Israel at War Tuesday October 24

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11:00 pm

-The NYPD has announced that since the war broke out on October 7th, 3 Islamophobic attacks and 20 antisemitic attacks have been recorded in the city. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 12 attacks against Muslims and 196 against Jews.

- Gen. Eric Smith, the Marine commandant, stated the following for anyone who would target the Marine expeditionary unit deploying near Israel:   “For those that are in the area, if that MEU has to go in, if you target them, someone else will raise your children.”

- After heavy criticism UN sec General António Guterres tweets: After meeting with families whose loved ones have been taken hostage, I reaffirm my call for the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages held in Gaza. Nothing can justify the killing, wounding, and abducting of civilians by Hamas.

-Governor DeSantis just ordered the University of Florida and the University of South Florida to deactivate their "Students for Justice in Palestine" groups for violating Florida's laws against antisemitism.

8:45pm

- IDF acknowledged it fired at Syrian military installations after rockets were fired into Israel. The army is now operating in 4 areas Gaza, Lebanon,Syria, Westbank

-IDF hits terror targets in Jenin ,reports of  5 terrorists killed.

- US says 24 American soldiers were injured Sunday by the drone attack on a base in Iraq.

7:00pm

- Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday it will cancel all flights to Israel through November 15 because of the ongoing conflict in the region.

- The largest fleet of warships NATO has ever assembled is gathering in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

- According to U.S. Defense Officials, the Army is currently Scrambling to Deploy at least 12 Air Defense Systems to the multiple Countries across the Middle East before the Israeli Invasion of the Gaza Strip is set to soon begin; a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery for use against Ballistic Missiles is currently on its way to Saudi Arabia from Fort Bliss, Texas, while at least 11 MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile Systems from both Fort Liberty, North Carolina and Fort Sill, Oklahoma are heading to Locations in Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

 -The IDF said two rockets were launched at Israel from Syria and fell in open fields.

 -Another 8 Hezbollah terrorists were killed today bringing the number to 40 

- Dubai's Emirates Airlines has suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 14

- Hamas-run health ministry spokesman  tells al-Jazeera that the Strip is hours away from no longer being able to provide any medical services. pleading for fuel and medical goods. Israel said it will not allow fuel into gaza as it will e stolen by hamas 

- Israeli Flyers Dropped on Gaza Offer Cash for Intel on Hostages he Israeli military began offering cash and protection for anyone who shares accurate information on the whereabouts of hostages held by militant group Hamas.

-The Associated Press (AP), has published a special writing guide for covering the war between Israel and Hamas, for its journalists and the media organizations that use its services, in which it instructs not to use the terms "terror" or "terrorist" to describe the the actions of Hamas members. "The terms terrorism and terrorists have been politicized, and are often applied inconsistently," reads the agency's manual, which directs reporters to detail the course of events instead of using the same terms.

3:30pm

- Over 50 terrorists killed in the last few hours after airstrikes on Jhan Yunis in central Gaza

- The Pentagon says Iran is behind the latest attacks against American bases across the Middle East. “We choose to respond at the time that we are ready to…We are very mindful here that we do not want to see this widen to a regional conflict.”

- The Mir yeshiva program currently in woodbourne at Camp darchei will close up as bochurim were told to return to EY. Yagdil Torah of Yerushalayim was at the zone campus in the Catskills has also told the bochurim to return to EY

- After UNRWA issues warning: If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the GazaStrip, Israel responds with a photo These fuel tanks are inside Gaza.They contain more than 500,000 liters of fuel. Ask Hamas if you can have some.

- The White House has ordered the Department of Defense to begin preparing Contingency Plans for a “Worst Case Scenario” in the Middle East which could require the Evacuation of Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Nationals from the Region with Significant Concern for the roughly 600,000 Americans in Lebanon and Israel.

- Russian intelligence service SVR lost contact with seven of its agents stationed in Gaza.

According to a source familiar with the matter, there is increasing concern for the safety of the agents after they have not contacted their operators for two weeks, Makor Rishon reports

- White House: "This is war, it is combat, it is bloody, it is ugly, and it's going to be messy. And innocent civilians are going to be hurt going forward."

12:45pm

- Update 10 killed 

Hamas Terrorists infiltrated at the Zikim Beach area to conduct an attack IDF killed 8 of them as search goes on for others

- Israel media reports Missiles fired from yemen and intercepted b the US navy ships were headed for Eilat  where the evacuees from the south are saataying they contained  warheads of 1.6 ton explosives

- Hamas said no more freed hostages until fuel trucks are allowed to enter gaza 

- 3 injured in Cholon from  r hamas rocket hit on serious 2 lightly 

-Netanyahu postpones ground offensive for at least a week possibly2 according to journalist Moti Gilat after the Prime minister met with former general Yitzchak Brick who warned that the home front is not ready and the potential loss of thousands of troops at this time

- The IDF says it has carried out airstrikes against three terror cells and a Hezbollah position in southern Lebanon in the last few hours.

- Ichilov Hospital is attempting to deflect blame after a press conference by freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz turned into a debacle, with the octogenarian describing her treatment in Hamas’s hands in positive terms. “Ichilov was asked to allow the hostage and her family and the media to speak in an organized and coordinated way. Coaching the family regarding the style and content of the messages is not our responsibility, but that of official security and PR figures, who have been in direct contact with the family,” it says.

- France walks back Macron's statement of making an isis coalition to fight Hamas “The aim is to get inspiration from the international coalition’s experience against ISIS and to check which aspects can be implemented against Hamas as well,” says the president’s office in a statement.

- Israel lashes UN head for ‘shocking’ claim that ‘Hamas attack did not occur in vacuum’ Foreign minister Eli Cohen  has canceled a planned meeting with UN secretary general Guterres.

 minister Benny gantz responded Dark are the days when the United Nations Secretary General condones terror. Absolutely nothing can justify the slaughter of innocent civilians. Now is the time to stand on the right side of history, or be judged by it. Terror apologists cannot speak on behalf of the world.

- Rocket barrage over Beer Sheva, cental Israel and the west bank a direct hit in the shomron  a few lightly injured.

- French President Emmanuel Macron currently visiting Israel brings up the idea of expanding the coalition against ISIS to counter Hamas,“ We are available to include Hamas in the coalition against ISIS depending on what Israel will ask us to deliver.”

- Zakaa spokesman Moti Boktzin collapsed after days of work identifying and bringing bodies to kevurah he is hospitalized and bh in good condition 

- Freed Hamas hostage recounts ordeal, slams Israeli failures, speaks well of captors. Media says her remarks have been damaging to Israel during this time yet point out that her husband is still held captive in Gaza.

- IDF struck over 400 terrorist targets in the past 24hrs: Hamas gunmen setting up to fire rockets toward Israel. A Hamas operational tunnel shaft allowing terrorists to infiltrate Israel through the sea.Hamas command centers used by operatives and staging armaments in Mosques. 

- 130 terrorist were killed overnight 

- El AL flight from NY had photos of hostages displayed on the seats

- In her first public comments since being released from Hamas captivity, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, tells the Ynet news site that she doesn’t know where she was held after being captured by Hamas terrorists. “They loaded me onto a motorcycle… with one terrorist holding me from the front and the other from behind so that I wouldn’t fall. We crossed the border fence into the Strip, and at first they held me in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, which is close to [Kibbutz] Be’eri. After that, I don’t know where I was taken,” she says.