Israel At War Monday October 23

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 שבויי חינם מכורי בלא כסף

Perhaps he will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph degraded and disgraced torn and ripped

Taken captive without reason sold for no money shouting in prayer and pleading for permission

(Selichos today of behab)

11:00pm

- Reports that the US Navy has intercepted a second salvo of missiles launched from Yemen at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists

- Massive airstrikes on Northern Gaza tonight from IAF bombardment 

Bloomberg: Google’s Maps and Waze navigation applications are temporarily blocking access to live traffic conditions in Israel at the request of the Israeli military.

- Protest in Manhattan tonight calling for intifada

-Zaka officials say some bodies were not identifiable and beyond recognition they may bury them together in a mass grave.

- Several Bases operated by U.S. Forces in Eastern Syria have reportedly been Attacked by Drones within the last Hour; this is almost surely once again the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

- The Biden administration recently sent a Marine three-star general and several other U.S. military officers to Israel to help advise the Israeli military's leadership in its operation in Gaza

- Obama “The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis; it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies, and undermine long term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region,”

- A Jewish man was violently assaulted by a mob of pro Palestinian supporters at a Chicago area (Skokie) protest yesterday.

- Skynews reporting Putin suffered cardiac arrest yesterday and was resuscitated by his doctors who found him unresponsive on the floor. 

5:15

- A atzeres Tehillim was  broadcast today to hundreds of Tashbar across schools in EY led by Rav Dov Landa, Rav Shimon Galei Rav mOshe Hillel Hirsch, Rav Yitzchock Zilberstein

- Elon Musk: "We're sleepwalking our way into World War 3."

- The Wall Street Journal reports that the negotiations for the release of 50 hostages from Hamas has fell apart because Hamas demanded fuel deliveries into Gaza.

-Israeli Air Force killed the  Head of the Anti-Tank Missiles Array of Hamas

-US Official: Iran Seeking To Escalate Conflict In The middle east Region

- One of the captured terrorists told Israeli forces that "whoever brings a hostage back to Gaza gets $10,000 and an apartment."

- Officials in Israel screened footage of the Hamas attack for the press: “What we shared with you, you should know it,” one official said.It was shown at a  military base north of Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces held a grisly screening of 43 minutes of raw footage from Hamas’s October 7 attack. Members of the press were invited

 

3:15pm

- Hamas releases 2  elderly hostages Nurit Yitzchok Cooper 80, and Yocheved Lifshutz  85who were handed over to the red cross and transfered to Egypt. They are Israeli citizens only one of their husbands is still behind inbGaA

With talks of hostages to be released israel refuses to get involved in selection process of who should be released. The red cross is reported to receive some hostages in the Khan Yunis area of Gaza.

Times of Israel: after 16 days of airstrikes, the IDF has told the government that it is fully prepared for a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, and believes it can achieve the goals set out for it, even at "the risk of heavy casualties to soldiers", and amid ongoing attacks by Hezbollah in the north. But the military fears that the government may not ever give the order to begin the ground offensive, or postpone it for a lengthy period.

1:45pm

- Shas leader Aryeh Deri denies that a ground invasion of Gaza is being held up by politicians refusing to give the army a green light. “You can’t just go in at a moment’s notice. I can’t divulge all the details, but it’s not like the army is ready and the political side isn’t letting it [invade],” Deri tells his faction at a weekly meeting.

- Israel official twitter acct: "This would have been a photo of a lifeless pregnant woman next to a beheaded unborn baby cut out of her belly by Hamas terrorists due to this platforms guidelines we cant show you that"

- IDF official says they have evidence of Iranian involvement in Hamas massacre 

 

- Number of hostages held in Gaza is 222

Israeli forces continued to strike Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip on Monday The IDF said it struck some 320 targets belonging to the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad 

- NYT reports White House wants Israel to delay its ground operation in the Gaza Strip to allow more time for negotiations to release the hostage and for aid to enter Gaza

- Quatar officials say Hamas to release 50 hostages who hold dual citizenship 

-The New York Times has apologized for blaming Israel for the attack on a hospital in Gaza. The publication published an editorial in which they promise to be more careful about information that journalists cannot verify and obtain confirmation from reliable sources.

- Turkey denies reports it asked hamas leadership to live the country

- As the IDF prepares for a ground offensive in Gaza, the military said the strikes are focusing on sites that could potentially endanger its forces.