️REHOVOT CAR EXPLOSION.. reported earlier, police now say an assassination attempt by car bomb.

▪️AID AIR DROPS.. and still happening?  Yes, today in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

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🟡 Thu morning June 13, 2024 @ 3:46 am Eastern

▪️ MASSACRE OF THE DAY.. Hamas claims IDF attacked the al-Mawasi humanitarian evacuation zone near the southern Gaza coast. “the IDF launched an attack from the sea, from the air and from the land in the humanitarian area of ​​Al-Mawasi”

IDF: “Contrary to reports from the last few hours, no attack by the IDF took place in the humanitarian area in al-Mawasi.”

Possibly a work accident (explosives handling error), but likely a wholesale lie.

⚠️WAR CONDITIONS in the north remain HIGH RISK, everyone is reminded to “know your shelter options” wherever you go.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR – Kfir Dan, west of Jenin.. 6 terrorists killed.

🔥 ANTI-TANK MISSILE hit Moshav Avivim in the north, causes a major fire that burned the chicken coops.

🔥HUGE FIRE by Nahf (Israeli Arab town near Karmiel) started by Hezbollah rockets.

▪️FORMER US MIDDLE EASY ENVOY DENNIS ROSS.. (not a friend of Israel) “the Secretary of State claims that Hamas is delaying a deal – it should be said that “Hamas refuses”. Public pressure is a solution, and the United States should be clear.

▪️US SEC OF DEFENSE SAYS.. Defense Minister Gallant and US Defense Secretary Austin talked last night. In the conversation, Austin congratulated the rescue of the hostages, praised Israel for agreeing to the deal, and discussed with Gallant ways to reduce tensions in the north.

▪️SCHOOL IN THE NORTH.. suspended in some towns due to the increasing conflict, continuing in others.  Suspended in: Sasupa, Or Haganuz, Bar Yohai and Meron.

Zionist Finance Minister, Smotrich: I signed an order to transfer 130 million shekels from the Authority’s frozen funds in the West Bank to Israeli victims of terrorism.

▪️CAR EXPLODES – REHOVOT.. Two injured, one with serious burns.  Police: initial thinking due to car accident, but investigation finds terror items near the vehicle.

⭕ 7 rounds of ROCKET & SUICIDE DRONE attacks by Hezbollah this morning.

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⭕ Wed night June 12, 2024@@ 2:19 pm Eastern – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

After the end of the holy day of Shavuot in Israel

🔸DEAL NEWS.. Hamas replied in the negative to the main elements of the deal.

♦️IDF ASSASSINATES.. Hezbollah senior leader Taleb Abdullah and 3 other terrorists by building airstrike.  Commander of the ‘Nazar’ unit, responsible for many attacks against Israel.

.. and Muhammad Natami Nazar, one of the founders of the military wing of Hamas for Judea-Samaria, responsible for kidnappings and murders of Israelis.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR – JENIN.. special forces entry to capture a senior terrorist, large firefight on entry, shoulder launched missiles, helicopter fire.  4 terrorists killed.

♦️IDF IN GAZA.. takes full control of Shebra zone in Rafah, destroys a number of buildings holding tunnel entrances and being used as attack platforms, via tanks, artillery and helicopter fire.

‼️ MASSIVE MULTIPLE BARRAGES across the north by Hezbollah over Shabbat day.  Over 215 rockets fired, 34 rounds of alerts, often at 10+ locations per alert.

⭕ HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS.. (they say) The headquarters of IDF Northern Corps command at Ein Zeitim base,  reserve HQ of the Northern Corps at the reserve base of the Galilee Division and its stores in Amiad, Rafael’s Balsan factory for military industries, which specializes in the shielding and protection of machines and vehicles for the IDF, and HQ of an air control unit and an air operations department at the Meron air base.

🔥FIRES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN ISRAEL from rocket and suicide drone strikes.

▪️US SEC STATE – WILL GIVE $400 MILLION TO GAZA AID.

▪️US SEC STATE SAYS.. “Hamas will not be allowed to decide the fate and future of Gaza and the region.  The time has come to stop the negotiations regarding the cease-fire in Gaza. Hamas is the one who bears the burden of not reaching an agreement and the burden of the war it started.”

▪️IRAN LIES.. I MEAN SAYS.. “An official in the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards:  Hezbollah has over a million missiles of various types, including highly accurate missiles, Katyusha missiles with improved range and accuracy, anti-armor missiles and more.”  (( Divide by 5-10, that’s their cultural multiplication. ))

▪️ CAR BOMB IN ASHKELON!  20 year old woman killed, 8 year old girl severely wounded, man injured.  Police: criminal – mafia family attempted assassination.

▪️ON ULTRA-ORTHODOX IN THE IDF.. The IDF is moving forward to establish an ultra-Orthodox fighting brigade, outside the control of the Yeohalam.  The brigade will consist of three battalions, with one studying, and the remaining two in operational activity and training, in rotation.  At this point, ultra-Orthodox and national religious fighters and officers who served in the ranks are being gathered for the establishment of the brigade.

.. Related: For the first time in Be’er Sheva there are billboards in Arabic calling for young Bedouin Israelis to enlist in the IDF.

▪️CORRECTION.. we previously reported the son of former MK Moshe Feiglin was killed in battle in Gaza – it was his grandson.

▪️AID.. The Pentagon: 1,000 tons of aid were brought into Gaza in the last two days through the floating dock.

( … more to come )

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Iranian Backed Hezb’Allah Terrorists Fire Rocket Barrage Into Israel as Jewish Families Gathered for Shavuot Holiday Celebrations   By Pamela Geller

June 11, 2024 – Hazb’Allah (Party of Allah) is an Iran backed jihad army funded by Joe Biden’s regime.

WATCH: Hezbollah Rockets Reach Haifa Bay

During Shavuot celebrations: At least 15 rockets fired towards Kiryat Shmona

Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and in nearby localities. IDF says at least 15 rockets were fired towards the area. IDF strikes targets in Lebanon.

By: Israel National News, Jun 11, 2024:

Sirens were sounded on Tuesday evening in the city of Kiryat Shmona and in nearby localities.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that approximately 15 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon.

Some of the projectiles were successfully intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array and the rest fell in open areas. No injuries were reported.

A short time later, IAF fighter jets struck Hezbollah terror targets, including a military structure and launch post in the area of Aitaroun, along with Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in the area of Meiss El Jabal.

Simultaneously, an IDF aircraft struck a Hezbollah terrorist launch cell in the area of Deir Aames in southern Lebanon.

Earlier on Tuesday, a barrage of approximately 50 rockets was launched from Lebanon towards the central Golan Heights.

The IAF intercepted a number of rockets, and the rest fell in open areas. No one was injured.

 

Rescued Israeli hostages were starved, beaten ‘almost every day’ in Hamas captivity: ‘Beyond comprehension’   By Emily Crane

June 11, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET  NY Post – The four Israeli hostages rescued during a daring military operation over the weekend were starved and beaten “almost every day” by Hamas terrorists during their eight months in captivity, their doctor has revealed.

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv, 41, suffered the horrific abuse after they were all kidnapped from the Supernova desert rave during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks.

“It was a harsh, harsh experience, with a lot of abuse, almost every day,” Dr. Itai Pesach, who has been treating the freed hostages at the Tel Hashomer Hospital in central Israel, told CNN.

“Every hour, both physical, mental, and other types, and that is something that is beyond comprehension.”

The hostages opened up about the months-long torture they endured after being saved by Israeli forces during Saturday’s daring rescue in Nuseirat in central Gaza.

The doctor said they revealed they had been moved by their Hamas captors several times while in captivity and the harm inflicted on them had “left a significant mark on their health.”

“They had no protein, so their muscles are extremely wasted, there is damage to some other systems because of that,” Pesach said, adding that the food and water supply was at times non-existent.

“There have been periods where they got almost no food whatsoever,” he continued.

“There were other periods where it was a little better, but all in all, the combination of the psychological stress, malnutrition or not getting enough food or not getting the right kind of food, medical neglect, being limited to space, not seeing the sun and all of the other things have [a] significant effect on health.”

