Israel At War Tuesday Nov 21

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11:20pm

- Another soldier killed in Gaza Liron Snir, hy"d 25, from Ofra. Total death toll in Gaza ground  operation is 69

- Cabinet approves deal for release of 50 hostages in exchange for multi-day ceasefire, Israel believes Hamas could potentially locate some 30 more mothers and children and that the 4-day halt could be extended by extra day per each 10 Israeli hostages freed. The ceasefire is expected to take effect within 24 hours.

- Israel, warns the UN National Security Council that if the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is not able to control Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and push military capabilities away from the border per Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Lebanon War, then the IDF will be forced to take “military action” which can lead to a regional war.

- Israel has stationed 100,000 troops on the border with Lebanon, WSJ reports.

- The first batch of hostages in Gaza may be released as early as Thursday this week, Channel 12 reports.

- Elon Musk is donating all revenue on X from advertising and subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza.

- Netanyahu: Deal is difficult but right; war won’t end until all hostages freed, Hamas beaten

- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad has announced that 76 y/o Katzir Hanna has Died due to Medical Complications; Hanna, a Mother of 3 and Grandmother of 6 was Kidnapped from the Town of Nir Oz in Southern Israel during the Hamas Surprise Attack on October 7th while her Husband was Killed on the spot. The PIJ had previously stated on November 9th that they were considering Releasing her on Humanitarian Grounds because of her requirement for Daily Life-Saving Medication, but they never did.

- A Car rally for Palestine will take place tomorrow afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike starting 2:30pm from the Joyce Kilmer service area exit 8 North bound until the Vince Lombardi service area near exit 16w and back south to Molly pitcher service plaza exit 8 of the NJ turnpike. Organizers calling for Ceasefire now

- Netanyahu says the red cross will visit all other hostages not released and deliver needed medical attention 

- The IDF has breached the blast-proof door in the Hamas tunnel underneath Shifa Hospital. which is believed to lead to the Underground Command-and-Control Complex. It publishes two images, one showing the open door and the other further inside the tunnel.

- Rav Yitzchock Zilberstein said while there is a reason to allow the hostage deal you need a Bais din of 71 to rule on dinei nefashos in regard to release hostages

- Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita instructed the Degel Hatorah Knesset members to vote in favor of the hostage deal

- Right wing coalition parties are voting against the hostage deal but there's enough votes for it to pass

- Out of 40 kids missing since Oct 7 Hamas says they will return 30 and look for the remaining ones They said they have 8 mothers in captivity. Hamas say not all hostages are in their hands as they are held by other groups in Gaza and by some civilians 

- When reporters asked US President Joe Biden "Mr. President, do you know how many Americans will be released?" Biden: "There's plenty of time to talk about hostages. Not yet. I won't tell you."

- Hamas will not release any soldiers or men in the current deal, Israel demands Hamas provide a list a day before of hostages to be released.

- War Cabinet to meet at 8 p.m. to approve deal for release of dozens of hostages from Gaza

Some 53 children, mothers, other women reported to be freed over 4-5 days in exchange Israel will free for some 150 Palestinian women and young terrorists held in Israeli jails, plus a 4-day ceasefire in Gaza. Palestinian sources say 350 minors and 82 women to be released from Israeli prisons 

- The IDF confirms a number of rockets were fired from Lebanon at Kiryat Shmona in the Upper Galilee and Ya’ara and Hanita in the Western Galilee. There are no injuries in the attacks. The IDF says it is responding with artillery and tank shelling against southern Lebanon.

- Due to the lack of body parts or remains of many of those killed in the October 7 massacre by Hamas, Israel's Chief Rabbinate recommended burying the cars of those who were killed in them. N12 reported on Tuesday that the ZAKA Tel Aviv organization, after hard work and distress, came to the conclusion that they could not locate all the remains of the victims inside the vehicles in which they were slaughtered. In order to preserve the sanctity of the deceased for the first time since the establishment of the state, they decided to bury the vehicles.

- After his words were taken out of context about Israeli soldiers in gaza  and drew criticisim the Rosh Yeshiva Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita  issued a statement  "Expressing great regret for taking things out of context. And not understanding things in their entirety" and there was no intention to hurt. 

-Former prime minister Ehud Barak has caused controversy after telling  CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Israel helped build some of the  underground spaces beneath Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. After the interview with CNN in which it was said that Israel built bunkers and underground tunnels at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak explains that his words were distorted for propaganda purposes.