Israel At War Tuesday Erev Shavuos

 Israel at war day 249

- Israel assassinated the terror leader of the Hezbollah Nasr Unit, known as Abu Talib, in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the town of Jouaiya near Nabatieh in the last hour. He is the highest-ranking military leader to be assassinated so far.

-Reports: Israeli official says Hamas has rejected the ceasefire and hostage deal proposed by President Biden - Axios

- Hamas has Delivered a Response to both Qatar and Egypt regarding the U.S-Israeli Hostage and Ceasefire Proposal, with certain Amendments said to have been made which call for a Total Israeli Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip before any Hostages are Released.

-50 rockets fired at northern Israel after IDF struck Hezbollah site deep in Lebanon 

- Wall Street Journal reports Hamas terror leader  Sinwar recently wrote to Hamas officials negotiating a hostage deal, “We have the Israelis right where we want them.”

-Sirens sound in Chaifa after interceptor mistakenly fired

- All 4 rescued hostages sent home from hospital after going through Health check.

- Blinken says Hamas reaction to Gaza ceasefire resolution is a ‘hopeful sign’

IDF’s 98th Division exits Gaza after taking part in anti-terror raids, hostage rescue op

-Another 4 soldiers killed in Gaza after entering a booby trapped building  in Rafah causing it to collapse on others another 5 soldiers were seriously injured. The death toll in Gaza since the ground operation began is now at 295.

The slain soldiers are named as:

Tal Pshebilski Shaulov, 24, from Gedera

Eitan Karlsbrun, 20, from Modiin

Almog Shalom, 19, from Hamadia

Yair Levin, 19, from Givat Harel

According to an initial IDF probe, the troops had thrown an explosive inside a suspicious home in Rafah's Shaboura neighborhood, in an attempt to trigger any possible traps, and entered after there was no immediate blast. As two soldiers entered the three-story building, it exploded, causing part of it to collapse on some of the soldiers. Inside the home, the IDF later found a tunnel shaft, indicating the building likely belonged to a Hamas operative.

-IDF says it shoots down ‘suspicious aerial target’ near Chaifa