The three male hostages, who were kept together inside the family home of Palestinian journalist Abdallah Aljamal, all relied on each other for mental support during the grueling ordeal, Aviram Meir, Almog’s uncle, told The Post.  

The three men played cards together and gave each other haircuts to pass the time and keep each other sane, Aviram said.

Almog and Kozlov also found some comfort in teaching each other Hebrew and Russian, respectively, while also studying Arabic.

“It’s very warming to see how they love each other,” the uncle said.

While the men tried their best to keep each other’s spirits alive, their cruel captors would try to shatter their hopes, telling them that no one was coming to rescue them.

But on his birthday on May 11, Almog was somehow able to catch an Al Jazeera report, where he saw his own picture at a Family Forum Rally in Tel Aviv, letting him know that his nation was still searching for him.

“It was then he understood he hadn’t been forgotten,” Aviram said.

The hostages, whom the Israeli military initially said were in good health, were all reunited with their loved ones over the weekend after being rushed to the Israeli hospital.

Among them was Argamani — the young woman who became the symbol of the Oct. 7 bloodshed when she was filmed shouting “Don’t kill me!” as she was driven into Gaza on a motorbike.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog released a clip of a smiling Argamani speaking to him on the phone from the hospital while flanked by her family and friends.

The reunions, however, were not without heartbreak, as Almog was quickly told that his father, who had been glued to the TV for news of his son every day following his abduction, had died of a heart attack on the night before his son was rescued.

“My brother died of grief and didn’t get to see his son return. The night before Almog’s return, my brother’s heart stopped,” Almog’s aunt Dina Jan told the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

 

❗️ Wed SHAVUOT June 12, 2024 @ 2:40 am Eastern – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

EMERGENCY ALERT

✡️ Note Israel Realtime does not post updates on Shabbat or Holy-days (Israel time) UNLESS life threatening / saving.

❗️MAJOR ROCKET BARRAGE across northern towns, including Tiberius – over 100 rockets, over 50 locations targeted

⚠️ RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH advised to STAY CLOSE TO A PROTECTED SPACE

♦️IDF is now responding to the attack

⚠️ Likelihood of further escalation is VERY HIGH.

⚠️ All north areas from Haifa across to Afula at risk of rocket and suicide drone attacks.

Please take precautions.

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Doctor who treated rescued hostages: They were beaten while in captivity

Doctor in charge of medical treatment for four hostages who were rescued tells CNN that the eight months spent in captivity “left a significant mark on their health”.

Jun 11, 2024, 5:15 AM (GMT+3)  Israel National News – Dr. Itai Pessach of Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, who is in charge of medical treatment for the four Israeli hostages who were rescued on Saturday, told CNN in an interview on Monday that they were beaten while in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

“It was a harsh, harsh, experience, with a lot of abuse, almost every day,” he said, adding, “Every hour, both physical, mental, and other types, and that is something that is beyond comprehension.”

Pessach said the eight months spent in captivity “left a significant mark on their health” and despite appearing in good condition initially, they are all malnourished.

“They had no protein, so their muscles are extremely wasted, there is damage to some other systems because of that,” he told CNN.

Pessach said the hostages told him they were moved several times, dealing with a number of different guards. The supply of food and water was unstable.

There have been periods where they got almost no food whatsoever. There were other periods where it was a little better, but all in all, the combination of the psychological stress, malnutrition or not getting enough food or not getting the right kind of food, medical neglect, being limited to space, not seeing the sun and all of the other things have [a] significant effect on health.”

Dr. Pessach also treated some of the hostages released in the hostage release deal back in November. He told CNN that the psychological damage of these four is more intense due to the length of time they were held.

As time passes, hope of being released kind of decreases and you start wondering if this would ever end… losing that faith, I think, is where you get to the breaking point.”

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• Noa Argamani meets mother of boyfriend still in captivity

 

Biden Offers $400M More to Terrorists in Israel   by Daniel Greenfield

The only thing protecting Hamas is the Biden administration.

June 12, 2024 – In a poll from last year, the Muslim occupiers in West Bank and Gaza gave Hamas a 76% rating. Islamic Jihad was at 84%. The UN was at only 9%. And America was at 0%.

Maybe the latest $400 million check will turn things around.

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced an additional $404 million in new aid to Palestinians, while attending the “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” Conference in Jordan on Tuesday.

This is in addition to “the more than $1.8 billion in development, economic, and humanitarian aid that the United States has provided since 2021”, as “the largest single country provider of assistance for Palestinians,” Blinken noted.

In this speech, Blinken said that the only thing that stands in the way of the hostage release and ceasefire deal happening is Hamas.

And the only thing that stands in the way of Hamas being defeated and the hostages released is the Biden administration.

Apart from a $400 million check, Blinken doubled down on the proposal to save Hamas.

“In its first six weeks, the proposal would provide for a full ceasefire; the pull-back of Israeli forces from all the populated areas of Gaza; the release of a number of hostages – including women, the elderly, and wounded; a dramatic surge in aid deliveries; the return of civilians to their homes or neighborhoods in all parts of Gaza. And it would also initiate negotiations toward a permanent ceasefire.”

So Israel withdraws and allows Hamas to reclaim control over Gaza in exchange for a few hostages.

And Hamas should not require much convincing. After all, the proposal is nearly identical to the one Hamas itself proposed on May the 6th.

Apart from $400 million, Blinken is, by his own admission, peddling Hamas’ own proposal.

The only thing protecting Hamas is the Biden administration.

 

U.S. announces $404 million in humanitarian aid for Palestinians

This latest allocation brings the total U.S. assistance to more than $674 million over the past eight months

June 11, 2024 at 01:50 PM  i24NEWS – The United States has announced an additional $404 million in humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and the surrounding region.

This latest allocation brings the total U.S. assistance to more than $674 million over the past eight months.

The American State Department emphasized the urgency of the situation, noting, “As the largest single-country humanitarian donor to the Palestinian people, we recognize the urgent need for more assistance to reach civilians given the dire humanitarian conditions and call on all donors to support life-saving operations for Palestinians in Gaza and the region.”

According to the State Department, the new funding will provide essential support to vulnerable Palestinians, including food, safe drinking water, health care, protection, education, shelter, and psychosocial support.

The U.S. remains committed to addressing the humanitarian needs of those affected by the ongoing crisis.

“We urge other donors to contribute to the humanitarian response in Gaza and the region, increase support to those affected by the conflict, and work together to find lasting solutions to the crisis,” the statement concluded.

 

There Are No Civilians in Gaza   by Daniel Greenfield

Hamas are the civilians.

June 11, 2024 – Americans expected Osama bin Laden to be found in a cave in Afghanistan. In reality, he was living comfortably in a military town in Pakistan under the protection of local authorities. Similarly, Israeli hostages, including the four who were last rescued, have come home telling stories of being kept captive in ‘civilian’ households.

In both cases we fundamentally misunderstood what Islamic terrorism is. It’s not a “fringe group of extremists”, as politicians and the media describe it, but an ethnic and religious movement. The religious values of Islamic terrorists are universally shared by the vast majority of Muslims, while the ethnic ones ground Islamic warfare in the interests of specific clans and families.

Hamas is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and has a widespread base of support across the Muslim world which is dotted with branches of the Brotherhood, but its ethnic power base is also grounded in the key clans and families that control Gaza. That is why Hamas still retains the support of the majority of the Muslim colonists currently occupying Gaza. It’s also why those same ‘civilians’ held Israeli hostages prisoner and could be trusted not to inform on them.

The latest Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research poll shows that 71% of Gazans support the Hamas atrocities of Oct 7 and 56% expect Hamas to win the war. 62% in Gaza are happy with the performance of Hamas during the war and 59% want Hamas to stay in power.

That’s because they are Hamas and the terror group is also them.

The ‘Palestinian’ myth is that the Muslim colonists occupying parts of Israel are the ‘indigenous’ people. The reality is that they were Arab settlers who arrived with and after the Islamic conquest of Israel. Some, like the notorious Husayini clan, which produced Hitler’s Mufti, were relatively recent arrivals. The most powerful and wealthiest of these large families took control of urban areas, as the Husayinis tried to do in Jerusalem, and became a vital part of the Ottoman feudal order serving as mayors and muftis. When the Ottomans were defeated, the clans fought to reclaim their power with movements like the Muslim Brotherhood also known as Hamas.

