Israel At War Tuesday November 14

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11:00pm

-The Al-Shifa Medical Center in Gaza City is now under the Total Control of Israeli Forces, with attempts being made to enter the Terror Complex beneath the Hospital.

- Nikki Haley: Today, ~300K people marched in DC in support of Israel & against antisemitism. No one was assaulted. Nothing vandalized. No one hiding behind masks. Lots of American flags. A stark contrast w/ the pro-Hamas protestors. This is a fight between good & evil, & good will prevail.

- IDF forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital, based on intelligence information and an operational necessity.The IDF is conducting a ground operation in Gaza to defeat Hamas and rescue our hostages. Israel is at war with Hamas, not with the civilians in Gaza. The IDF forces include medical teams and Arabic speakers, who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment, with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians being used by Hamas as human shields.

- U.S. Officials have reportedly given the Israel Defense Force a “Green Light” tonight to Storm the Al-Shifa Medical Center in Gaza City in order to Destroy the Hamas Command-and-Control Complex beneath and possibly Rescue any Hostages who are found during the Operation.

-Heavy battle in the area of Shifa hospital right now. Tanks surrounded it from all sides

-White House in a dramatic statement: "Our intelligence indicates that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are using hospitals, including Shifa Hospital, for their military purposes."

-Two more IDF soldiers were killed while fighting Hamas in Gaza, Staff Sgt. Roee Marom, 21, and Master Sgt. Raz Abulafia, 27, bringing the IDF death toll since the start of the ground operation to 46.

 Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations CEO William Daroff said over 290,000 people attended the event, making it the largest pro-Israel gathering in US history.

- Detroit Jewish community flew 900 people to Washington DC this morning on three airplanes to attend the March for Israel rally they sat on the plane 2.5 hours after landing, due to an apparent staged walkout by DC bus drivers refusing to take Jewish people to the rally.

- According to ABC, a hostage deal may be imminent, and a breakthrough could be seen in the next 48-72 hours. The Israeli cabinet reportedly met to discuss the parameters. I've heard from other sources the focus may be young Israeli hostages for young Palestinian prisoners.

- Over 290k March in Washington chanting bring them home referencing the hostages 

- Surface-to-surface missile said launched from Yemen toward Eilat intercepted over Red Sea

The Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Elya Brudny said: All those that are on their way or are there, should go. They went with the right intentions and following directions of going, "im alu lo yardu" - You went to increase the numbers, not for program and have that in my mind. What changed was that the program is a bizayon to shomrei Torah and mitzvos, a bizayon to mitzvos, shabbos and tefillin - no connection whatsoever to our world. Those that went should stay and have that in mind. (Kol haolam)

Rav Elya Brudy joins call of several leading Gedolim in America signing on Kol Korei against going to the rally in DC today.

Rocket Barrage within the last few minutes towards Tel Aviv and Central Israel. One injured seriously from shrapnel.

IDF operation in the Westbank kills 7 terrorists in Tulkarem

-Hundreds gathered outside the Whitehouse this morning for shachris on rosh chodesh with a musical hallel ahead of the March for Washington here

- Hezbollah fired 4 rounds of rockets today at northern communities 

- Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is meeting with president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the plight of Israelis and foreign nationals held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

- The IDF issued an urgent warning to residents of the Sabra, Tel al-Hawa, and Zeitoun neighborhoods of Gaza City to evacuate the area and head south by 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, as the IDF continued its operations in the Gaza Strip.

- IDF announces that troops of the 7th Armored Brigade and Golani Infantry Brigade have captured several Hamas governmental buildings in the Gaza City neighborhoods of Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal. Among the sites captured by the troops were the Hamas parliament, its government complex, and the police headquarters. 

It says troops captured the so-called governor's house in Gaza, which housed Hamas offices for its military wing and police, offices of Hamas’s intelligence division, and other sites that were used to prepare for the October 7 onslaught.

- Israel and Hamas are close to reaching a deal to exchange Palestinian prisoners for Israeli women and children held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported on Monday citing an unnamed high-ranking Israeli official.

- Cpl. Noa Marciano, 19. Kidnapped by Palestinian Hamas terrorists to Gaza. Yesterday Hamas released a video of her forcing her to beg Israel for a ceasefire. Then they murdered her.