Israel At War day 34

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- IDF tanks are near the Rantisi hospital in Gaza city were senior Hamas officials have been reported to be hiding there

Yeahiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens encouraging all talmidim (and their wives) to go to the rally in Washington

- Members of all 3 moetzes in EY issue a joint call for a yom Tefillah this coming Monday erev Rosh chodesh yom Kippur Koton

- Foxnews interview, Netanyahu says Tlaib pushing the “from the river to the sea” phrase was calling for “homicide and genocide.” Says he “salutes the Congress for censuring her.” Argues that Tlaib & her supporters “cannot distinguish right from wrong.” Blames it on “higher education.”

- Some sort of projectile apparently landed at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Videos appear to show some people wounded in aftermath.

- Anti-Israel activists have occupied the HQ of the New York Times. They are protesting the paper's alleged “pro-Israel bias”.

- Israel shot down a ballistic missile from Yemen on outer space over Eilat using the Arrow 3 missile system 

- In response to launches directed toward Israeli territory, IDF fighter jets struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon a short while ago. The IDF also struck terrorist targets using artillery and the "Iron Sting" guided mortar munition.

- Reports that areas around al Shifa and the Indonesian hospitals are under fire belt strikes in close proximity and there are mounting concerns that the Israelis may move on these facilities soon

- Two Montreal Jewish schools hit by gunshots overnight Wednesday, no injuries including a fire bombing the yeshiva gedolah of montreal was one of those that had a bullet through the window 

- There will be a Netz minyan and musical hallel in front of the Whitehouse with beri weber this coming Tuesday Rosh chodesh Kislev ahead of the pro Israel rally 

- Hamas release statement We are ready to release two hostages for humanitarian and medical reasons an aolder women and a child media identified them as Chana Katzir,77 and Yagil Yaakov age 12

Israel says nothing new as White House says it agreed to daily 4-hour humanitarian pause

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office dismisses a White House statement that says Israel has agreed to a daily four-hour humanitarian pause in northern Gaza starting today. no pause until hostages are free 

- 2 more soldier killed,  Dov Moshe Kogan HYD 32, Roni Eshel hyd,19 she was identified having been killed on Oct 7 they thought she was taken hostage in Gaza

- A UAV hit a civilian building in the city of Eilat, IDF says The identity of the UAV and the details of the incident are under review. there was an explosion but B"H no casualties some arab media reports were calling it a drone attack

- At least 10 arab terrorists eliminated in Jenin others injured after security forces clean up terror activities in the area 

 - The Israel Defense Force has announced that Master Sergeant Eliahou Benjamin Elmakayes, HYD  a Reservist Soldier was Killed yesterday during Clashes in the Northern Gaza Strip; this is the 34th IDF Loss since Ground operation

- IDF says troops of the Nahal Brigade captured a Hamas stronghold known as outpost 17 in west Jabaliya, after 10 hours of fighting. The IDF says the soldiers battled Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives in the site, who were both "above ground and in an underground route in the area

-Brooklyn NY Hamas supporters laugh and taunt a Jewish man bleeding from his skull after they hit him over the head with a chair.

- The IDF announced that it killed a senior Hamas commander responsible for the terror group’s anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) operations in central Gaza.

- Israeli forces advancing from the northwest along the Mediterranean coast have been clashing with fighters inside Shati, a dense neighborhood adjacent to Gaza City’s center, two residents told The Associated Press on Thursday.

- The Dream: A story circulating in Israeli media from the weekly writings of Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein shlita a resident of the South communities on the Gaza border had a dream on simchas Torah night when his rebbe a known tzadik appeared to him and warned of a impending danger and he should leave immediately with his family. He first ignored it and tolled back over to sleep. The rebbe came back again and this time he felt like he was choking the talmid on his neck insisting that he leave right now with his wife and kids. Even though it was shabbos he awoke them and drove away on shabbos and was saved. The shaila he asked was if it was  right to be mechalel shabbos based on a dream. The psak was that he did the right thing. The name of the rebbe who appeared in the dream was not publicized.

- Sirens sound in the coastal city of Ashdod and surrounding towns as a barrage of rockets is fired. At least two rockets are intercepted by missile defense systems. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

- French President Emmanuel Macron opens a Gaza aid conference in Paris  with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians as it fights Hamas terror group, saying “all lives have equal worth” and that fighting terrorism “can never be carried out without rules.”

- CNN and AP suspend freelance photographer who participated in the Oct 7 massacre 

The Associated Press said they had no knowledge of the Oct. 7 attacks before they happened.The first pictures AP received from any freelancer show they were taken more than an hour after the attacks began. No AP staff were at the border at the time of the attacks, nor did any AP staffer cross the border at any time.We are no longer working with Hassan Eslaiah, who had been an occasional freelancer for AP and other international news organizations in Gaza.