Hamas is an ideological Islamist movement, but its control over Gaza depends on these large families. That’s why the idea that most people have that Hamas is a fanatical movement that exists apart from ordinary people and can be fought and defeated apart from them is wrong.

That’s also why so few of the hostages have been rescued. Like the last four, the hostages were largely dispersed among ‘civilian’ clan families across neighborhoods controlled by them. These families are formally civilian households, but many of their members are affiliated with Hamas. Rather than being an army whose members belong foremost to Hamas, they are more like the mafia and belong foremost to their extended clan, and choose to lend their support to Hamas.

It’s not just that Hamas uses human shields, which it certainly does, it’s that its infrastructure depends on clans whose adults provide fighters and whose women and children act as human shields for the greater glory of the clan and for Islam. The same clans that will kill teenage girls for violating family honor will also serve up even younger children as human shields for honor.

There is no way for Israel to rescue its hostages without going into dense neighborhoods under the control of the clans to get them out. And that will lead to firefights and ‘Black Hawk Down’ moments. Clan members, who never identify themselves as such, will cry that they were massacred. And foreign leaders and the media will condemn the deaths of ‘civilians’.

Defeating Hamas without civilian casualties is impossible because the Islamic terrorist group not only operates among civilians, but is rooted in the society of Gaza. The clans that run Gaza, that provide the manpower that controls UNRWA institutions, and that are the mainstays of Hamas are also the large families that dominate the businesses, cultural and religious life in Gaza.

There’s no meaningful distinction between civilians and Hamas. Some clans reject Hamas authority and Israel has tried to solicit some of them to run Gaza. For now with few results. The United States strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq had similarly depended on swaying certain clans, elders and warlords into abandoning Al Qaeda or the Taliban with very temporary success.

Eventually the Taliban or Al Qaeda, rebranded as ISIS, returned. And some of the same men we had armed and trained, turned their guns on us. That is an almost inevitable outcome in Counterinsurgency or COIN. When bringing democracy to the Muslim world fails, Westerners begin competing with Jihadists for the support of the clans only to be stabbed in the back.

The Jihadists have the Koran on their side. To Muslims, their terrorism will always be more righteous than our fumbling efforts to avoid civilian casualties and collateral damage. Appealing to moderates or promising a better life will not win their support. On the contrary, it only infuriates the Imams in their mosques and the influential clan leaders into opposing us.

Instead we must reckon with the reality that there are few civilians in Gaza or in the Muslim world. And those who legitimately are civilians should be measured by their deeds, not their clothing. In a culture where terrorists in the field don’t wear uniforms, where large families have sizable stocks of weapons and children are taught to kill and die, the externals don’t matter.

There are no civilians in Gaza. The vast majority of the population supports Hamas or some Islamic terrorist movement. Only a tiny minority opposes Islamic terrorism and wants peace.

The distinction is not between soldiers, terrorists and civilians, but enemies and non-combatants. Israel and Western nations should stop thinking about civilians, a concept that does not apply in a battlespace where terrorists wear street clothes and entire neighborhoods are controlled by clans that hide hostages in plain sight, and think about enemies and neutrals.

An enemy is anyone, regardless of clothing or sex, who is aligned with Islamic terrorists.

Every poll continues to show that the vast majority of those in Gaza are aligned with the enemy. And if that were not the case, the war would have long since ended once locals informed the authorities of where the hostages are and where the remaining Hamas terrorists are set up.

Israel is not just at war with an organization, but with an enemy culture. As is most of the world whether it chooses to admit it or not. The war is not defined by what they wear, but what they think. As long as human shields, female suicide bombers and child soldiers abound, the war cannot be fought by treating civilians as noncombatants while hunting elusive terrorists.

The only way to defeat an enemy is to fight him as he is, not as we would like him to be.

It would be a far cleaner and neater war if Islamic terrorists fought like conventional armies. They do not. And it is time to fight them on their own terms instead.

Hamas can’t be defeated by waiting until its terrorists take off their civilian clothes and put on uniforms. Hamas are the civilians. They are the ones holding the hostages. The only way to free the hostages and defeat the terrorists is to destroy the terror culture in whatever form it takes.

 

The hostage rescue exposed the lie of the ‘uninvolved’   By Nadav Shragai

“Uninvolved” Gazans assisted in holding the hostages, provided intel ahead of the Oct. 7 onslaught, and participated in it, and on Saturday tried to block the IDF rescue vehicle carrying hostages.

June 11, 2024 – The “uninvolved” were part of the Hamas system, which held all seven hostages that the IDF has so far released in “civilian” residential apartments: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv (in Nuseirat), Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har (in Rafah) and the soldier Ori Megidish (in an apartment in the Shati refugee camp).

Many of the “uninvolved” neighbors knew. Most remained silent. Hamas itself, in order not to appear as having been negligent in guarding the hostages, admitted time and again that “the released Israeli prisoners were with civilians, not with Hamas,” thus providing further proof, for those who still needed it, of how involved the “uninvolved” were in Hamas terrorism.

David Tahar, the father of the late Sgt. Adir Tahar, who fell in the battles on Oct. 7, described how the IDF found his son’s severed head near Palestine Square in the center of Gaza, inside a backpack in a freezer in an ice cream shop. The terrorists who murdered him tried to sell his head to greedy “uninvolved” for thousands of dollars so that they could make more money off of Israel.

How quickly the world forgets. Some 20,000 “uninvolved” workers from Gaza entered Israel daily before the massacre for many long months. They were employed in the areas surrounding Gaza, Sderot, and Ofakim. Some of them prepared for the massacre and recorded details about the targets: the number of residential homes and bedrooms, the location of shelters and living rooms, how many family members lived in each house, and where cars were parked. Everything went to Hamas. It was part of the infrastructure for the pogrom. The “uninvolved’s” contribution to the horror.

The “uninvolved,” thousands of them, “demonstrated” on the eve of the massacre right next to the fence, buried explosives along it and marked weak points. They took part in the great deception operation, which succeeded for Hamas beyond all expectations.

During the massacre itself, after the infiltration, thousands of “uninvolved” arrived in the area around Gaza, some barefoot, to complete the job: murder, looting, and arson. On Oct. 7, they danced like madmen around the trucks with the kidnapped children, women, elderly, and youths, chanting “Death to the Jews,” and helping Hamas hide them.

The “uninvolved” assisted Hamas in moving rockets to hiding places. “Uninvolved” teachers taught Gazan children that it is a religious duty to kill Jews, and “uninvolved” mothers declared they were proud to send their children to battle to become “shahids” (martyrs).

During the war, it became clear that in the thousands of homes of “uninvolved” families, weapons were buried, rockets were hidden, or tunnels were dug as part of Hamas’ tunnel network in the strip. Last Saturday, some “uninvolved” joined the siege that Hamas terrorists tried to impose on the stuck rescue vehicle in which three of the hostages were staying.

The list of events in which the “uninvolved” were involved, whether in a terror-supporting environment or beyond that, is long, and there is not enough space to detail it. And yet, one more small detail: Hundreds of thousands of Gazans voted for Hamas in 2006, whose charter called for the destruction of the Jews and the State of Israel, giving it 18 out of 24 directly elected seats in the strip. They accurately reflected the choice of Gaza’s residents.

[Ed.:  There are no “innocent civilian” Gazans.  So why then has the Israeli military leadership predicated their entire strategy based on protecting these people?  Why is Israel’s military leadership not winning and ending this so-called ‘war’ eight months later and losing even more Jewish lives all day, every day?  The answer is: because they are leftist, anti-Torah, atheist half-wits.  It is because of their idiocy that Oct. 7th happened in the first place!  They should be immediately replaced with real leaders, and be tried and prosecuted for 3rd degree murder and treason. The problem is that besides needing complete and total military reform in IINO, complete and total judicial reform is also needed for the exact same reason! Both of critical life and death needs are just ‘not in the cards’.  See the predictions of Rabbi Akiba and Shimon Bar Yochai (3,000 years ago,) of exactly how this is going to play out! It ain’t pretty.]  [Emphasis added]

 

Full Israeli proposal includes ‘permanent’ ceasefire in Gaza before all hostages returned – report

Contrary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public insistence, the reported document does not include the elimination of Hamas as a governing force in Gaza

June 10, 2024 at 02:57 PM  i24NEWS – Israel’s Channel 12 news has published extensive details on Monday evening of what it claims is Israel’s May 27 proposed deal to Hamas for a ceasefire and hostage exchange.

