Israel At War Friday Sept 27

 Israel at war day 357

Due to shabbos in EY, news reports are from foreign media sources

- U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered the Pentagon to make necessary adjustments to Military Assets and Personnel in the Middle East, following tonight’s Israeli Decapitation Strike against Hezbollah in Beirut.

- Israel strikes buildings housing Hezbollah anti-ship missiles

- Israel in military control of Beirut airport not allowing any planes with weapons to land

- Planes are now Patrolling the Area of ​​Beirut's Airport. Until now, the State of Lebanon acted Responsibly and did not allow the transfer of Weapons through the Civilian Airport. We will not allow Weapons to land at the Airport in Beirut.”

- Senior Israeli official told the Telegraph that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel for New York, in part, to trick Hezbollah’s leader into thinking he was safe. Mr Netanyahu’s address to the UN “was part of a diversion” intended to make Hezbollah’s leader believe that Israel would not take dramatic actions while Netanyahu was physically in the United States, the official explained.

- Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov says the Middle East is on verge of a full-scale war, after Israel's Attack On Beirut.

- Multiple reports that two more senior figures were killed in this strike: Ali Karachi and a senior Iranian Quds Force commander. 

-Residents in Syria who fought Hezbollah in the past as part of the Syrian Civil War have already begun to celebrate and distribute sweets. 

- IDF Spokesman in Arabic is warning residents of 3 neighborhoods in the Dahiya to evacuate immediately due to their proximity to “advanced and dangerous” Hezbollah weapons that the IDF is about to strike.

- Over 65 rockets shot from Lebenon into Israel with a direct hit reported in Tzfas

- Iranian official close to Khameni says there a replacement for every leader of the resistance

- Iranian media reporting Nasrallah is dead

Lebanese media reporting Nasrallah's daughter also killed

- International media outlets reporting Nasrallah' has been assassinated.

Lebanese media say the lack of communication from Hezbollah now indicates Nasrahllah was killed

Reports over 400 trapped or killed under the rubble of Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut that was hit by 60 missiles fired from 8 F35 planes

-  "An initial indication in the security establishment that Nasrallah has been eliminated." 

- The decision to carry out the decapitation attack was made in the Cabinet on Monday, and the ministers authorized Netanyahu and Gallant to carry it out as soon as there was an "operational feasibility." 

A few hours before his speech to the UN this morning, Bibi got the call that the opportunity was available and approved the strike. As he was speaking, Israeli aircraft were already airborne. A few minutes after the speech ended, the strike was carried out.

-The assessment in Israel is that Nasrallah WAS injured in the strike and that the chances he survived are slim.  Almog Boker, 

- Israeli officials says the assertion that Nassralah was killed is positive

- The IDF Home Front Command has begun to activate reserve units. Soldiers received the following message: "We stepped up readiness following the attack on the main HQ in Dahiya. We don't know if Nasrallah is there; we are mobilizing the entire battalion

- Netanyahu will fly back to Israel right away instead of waiting until motzei shabbos due to the serious security situation 

- Israel says Nassralah was in the buildings but still verifying the results of the attack

- Arab media reporting Nasrallah is in a safe place

- Hezbollah chief terrorist Hassan Nassrallah was targeted in major IDF attack

Some reports he was injured

- Entire Israeli security leadership are now in the pit at headquarters in Tel Aviv as IDF expects retaliation 

- IDF: We have struck Hezbollah's main HQ in the Dahiya 

- Lebanese reports of at least 4 buildings that have collapsed as a result of the strike. The Hezbollah HQ was underneath them.

 The IDF used multiple bunker-busters in the attack on Hezbollah HQ. This is the most significant strike in Lebanon since 10/7.

- Reports: The talk of ceasefire and the Netanyahu trip to the UN was purposely done and part of a plan to trick Hezbollah that nothing is coming.

- Defense Minister Galant congratulated Netanyahu on his speech: "It was good to describe the righteousness of our way in the face of the black cloud that Iran is creating all over the Middle East. The security establishment and the IDF will continue to translate this into actions that will harm our enemies, in arenas near and far, and guarantee our security in our country for generations to come.”