Sunday Rosh Chodesh Israel at War Updates

                                   ר"ח מרחשוון תשפ"ד 

חדש עלינו את החדש הזה לטובה ולברכה לששון ושמחה לישועה ולנחמה לפרנסה ולכלכלה לחיים ולשלום  

למחילת חטא ולסליחת עון ולכפרת פשע

12:00am

Israel proposes a 5 hour cease-fire in southern Gaza strip starting at 9am to allow humanitarian aid and for people to cross into Egypt 

8:00 pm

- Biden on CBS 60 minutes: Can you foresee U.S. troops in combat in this new Middle East war?

President Biden: I-- I don't think that's necessary. Israel has one of the finest fighting forces in the country. I guarantee we're gonna provide them everything they need.

Scott Pelley: Would you support Israeli occupation of Gaza at this point?

President Biden: I think it'd be a big mistake. Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don't represent all the Palestinian people. And I think that...It would be a mistake to...for Israel to occupy...Gaza again. We...but going in but taking out the extremists the Hezbollah is up north but Hamas down south. Is a necessary requirement.

Scott Pelley: Is Iran behind the Gaza war?

President Biden: I don't wanna get into classified information. But to be very blunt with you, there is no clear evidence of that....Now, Iran constantly supports Hamas and Hezbollah. I don't mean that. But in terms of were they-- w-- did they have foreknowledge; did they help plan the attack-- the-- there's-- there's no evidence of that at this point.

6:00 pm

- Hatzolah from the US sent a team of 11 members to israel to join with hatzolah Israel some members from Lakewood area are part of the mission 

3:00pm

- Biden expected to make a  visit to Israel this week after an invite from Netanyahu

 White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson says, “We have no new travel to announce.”

- The IDF has announced that they are now prepared to Fight on 2-Fronts or more if its becomes Necessary.

12:00pm

Heavy rocket barrage over gush Dan sirens sounding in Bnei brak, iron dome intercepts

Direct hit in Ashkelon shul damaged  no injuries reported

Bobov 48 will have a atzeres tefillah gathering today saying tehillim from kapitel 90 to the end.

10:30am

- Iran-backed Shiite militias heading to the Syria’s border with Israel. Many of these fighters are foreign to Syria and Iraq, mainly Afghans and Pakistanis.

 9:30 am

- Under American pressure, Israel partially turns on water to southern Gaza, spokesman said it was done to encourage everyone from northern Gaza to bead south

- Israeli yeshivos for American bochurim will be opening locations in Lakewood and Catskills for bochurim that are in the US and not going back for the time being.

- Rocket barrage from Lebanon to northern areas and Western gallil sirens sounding all over over 30 rockets fired. Israel shelling heavy artillery on targets in South Lebanon 

8:30am

- Sen. Marsha Blackburn calls for National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s ousting, saying he “has routinely misled the entire government about the status of security threats around the world.”

- 9 anti tank rockets fired so far from Lebanon 

- IDf soldier killed up north 3 injured by Hezbullah rocket attack

- Blinken coming back to Israel tomorrow 

- Iranian foreign minister warns if Israel enters Gaza they will open another front

- During the night the IDF struck over one hundred military targets in the Zeitan, Khan Yunis and western Jabalia neighborhoods,  

alongside targets damaging the capabilities of the Hamas terror organization such as headquarters and military compounds,

dozens of rocket launchers, anti-tank positions and observation posts. In addition, military headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization were destroyed.

- US says a boat will be available today at the port of Chaifa for American citizens who want to leave Israel,it will sale to Cyprus where flights are available to other countries 

- North border flares up as Hezbollah  launched three anti-tank guided missiles at an Israeli town  of Shatula and military positions on the Lebanon border on Sunday morning, killing at least one civilian  fears a second front could open up as Israel wages war on terrorists in the Gaza Strip in the south.

- IDF says it eliminated 2 hezbollah terror sells where the shooting came from

IDF declares military zone up to 4 kilometers in Metulla at northern border

- Biden says he's in talks with Quatar to release women and children hostages

- Sderot begins evacuation ahead of Gaza ground offensive.

- Saudi crown prince working to ‘calm the situation,’ reiterates condemnation of attacks on civilians speaks with Blinken and Iranian president