The four-page document, reportedly titled “General Principles for an Agreement Between the Israeli Side and the Palestinian Side in Gaza on the Exchange of Hostages and Prisoners and Restoring a Sustainable Calm,” includes 18 clauses and outlines three phases.

Contrary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public insistence, the reported document does not include the elimination of Hamas as a governing force in Gaza.

Instead, it reportedly commits Israel to ending the war before all hostages are released.

Key Elements of the Proposal

First Phase:

   – Hamas would release all women, men over 50, and ill or wounded civilians, totaling 33 hostages.

   – Israel would release 30 Palestinian prisoners per hostage or 50 per female soldier, including terror convicts, based on lists provided by Hamas.

   – A phased release of hostages, starting with three female civilians on day 1 and continuing with additional hostages every seven days.

   – Release of Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu, as well as 47 Palestinians re-arrested after the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal, along with all Palestinian women and children under 19 detained since October 7.

   – No re-arrests for the same offenses.

Second Phase:

   – Indirect negotiations beginning no later than day 16, concluding by the end of week 5 of the first phase.

   – Restoration of “sustainable calm” with a cessation of hostilities and a complete Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza before the exchange of soldiers and remaining men.

The Prime Minister’s Office has denounced the report as “incomplete and misleading,” insisting that Israel will not end the war until all its goals are met, including eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.

The office asserts that the full document would confirm these objectives.

Netanyahu has faced criticism from his far-right allies for not disclosing the full proposal to the security cabinet, with accusations that he is concealing information.

[Ed.:  This ‘Report’ is likely ‘Jewish taqiyya’, knowing that Hamas will reject it, and the blinkin’ gringo will have to accept it at face value.  Could be taqiyya, since it’s not very credible...]

 

Hundreds of police officers uproot orchard in Binyamin, planted by late Ahuvya Sandak

Civil Administration inspectors and hundreds of policemen used heavy equipment to uproot the orchard planted by Ahuvya Sandak and his friends, following a petition submitted by local Arabs.

Jun 10, 2024, 8:08 AM (GMT+3) Israel National News – Civil Administration inspectors escorted by hundreds of policemen arrived at the hill of Maoz Esther in Binyamin on Monday morning and used heavy equipment to uproot the orchard of fruit trees that was planted by the late Ahuvya Sandak, who was killed in a police chase in 2020, and others, five years ago.

Large police forces were deployed throughout the nearby community of Kochav Hashar to prevent the arrival of residents who wanted to protest against the destruction.

At the same time, a closed military area order was imposed on the area and police officers were stationed to prevent the entry of any civilians into the areas of Kochav Hashachar and the nearby hills.

The destruction was carried out after the State informed the High Court, in a petition submitted by Arabs from the neighboring village, that it would uproot the orchard within 180 days, subject to operational considerations.

“We woke up this morning and were shocked to see the destruction and devastation,” residents of Givat Maoz Esther lamented. “Hundreds of black-clad policemen were marching up to the hill, just to uproot a fruit tree orchard that was planted 5 years ago by Ahuvya Sandak and other boys, who were some of the founders of this community. The fact that Arabs murder Jews and then inherit their land echoes here this morning very loudly. The fact that in the midst of a comprehensive war, huge forces are still being stationed to attack Jewish communities shows the complete loss of direction that Israel has found itself in.”

“Despite everything, we will continue to hold on to the land and this destruction and harassment will only strengthen our grip on our country. The orchard that was uprooted today will be replanted please God in the coming days and one day we will still enjoy its fruits,” residents of Givat Maoz Esther concluded.

[Ed.:  This is disgusting!  This is embarrassing!  This is why it’s IINO.  They go way out of their way to protect “innocent civilians” in Gaza (even though there aren’t any,) and not win the war against a rather small gang of arabs (Hamas,) they have the time and resources to tear down homes and fields of Israeli Jews!  It’s unimaginable! It’s unforgivable.]

 

‘The elephant in the room’ | MFA highlights ‘civilian’ involvement in Hamas atrocities

New video notes how Gazan civilians participated in killing, raping, and abducting Israelis on October 7th and still assist in holding hostages.

Jun 10, 2024, 1:51 PM (GMT+3)  Israel National News – The Israeli Foreign Ministry published a video on Monday highlighting the involvement of “civilians” in the atrocities perpetrated on October 7th and since then.

“We need to talk about the elephant in the room,” the Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on social media.

“Many Gazan civilians participated in killing, raping, and kidnapping Israelis on October 7.

“It is also reported that Gazan civilians were paid by Hamas to hold hostages captive in their homes,” it added.

According to the Foreign Ministry, “Hamas is intentionally involving the civilian population of Gaza in its war crimes.”

The Ministry called on the world to “condemn this in the strongest terms.”

[Ed.:  There are no “innocent civilians” in Gaza.  NONE.  This means that IINO’s extreme measures to protect the “innocent civilians’ was an absurd effort. It cost IDF lives for nothing.  IINO prioritized protecting these so-called “innocent civilians” over winning and ending the war.  This is squarely on the shoulders of the IDF leadership, not the heroic soldiers.]

 

Smotrich: We blocked Gantz’s plan to establish a Palestinian state   Hezki Baruch

‘The responsibility for the misconception that led to the massacre and the failures in the management of the war belongs to Gantz and Eizenkot.’

Jun 10, 2024, 4:37 PM (GMT+3) – Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, commented on the decision of Blue and White ministers to resign at a party meeting today.

“The disintegration of a unity government during a war is the least statesmanlike act that exists,” said Smotrich, “Gantz, Eizenkot, and Tropper decided to prioritize personal and political considerations over the national consideration, which requires unity to achieve the war’s objectives and to provide support to IDF soldiers who are currently fighting in the field.”

He added that “The responsibility for the misconception that led to the massacre and the failures in the war belongs to Gantz and Eizenkot no less than anyone else. They held the highest positions in the security system over the last decade and were partners in the war cabinet and in all the decisions made there.”

“Yesterday the cat was out of the bag when Gantz essentially admitted that the reason for his resignation from the government is that we blocked his plan under pressure from the Biden administration and other factors to establish a Palestinian state in the heart of the country, which would constitute an existential threat to the State of Israel,” Smotrich continued. “Even if they call it by various names – the day after, a political initiative or a regional solution – it is impossible to hide the truth that the steps Gantz is pushing towards are the establishment of a monster of terror hundreds of meters from the settlements of Sharon and a few minutes from all the major population centers in the center of the country, in Ra’anana, Kfar Saba, Netanya, Tel Aviv, Be’er Sheva, and Afula, in the north and the south.”

“We managed to thwart Gantz’s demand to establish a Palestinian state in the government, and I am now acting on the ground to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state. The countries of the world can declare morning and night that they recognize a Palestinian state, but we set facts on the ground and ensure that a Palestinian state will never be established.”

Smotrich conveyed a message to the Prime Minister: “I hope and believe that the departure of Gantz and Eizenkot will allow us to act much more decisively and resolutely against the Palestinian Authority, which stands behind the campaign of persecution at the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the Prime Minister and senior IDF officials, including economic sanction measures that will hurt them very much, remove the restrictions to bring about a major renewal of construction in Judea and Samaria, allow the completion of the regulation of the young settlements and demolish the illegal Arab construction in the open areas, which is intended to take over the territory and establish a de facto Palestinian state.”

“Even now, I reiterate my call to transfer the security strip in the north from Israel to southern Lebanon and launch a lethal attack against Hezbollah and the infrastructure in Lebanon. Gantz’s resignation should not affect the decisions that need to be made, they have broad backing from the entire people. And I again call on you, Mr. Prime Minister: Give the order and launch the attack.”  [Emphasis added]

In response to the issue of the conscription law, he said: “We are in a great opportunity that should not be missed. We must not push the haredi public into a corner. Mr. President, I call on you: Go out today, call on the Supreme Court to suspend the discussions because it will not work by force. Call on everyone to stop and invite them to you at the President’s residence to create dialogue sessions, and there we will find agreements, there we will find a compromise.”

