Israel At War Wed Feb 28

 Israel at war day 145

- Israeli strikes said to target pro-Iran stronghold near Damascus. Syria makes regular claim most missiles shot down but admits material losses; attack reportedly takes place in neighborhood where pro-Iran forces thought to have underground bases

- Coalition crisis as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant calls for all parts of Israeli society, most notably the ultra-Orthodox, to be drafted to military service, citing a “national need” during the ongoing war. Galant said that he will not back a new Charedi draft bill unless it has the support of war cabinet members Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, all but putting to bed efforts to pass legislation solely with the support of the original right-wing coalition. Political pundits say this could either be an attempt to take down Netanyahu or a deal has been reached with Deri on some sort of giyus law.

- A  barrage of rockets were fired from Lebanon with one scoring a direct hit on a building in Kiryat Shmona damaging a apt, B"H no injuries reported.

- Hamas says it fired 40 rockets from Lebanon by its members there.

- Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh made a televised statement on Wednesday calling on barricades at al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan 

- Tens of Hamas terrorists were eliminated in Khan younis Gaza today 

- Israel, along with Jordan, France, the UAE, Egypt, and the USA, concluded a joint airdrop operation on Tuesday. The operation delivered 160 packages of food and medical supplies to residents in southern Gaza and the Jordanian Field Hospital in Khan Yunis.

- The Biden administration informed Israel on Tuesday that it must sign a letter by mid-March that outlines assurances that it will abide by international law when using US weapons and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, if Israel does not sign the letter, the US will pause weapons transfers to Israel.

- According to online report the US soldier who set fire to himself in front of the Israeli embassy protesting the war in Gaza, wanted all Jews killed, based on his social media posts on reddit.