Israel At War Motzei Shabbos 29 Tamuz

Israel at war day 302

- Terror stabbing attack this morning in  Cholon near Tel Aviv by a paleatinian Arab, One 70 year old woman dead, another victim has died, at least 2 others injured at multiple locations.

-Three U.S. and Israeli officials said they expect Iran to attack Israel as early as Monday.

U.S. officials expect any Iranian retaliation to be from the same playbook as their Apr. 13 attack on Israel but potentially larger in scope  and it could also involve Hezbollah in Lebanon.(Axios)

- Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B’Av - the Jewish day of disasters, Western intelligence  sources told Sky News Arabia, that they had evidence Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B’Av in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which begins on August 12 and ends on August 13, the site reported on Friday. Iran’s attack will reportedly be coordinated with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group embedded in Lebanon. 

The report claimed that Jewish Israelis may feel particularly vulnerable on this day - adding an additional layer of psychological torment. 

Iran’s attack will reportedly be coordinated with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group embedded in Lebanon. (Jpost)

- Two airstrikes in Tulkarem killed 9 Hams terrorists

- Freeze in the hostage negotiations as Hams tries to choose a new political leader

- Massive buildup of American military forces in the Middle East in anticipation of Iranian strikes on Israel in coordination with it's various 

- Over 70 Hamas terrorists were killed in the last two days

-Barrage of rockets launched at Upper Galilee in Israel's North there were no reports of casualties from the barrage. However, KAN news reported that a fire broke out in the moshav of Beit Hillel due to the launch. Hezbollah said the rockets were retaliation for recent Israeli strikes but not part of the planned Iranian strike.

 - Israel Channel 12 reported that Buden scolded Netanyahu in their recent phone. All as Biden blamed Bibi for stalling the ceasefire negotiations and threatened Netanyahu by saying “Don’t take the president for granted.”

Netanyahu’s office responded to Saturday’s report by saying the prime minister does not comment on the content of his private discussions with the US president. The statement claimed that the premier “does not intervene in American politics and will work with whoever is elected president, and expects the Americans to also not intervene in Israeli politics.”

 

-Senior officials, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF chief Herzi Halevi, were reported Saturday evening to have told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his insistence on new terms will sabotage the ceasefire-hostage release deal currently under negotiation, prompting the premier to claim that it was Hamas, not him, who was introducing new demands.

Channel 12 news quoted both Halevi and Gallant as accusing Netanyahu of being well aware that the new conditions he is demanding, which have reportedly been included in an updated Israeli proposal, would doom the deal.

The new proposal is said to demand an inspection mechanism be put in place to ensure combatants are not able to move to the Strip’s north; see Israel remaining on the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, during the first phase of the deal; and insist on Israel receiving a list of all living hostages Hamas will release as part of the deal.