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Hostages Rescued “Under Fire In Daring Gaza Raid”: Israel, Hamas Cries “Massacre”, Vows No Surrender   [VIDEO  8:06]

Jun 8, 2024 • Israel has freed four hostages in a special operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, said the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, were reportedly rescued from two separate locations in Nuseirat.

An officer of Israel’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit died after sustaining injuries in the hostage rescue operation, Israeli media reported.

The Israeli PM said that his security forces “have proven that Israel does not surrender to terrorism.”

US President Joe Biden, who is a staunch ally of Israel, welcomed the freeing of hostages in the  IDF operation

0:00 INTRODUCTION

4:02 PREVIOUS HOSTAGE RESCUE BIDS

4:40 PALESTINIAN COST OF ISRAEL’S RESCUE MISSION

5:30 HOSTAGE FAMILIES HAIL “HEROIC OPERATION”

 

REVEALED: “THE DIAMONDS ARE IN OUR HANDS” MINUTE BY MINUTE IN “OPERATION ARNON”    by Micha Gefen

June 9, 2024 – (Via YNet, translated) In the heart of the Nuseirat refugee camp, after eight months and a day in captivity in Gaza, one of the most daring operations since the beginning of the war took place. Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv, and Andrei Kozlov, who were kidnapped from the Nova party, were rescued in “Operation Arnon,” named after YAMAM fighter Arnon Zamora, who was killed during the operation. This is how the action unfolded, minute by minute.

**Thursday, 6:30 PM**: After meticulous planning, drills, models, and advanced intelligence tracking that lasted for many weeks, the political echelon approves the operation initially dubbed “Summer Seeds.” The approval was made in a classified discussion, under heavy compartmentalization and waiting for the right moment.

**Saturday, 10:00 AM**: Two main spearhead teams, disguised, leap from several directions towards the Nuseirat refugee camp near the coast. The forces move stealthily in broad daylight towards the two buildings where the hostages were held, passing through thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of local Hamas fighters who did not notice them. According to the Palestinians, the forces entered using a humanitarian aid truck – and Al Jazeera even published footage of it with IDF vehicles, apparently from moments after the operation. The IDF denied this and also denied using the American pier later on.

**10:45 AM**: Special ground observations and technological tracking means from Air Force aircraft identify that the area is clear and there is no suspicious movement in the two buildings, each 3-4 stories high. In one of them, Noa Argamani was held, and in the other, the three other hostages, along with Gaza families and armed guards.

**10:50 AM**: The information and live footage of the alleys, hundreds of meters long, separating the two targets are transmitted to screens in the two command centers from where the operation was commanded: the Shin Bet center in central Israel, attended by the head of service Ronen Bar and the Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi, and the Southern Command in Be’er Sheva, from where the Southern Command general managed the surrounding and rescue forces.

**11:00 AM**: The two ground teams receive the “go” command, personally approved in real-time by the head of the Shin Bet and the Chief of Staff. They storm the buildings simultaneously and in full coordination, at the same second, to prevent the terrorists at the second target from discovering it – which would endanger the hostages.

**11:10 AM**: While the elimination of the terrorists guarding Argamani and her rescue went relatively smoothly, the operation in the second building was much more complicated. Commander Zamora’s team reports that he was hit in the crossfire. The fighters who eliminated the terrorists at that target are treating their commander and trying to save him while exiting the building, under increasing fire.

**11:15 AM**: The message everyone was waiting for is reported on the radio: “The diamonds are in our hands” – meaning the hostages are with us.

**11:20 AM**: Under the cover of the delay, dozens of terrorists gather around the building where the three hostages were held, and hundreds of armed men approach from all directions with RPG launchers, PK machine guns, and Kalashnikov rifles. They run through the narrow alleys and the nearby market, crowded with thousands of Gazans.

**11:22 AM**: The forces attempt to escape in  the rescue vehicle, but it is hit by heavy fire and starts to malfunction. Southern Command General Yaron Finkelman activates the pre-prepared rescue plan.

**11:25 AM**: Air Force fighter jets and helicopters launch dozens of munitions towards the terrorists to isolate the area. Hundreds of soldiers from the 7th Brigade, paratroopers, Givati, and Kfir, positioned as reinforcements, are mobilized on foot and also in tanks and Namer APCs into the refugee camp, with navy ships providing cover from the west.

**11:30 AM**: The reinforcement forces and the Air Force manage to isolate the main combat zone, thus providing a safe escape route for the main force with the three hostages. The Southern Command exceptionally approves Air Force Yasur helicopters to land for evacuation deep inside the Gaza Strip, under fire cover from fighter jets. The aerial fire hits the terrorists, tens of meters from the soldiers.

**11:50 AM**: The last special forces soldiers board the helicopters that take off to hospitals in Israel. Attempts to resuscitate Commander Zamora continue in the air, but at the hospital, they are forced to declare his death. Reinforcement forces from the IDF brigades continue to engage the terrorists in the operation’s perimeter – eliminating dozens more of them until the operation ends.

**1:33 PM**: The IDF, Shin Bet, and police officially announce the rescue of the four hostages, and spontaneous celebrations begin – both in Israel and among Israelis abroad.

 

Israeli Defense Forces Confirms Al Jazeera Reporter as Hamas Terrorist Who Held Three Israeli Hostages in His Home in Central Gaza’s Nuseirat   [VIDEOS]   By Jim Hᴏft

June 9, 2024 1:00 pm – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed that Abdallah Aljamal, an Al Jazeera reporter and photojournalist, was actively holding three Israeli hostages within his residence in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that four hostages, identified as Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were rescued on Saturday in a daring IDF operation.

Noa Argamani was abducted while attending the Nova music festival on October 7. The young woman was reunited with her father and her terminally ill mother after being held captive for nearly eight months.

The IDF released a statement following the successful operation, “It has been 245 days since Noa hugged her father and her mother who is terminally ill. It has been 245 days since she was dancing with her friends at the Nova festival. For 245 days, Noa was held captive by Hamas terrorists who only seek to cause pain and suffering. Today, Hamas’ torment of Noa came to an end as she was reunited with her loved ones.”

Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov experienced a heartwarming reunion with his mother.

Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan reunites with his friends for the first time.

Shlomi Ziv, after enduring 245 days of captivity, was finally brought home to his wife and family.

IDF wrote, “Shlomi Ziv (40) was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 at the Nova festival. Shlomi was working as security director at the festival when he was brutally taken hostage for 245 days. We brought him home today back to his wife and family. We will continue operating to bring all our hostages home.”

On Sunday, the Israeli military confirmed that Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were held in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a reporter for Al Jazeera and a confirmed Hamas terrorist, in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

According to the IDF, Aljamal held the hostages alongside his own family members.

The Times of Israel reported that Al Jazeera denied claims that the three hostages were held at an employee’s home.

The news outlet reported:

Qatari news network Al Jazeera is stridently denying any link to Gaza-based journalist Abdallah Aljamal, amid unverified rumors that hostage Noa Argamani had been held at his home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

According to various rumors, some of which have been picked up by Hebrew-language media with varying levels of credulity, Argamani was held at the home of Dr. Ahmed Aljamal and his son Abdallah. They also claim that Abdallah is an employee of Al-Jazeera.

The reports base the claim on Rami Abdu, head of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, who tweeted that soldiers climbed into the Aljamals’ home during the raid and killed several members of the family, including Ahmed and Abdallah. He notes that Abdallah is spokesman for the Hamas-run labor ministry in Gaza and has contributed to several news outlets in the past.

“This man is not from Al-Jazeera, and he did not work for Al-Jazeera at all, and he is not listed as working for Al-Jazeera neither now nor in the past,” al-Jazeera Jerusalem bureau chief Omar al-Walid says. “We do not know him, and all the rumors that have been spread are empty of content and not true at all.”

However, the IDF asserted that the suspect works for Al Jazeera, providing evidence by posting the reporter’s own biography from the Al Jazeera website.

“Journalist” Abdallah Aljamal was a Hamas terrorist holding Almog, Andrey and Shlomi hostage in his family’s home in Nuseirat. No press vest can make him innocent of the crimes he has committed. Al Jazeera what’s this terrorist doing on your website?” IDF wrote on X.

