Israel At War Monday Jan 8

Israel at war day 94

- 4 more soldiers killed in Gaza yesterday death toll is at 180

- Hamas claims they foiled a hostage rescue attempt by the IDF

- Reports of a serious incident in Gaza possibly of friendly fire  no information available  yet.

-“A senior Biden administration official traveling with Blinken told NBC News that the U.S. expects the fighting in Gaza to end in a matter of weeks. 

- Blinken is expected to tell Israel in meetings this week that it needs to wind down its military campaign as soon as possible and employ better targeting to reduce the number of civilian casualties.”

 - IDF says it killed Hamas official in Syria responsible for firing rockets at northern Israel

- The sirens in central Israel earlier this evening were triggered by eight rockets fired from southern Gaza, no injuries reported 

- A large atzeres tefillah will take place at the Kosel this Wednesday erev Rosh chodesh shevat on behalf of the hostages and current war tens of thousands are expected including gedolei harabonin.

- Netanyahu: Israel ready for Hezbollah war

- Hezbollah and foreign media reports claimed on Monday that the IDF killed Wissam al-Tawil, known as Jawad, a key operations commander in southern Lebanon, in an air strike in Khirbat Salem, Lebanon.

 - The IDF reports intensive fighting in southern Gaza's Khan Younis overnight, with the Israeli Air Force carrying out strikes on some 30 "significant" Hamas targets in the area.

- Ahead of a visit to Israel by Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the U.S., which has urged Israel to do more to avoid civilian casualties, Gallant indicated Israeli forces would be shifting from what he called the “intense maneuvering phase of the war” toward “different types of special operations.”

- Israel acknowledged that the intelligence outpost on Mt. Meron suffered significant damage from hezbollah rocket strike 

- The IDF says that troops of the Maglan commando unit meanwhile spotted a group of more than 10 Hamas operatives at a rocket launching site in Khan Younis, and directed a drone strike against them.