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[Ed.:  Coincidentally, “Journalist” Abdallah Aljamal is the son of the doctor who kept hostages in his home.  IT WAS THE SAME HOME!]

 

Col. Richard Kemp: ‘Incredibly impressive, difficult to rescue hostages from 2 places’    Gary Willig

Former commander of British forces in Afghanistan speaks Arutz Sheva about the difficulty and achievement of the rescue of 4 hostages yesterday, warns Hamas will attempt to make further rescues more difficult.

Jun 9, 2024, 12:08 PM (GMT+3)  INN – Colonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of the British military forces in Afghanistan, spoke to Israel National News – Arutz Sheva about the daring rescue operation in Nuseirat yesterday (Saturday) in which four hostages were rescued alive, eight months after they were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7.

“This was an extremely significant event in this war,” Col. Kemp told us. “The IDF has been fighting very hard, very effectively, and with immense success in Gaza. They have destroyed most of the Hamas terror army and are on the path of its final destruction as a fighting force that can threaten Israel. But all Israelis’ hearts are firmly with the hostages and this dramatic rescue operation of four of them is a much-needed shot in the arm for people who have endured so much for so long in what is becoming Israel’s longest-ever war.”

He noted that such successful hostage rescues are rare during warfare. “Successful hostage rescue in a hostile environment is probably the most difficult of military operations. I have been involved in the rescue of British hostages in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is rare for them to succeed. There are two prerequisites that are both extremely hard to achieve. First, you must have pinpoint intelligence to tell you exactly where the hostages are being held and in what conditions, including who and how many are guarding them. Second, you must be able to achieve surprise, in other words, to launch the operation without prior detection. Bearing in mind it is likely that hostages will have a gun to their heads and any warning that a rescue is coming will likely see them killed immediately. Terrorists will also often be expecting a rescue and will prepare to kill the rescuers eg by booby traps, snipers, etc.”

“In this case, hostages were rescued from two separate locations which is incredibly impressive given the necessity to coordinate them so precisely to avoid terrorists in one location being so that one assault does not trigger reaction from terrorists in the other,” he said.

“I have the utmost admiration for those soldiers, police, and intelligence officers who carried out this operation. Each one of them knew well the lethal dangers they faced, which has been tragically shown by the death of Yamam Chief Inspector Arnon Zemorah.

When asked about the question a BBC presenter asked about the possibility of the IDF issuing a warning prior to launching the rescue operation in order to reduce Gazan casualties, Col. Kemp responded that “that sort of question can be dismissed as a sign of complete ignorance of the reality of war. To give a warning that you are about to launch a hostage rescue operation would be a guarantee of that operation’s failure.”

While the rescue has been widely celebrated, there have been some who have condemned it, including United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese, who called the rescue “genocidal intent turned into action” and quoted the Hamas terrorist organization’ claim that over 200 people were killed in the operation.

Responding to this criticism from the UN official, Col. Kemp said that “Albanese’s heavy anti-Israel bias is well known. She doesn’t know how many civilians or terrorists were killed during this operation and as usual is relying on figures provided by the terrorists themselves. Rather than condemning Israel, she should condemn Hamas. It is Hamas that savagely kidnapped the hostages on 7th October. It is Hamas that has been holding those hostages within the civilian population, deliberately risking civilian lives knowing that efforts would be made to rescue the hostages. It is Hamas that attacked the rescuers from behind human shields. Every death during this operation is due entirely to Hamas who also have total responsibility for all of the bloodshed since this conflict began.”

He warned that Hamas would respond to this defeat by attempting to make it even harder to find and rescue the hostages who remain in Gaza. “We must hope that the IDF and Shin Bet is able to gain further intelligence to enable them to rescue more of the hostages. They are working flat out to achieve that and have been since the war began. We can be encouraged by Operation Arnon that Israel has such impressive capability and may be able to repeat it.”

“Nevertheless, we should not be too optimistic because, as I have explained, achieving success in hostage rescue is incredibly difficult. After this success, there is no doubt that Hamas will be even more alert to future rescue attempts and will already have taken steps to make further operations even harder,” Col. Kemp concluded.

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MK Danny Danon appointed as Ambassador to the UN

MK Danon will be stepping into the position for the second time, after serving as ambassador from 2015 to 2020.

Jun 9, 2024, 4:26 PM (GMT+3)  Israel National News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz have decided to appoint MK Danny Danon (Likud) as Israel’s Ambassador to the UN.

MK Danon will be stepping into the position for the second time, after serving as ambassador from 2015 to 2020.

“MK Danon has considerable experience in the international arena and there is no doubt that his talents and experience will find expression at this time,” an official announcement of the decision stated.

The appointment will be submitted for Government approval after which Ambassador-designate Danon will begin his second term as Israeli Ambassador to the UN.

Danon will be replacing Ambassador Gilad Erdan, who announced last month that he would be concluding his term after four years in the summer.

MK Danon commented on the decision: “Since the beginning of the Swords of Iron War, I have been fighting to defend Israel’s position in the world in a variety of ways. Last week I hosted Ambassador Nikki Haley in Israel, an important visit, and one of many such visits of world leaders who came to Israel at my invitation since the tragedy of October 7th.

“At a time when the State of Israel is fighting on a large number of fronts, each of us must do the best within our skills and experience. This is how I acted in the past and this is how I will continue to act in the future.”

He added: “In the face of the diplomatic terror that rears its head these days, I am obliged to present the truth for the sake of the people of Israel and our common future in our homeland.”

[Ed.:  Danny Dannon is unquestionably one of the very best we have.  But, IMHO, IINO needn’t waste the time and money or Dannon’s talents on the UN, and should not belong to such a terrorist organization altogether.]

 

How IDF soldiers entered refugee camp where hostages were held

An undercover force entered the densest refugee camp and within an hour began the rescue operation, supported by additional forces and heavy Air Force cover

Jun 9, 2024, 3:55 PM (GMT+3)  Israel National News – Eyewitnesses to the rescue operation of four hostages on Saturday morning told the Saudi channel Asharq that the operation began when an undercover force disguised as displaced residents entered the Nuseirat refugee camp, from the direction of Netzarim Corridor at approximately 11 am.

The undercover force, including male and female combat soldiers, came in a vehicle full of belongings similar to those the displaced residents in the Gaza Strip had and responded to the residents’ questions that they had escaped from Rafah and were looking to rent an apartment in the market area.

The channel reported that Israel chose the busiest moment in the refugee camp and the entire operation was covered by heavy bombing from the Air Force and tanks that came to the area.

Eyewitnesses said that the operation began an hour later when a truck that rescued the hostages arrived and soldiers from other trucks in the area covered the force.

The rescue operations lasted a little more than half an hour from the moment the forces broke into the buildings until the helicopters took off for Israel. The rescue time included, among others, the arrival of additional rescue vehicles after a truck carrying three of the hostages got stuck due to a problem with the gear.

The paratroopers, who were operating not far from the site, jumped in to help and, with cover from the Air Force, were able to overcome the technical fault in the truck.

The hostages were held together with families under heavy security inside three or four-story buildings, with only 200 meters between the buildings. The male hostages were held separately from Noa Argamani.

The forces split into two and operated simultaneously, with the understanding that if they operated in one location first, there would be a danger to the hostages in the other location.

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What will be the impact if Gantz departs the unity government?   Caroline Glick

He has used his presence in the war cabinet not to give a boost to Israel’s war effort but to serve as a drag on it. The government will be more stable without him.  Opinion.

Jun 9, 2024, 6:08 AM (GMT+3) INN – What precipitated Gantz’s departure? Are new elections upon us? How will his decision affect the trajectory of the war?

Two forces are responsible for Gantz’s move: the Biden administration and the far-left, anti-government political campaigners popularly known as the Kaplan force. Gantz joined the government in response to U.S. pressure and a call from the far left to undermine the government from within. He is leaving due to pressure from both.

As Politico reported on Thursday, Biden’s main focus these days is to end the war as quickly as possible. To achieve this goal, he is applying pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to capitulate to Hamas’s demands for a permanent ceasefire.

“The president and his aides are working to make sure Netanyahu is feeling the squeeze from all sides,” the magazine reported.

The report explained that Biden and his team are working not only with international actors but with “Israeli citizens and Netanyahu’s political allies and foes alike.”

The main Israeli citizens in question are the deep-pocketed far-left political campaigners that have been carrying out protests, riots and other direct-action campaigns since 2019 to oust Netanyahu and the political right from power. Since Netanyahu returned to the premiership in December 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and other senior officials have regularly met with leaders of the Kaplan force in Israel and in Washington.

Although Gantz’s departure is significant, it isn’t a surprise. When he announced his agreement to serve in a national emergency government days after Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion and slaughter, most Israelis were relieved. At a moment of national peril, Israelis believed it was imperative to abandon the domestic rancor that had characterized life in Israel during the Kaplan force’s 10-month insurrection that preceded Hamas’s invasion.

Three types of unity governments

Over its history, Israel has seen three types of unity governments. In the weeks before the Six-Day War in June 1967—as Israel readied for the anticipated pan-Arab invasion—then-Prime Minister Levi Eshkol invited then-opposition leader Menachem Begin to join the cabinet. The purpose of the government was to show the world and the Israeli public that at that critical moment, the country stood as one.

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Minister Benny Gantz expected to resign this evening    Hezki Baruch

Minister Benny Gantz will make a statement to the media at 20:00 in the evening, where he is expected to announce his resignation from the government.

Jun 9, 2024, 3:35 PM (GMT+3) INN – Minister Benny Gantz will make a statement to the media this evening (Sunday) at 8:00 p.m. Israel time, where he is expected to announce his resignation from the government. Gantz’s statement was postponed by a day following the rescue of four hostages from Hamas captivity.

Last night, Prime Minister Netanyahu requested Gantz to remain in the government. “This is a time for unity and not division,’ Netanyahu wrote. ‘We must remain united in facing the great tasks ahead of us. I call on Benny Gantz – do not leave the emergency government. Do not give up on unity.”

A minute later, Gantz released a statement, “Citizens of Israel, a week ago I spoke with great pain with Noa Argamani’s father. His concern, and the concern of the other families of Andrei, Shlomi, and Almog, was replaced with great joy and relief. Indeed, we have reason to rejoice. We have much and many to be proud of. One can imagine the shock of the released who, in an instant, had their world changed again, this time for the better.”

“My friends and I, along with the entire people of Israel, rejoice with the returning families and support at this time the families still waiting for the return of their loved ones. This is a very complex operation that required great courage from the approvers, the commanders, and primarily the soldiers. I have immense appreciation for them and am glad that the operation succeeded, and I would have supported it even if, God forbid, it had ended otherwise.”

“I want to express my sorrow for the fall of the brave commander and fighter, Inspector Arnon Zamora, and to strengthen his family.”

“Alongside the justified joy of achievement, we must remember that all the challenges facing Israel, concerning the return of the remaining 120 hostages, as well as other security challenges in all war arenas, in the region, facing the world, and internally – remain as they were. Therefore, I say to the Prime Minister and the entire leadership – even today, we must look responsibly at how it is possible and right to continue from here. Have a good week.”

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[Ed.: THANK GOD!!  BARUCH HASHEM!!  Gantz the shwantz was Blinken and US deepstate’s main stooge in the Land of IINO.  This is a great disappointment for them due to the loss of their primary kapo in the IINO government.  (Crocodile tears…) On the other hand, this will be one small but significant step toward helping IINO become more Israel. In addition, this will not prevent his future prosecution for treason. But there again, soon enough, The True Judge (Dayan Emet), will give Gantz his eternal sentence!  I’m good with that.  ]

 

Jewish Breaking News   June 9, 2024 @ 2:32 am Eastern

🚨⚠️ REVEALED: “The Diamonds Are in Our Hands” Minute by Minute in “Operation Arnon”

In the heart of the Nuseirat refugee camp, after eight months and a day in captivity in Gaza, one of the most daring operations since the beginning of the war took place. Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv, and Andrei Kozlov, who were kidnapped from the Nova party, were rescued in “Operation Arnon,” named after YAMAM fighter Arnon Zamora, who was killed during the operation. This is how the action unfolded, minute by minute.

*Thursday, 6:30 PM*: After meticulous planning, drills, models, and advanced intelligence tracking that lasted for many weeks, the political echelon approves the operation initially dubbed “Summer Seeds.” The approval was made in a classified discussion, under heavy compartmentalization and waiting for the right moment.

*Saturday, 10:00 AM*: Two main spearhead teams, disguised, leap from several directions towards the Nuseirat refugee camp near the coast. The forces move stealthily in broad daylight towards the two buildings where the hostages were held, passing through thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of local Hamas fighters who did not notice them. According to the Palestinians, the forces entered using a humanitarian aid truck – and Al Jazeera even published footage of it with IDF vehicles, apparently from moments after the operation. The IDF denied this and also denied using the American pier later on.

*10:45 AM*: Special ground observations and technological tracking means from Air Force aircraft identify that the area is clear and there is no suspicious movement in the two buildings, each 3-4 stories high. In one of them, Noa Argamani was held, and in the other, the three other hostages, along with Gaza families and armed guards.

*10:50 AM*: The information and live footage of the alleys, hundreds of meters long, separating the two targets are transmitted to screens in the two command centers from where the operation was commanded: the Shin Bet center in central Israel, attended by the head of service Ronen Bar and the Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi, and the Southern Command in Be’er Sheva, from where the Southern Command general managed the surrounding and rescue forces.

*11:00 AM*: The two ground teams receive the “go” command, personally approved in real-time by the head of the Shin Bet and the Chief of Staff. They storm the buildings simultaneously and in full coordination, at the same second, to prevent the terrorists at the second target from discovering it – which would endanger the hostages.

*11:10 AM*: While the elimination of the terrorists guarding Argamani and her rescue went relatively smoothly, the operation in the second building was much more complicated. Commander Zamora’s team reports that he was hit in the crossfire. The fighters who eliminated the terrorists at that target are treating their commander and trying to save him while exiting the building, under increasing fire.

*11:15 AM*: The message everyone was waiting for is reported on the radio: “The diamonds are in our hands” – meaning the hostages are with us.

*11:20 AM*: Under the cover of the delay, dozens of terrorists gather around the building where the three hostages were held, and hundreds of armed men approach from all directions with RPG launchers, PK machine guns, and Kalashnikov rifles. They run through the narrow alleys and the nearby market, crowded with thousands of Gazans.

*11:22 AM*: The forces attempt to escape in the rescue vehicle, but it is hit by heavy fire and starts to malfunction. Southern Command General Yaron Finkelman activates the pre-prepared rescue plan.

*11:25 AM*: Air Force fighter jets and helicopters launch dozens of munitions towards the terrorists to isolate the area. Hundreds of soldiers from the 7th Brigade, paratroopers, Givati, and Kfir, positioned as reinforcements, are mobilized on foot and also in tanks and Namer APCs into the refugee camp, with navy ships providing cover from the west.

*11:30 AM*: The reinforcement forces and the Air Force manage to isolate the main combat zone, thus providing a safe escape route for the main force with the three hostages. The Southern Command exceptionally approves Air Force Yasur helicopters to land for evacuation deep inside the Gaza Strip, under fire cover from fighter jets. The aerial fire hits the terrorists, tens of meters from the soldiers.

*11:50 AM*: The last special forces soldiers board the helicopters that take off to hospitals in Israel. Attempts to resuscitate Commander Zamora continue in the air, but at the hospital, they are forced to declare his death. Reinforcement forces from the IDF brigades continue to engage the terrorists in the operation’s perimeter – eliminating dozens more of them until the operation ends.

*1:33 PM*: The IDF, Shin Bet, and police officially announce the rescue of the four hostages, and spontaneous celebrations begin – both in Israel and among Israelis abroad. (Via YNet, translated)

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▪️MASSACRE OF THE DAY.. the terrorists of the Nuseirat area, and the civilians they put into the crossfire.  Hamas has variously reported 50 (Al Jazeera), 100 (Al Jazeera), 200, 250 dead from the battle with the IDF as the IDF rescued the hostages.

.. Jordan protest opposite the US embassy due to this massacre.

.. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: “Reports from Gaza of another “massacre” of civilians are appalling. We condemn this in the strongest terms. The bloodbath must end immediately.”

.. HAIFA protest.. against the Nuseirat “massacre”.  After refusing to disperse by police instruction, 3 arrested after fighting police.

.. IDF Arab spox: “No we didn’t come in aid trucks and we didn’t use the US pier. Stop lying Hamas!”

.. Gaza tweet: “Hamas fired indiscriminately today in the Nuseirat.  We will not be surprised that most of the civilians injured today were shot by Hamas members.”

.. Egypt and Jordan: “condemning the barbaric attack in Nuseirat”.

..  Norway condemns the rescue operation: “another massacre of the citizens of the Gaza Strip”.

(( Two serious problems:

(1) officials are believing Hamas’s numbers – which are absolutely multiplied by 5-10x EVERY .. SINGLE .. TIME.

(2) more importantly, we have a significant number of countries who are now effectively saying “you can’t defend yourself if the enemy, terrorists, criminals hide behind THEIR civilians.”  Which renders Israel defenseless AND incentivizes the terrorists to do it again. ))

▪️PROTEST – KAPLAN – POLICE ACTION.. protest gets out of hand, water cannon and mounted police deployed to prevent them blocking the Ayalon highway, again.  Arrests.

▪️PLANNED PROTEST.. In the morning at 10:00 the members of the Forum of the Families of the Fallen are expected to demonstrate in front of the government meeting in Jerusalem, demanding to continue the military operation until the destruction of Hamas.

▪️FIRE AT HARRODS HOTEL.. Eilat.  Quick action by the Fire Dept. prevented further spread in what started on a 12th floor balcony.  Visitors successfully evacuated.

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🇮🇱 June 8, 2024  Saturday after Shabbat @ 2:07pm Eastern – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Shavua Tov!

🇮🇱4 HOSTAGES RESCUED ALIVE.. from Nusayrat shuk (market) area in central Gaza.  The rescued are Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40).

🇮🇱HERO COMMANDER KILLED.. The commander of the rescue, Arnon Zamora, 36, was killed.  May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and his memory is a blessing as he saved the lives of others.  This hero leaves behind a wife and 2 children.

On October 7, he led a battle against Hamas near the border community of Yad Mordechai, killing dozens of terrorists and preventing them from infiltrating the kibbutz.

After that battle, Zamora was involved in fighting at the Nahal Oz base and in Be’eri.

💩HAMAS SAYS..

.. Hamas on X: “The Israeli prisoners who were released a short time ago were with civilians, not at the hands of Hamas, and for this reason the occupation was able to release them easily.”

(( Hamas admits that the “uninvolved residents” of Gaza are a legitimate military target. ))

.. Military spox of Al-Qassam: “What the enemy committed in Nusayrat is a complex war crime, and the first victims of it were its prisoners.  By committing terrible massacres, the enemy succeeded in freeing some of his prisoners, but at the same time he killed some of them during the operation.  The operation will pose a great danger to the enemy prisoners and will have a devastating effect on their conditions and lives.”

(( Rescuing hostages is now a war crime! ))

.. Hamas threatens: “The resistance can increase the number of prisoners.”

.. Spokesman for Hamas Gaza: “We killed a number of Israeli prisoners in response to what happened today.”

♦️A BIT ABOUT THE OPERATION..  IDF special forces penetrated the center of the crowded Nusayrat market.  Vehicles entered from two axes to advance towards Nusayrat under cover of artillery, airstrikes and offshore ship fire.

▪️ POLITICS.. National Unity MK Gantz cancels his statement for this evening announcing breaking the war coalition, instead releases: “We are finally doing something right, I will not resign at this time from the war coalition emergency government/“

▪️AID – THE FLOATING U.S. PIER IS BACK.. as of Friday afternoon.

▪️LEBANON PREDICTIONS.. Sources in Lebanon: “Diplomatic attempts to prevent a war in southern Lebanon have failed, and June and July will be particularly difficult.”

▪️NATION OF COLOMBIA.. suspends coal sales to Israel.  (( It is a bit bizarre that Israel, while having a large supply of natural gas, is still operating its coastal power plants on coal. ))

( more after Shabbat updates to come )

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🔵 June 8, 2024  Saturday after Shabbat @ 3:24pm Eastern – ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime

( 2nd after Shabbat report )

▪️INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE RESCUE COME OUT.. Noa Argamani was rescued in a separate operation, she was not with the other three hostages. Both operations were carried out simultaneously.

.. Noa was kidnapped by a Gazan family, not by Hamas or Islamic Jihad. A rich family. She ate relatively well. She was taken out of the house several times disguised as an Arab.

.. All the terrorist guards were eliminated during the operation.

.. The hostages were rescued from buildings above ground, not from underground tunnels. The hostages were held in rooms in private homes of Gazan citizens – and their rescue was carried out from these rooms, while there were many civilians around.

.. Inside the buildings where the hostages were kept, the IDF created conditions to allow the forces to reach the abductees before their guards would shoot them.

.. During the rescue, many terrorists opened heavy fire, fired RPGs at the troops and the hostages from the alleys – therefore the fighters were required to open heavy fire at them, and from this shooting in the alleys many Gazan civilians were killed.

.. The rescue vehicle came under fire, it then got stuck, and several battalions that had been prepared in advance jumped to the scene. Rescue helicopters also arrived at the scene – and surface-to-air missiles were fired at the helicopters in an attempt to shoot them down.

▪️PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ON THE RESCUE.. (( I’ve only seen this from 1 source – it’s a little too much what I would expect and therefore may be fake ))

Abu Mazen ordered the representative of the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations to demand an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the consequences of the (IDF hostage rescue) operation in Nusirat (Gaza).

▪️FUNERAL FOR A HERO.. hero Arnon Zamora, hy”m, will be laid to rest tomorrow at 4:00 PM in the police section on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.

▪️BIDEN ON THE RESCUE.. “I welcome the return of the four hostages who returned home to Israel, we will not stop until they all return and there is a deal.”

▪️GERMANY ON THE RESCUE.. “Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Schulz, on the release of the abductees: this is an important sign of hope, especially for the many families in Israel whose loved ones are still being held by Hamas. 4 abductees are now free – Hamas must release them all and the war must end.”

(( Notice the difference in the 2 statements above, one is worried about a deal, the other about the hostages. ))

▪️PROTEST – KAPLAN.. large “elections now” protest in Tel Aviv. ( Our estimate from picture using online crowd counter – 25,000. ). A similar protest was held at Ra’anana Junction, though much smaller.

▪️INFILTRATION ATTEMPT – BEITAR ILLIT.. 4th time in a week, 2 Arabs from Kfar Nachalin tried to enter Beitar Illit on Shabbat night.  Caught, transferred to Shin Bet for interrogation.

⭕ on Shabbat – ANTI-TANK MISSILES from Hezbollah at Misgav Am.

.. Large wildfire started, firefighters unable to deploy to due rocket risk.

⭕ on Shabbat – 4 rounds of SUICIDE DRONES from Hezbollah at northern towns.

⭕ on Shabbat – 5 rounds of ROCKETS from Hezbollah at northern towns.

❗️of particular note, rockets at Safed and drones at Kfar Yehezkel!

⭕ on Shabbat – HAMAS rockets at Kissufim

⭕ after Shabbat – HAMAS ROCKETS at Kfar Aza, Nir Am, Mefalsim, Sderot, Tkuma, Ibim

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BREAKING: Israeli Girl Noa Argamani Is RESCUED by IDF Soldiers in Gaza – Was Taken Hostage by Palestinian Barbarians at Nova Music Festival – Reunites with Her Father! – 3 Other Hostages Also Rescued!   [VIDEOS]   By Jim Hoft

NOA ARGAMANI WAS RESCUED TODAY IN GAZA AFTER EIGHT MONTHS CAPTIVE BY RUTHLESS PALESTINIANS!

June 8, 2024 8:15 am – Watch  

Here is more video of Noa reunited with her father today.  

And Argamani was not alone!

The IDF also rescued three other hostages on Saturday along with Argamani.

Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF on Saturday!

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What amazing news!

As reported earlier…

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