Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Israel At War Wednesday Sept 25

 Israel at war day 355

- Senator Tom Cotton:Where were the ceasefire demands when Hezbollah started this with thousands of missiles aimed at Israeli civilians?
The antisemitic left is only concerned when Israel fights back.

- WSJ: According to people familiar with the matter, the U.S. Defense Department believes the Israeli military isn’t in a position to launch a ground invasion now and would need to move more troops into place. However, it also thinks such an attack could come together in a matter of several days.

- Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell claimed that the Biden/Harris administration is delaying arm shipments of military equipment to Israel, including penetrating bombs that are used to attack Hams and Hezbollah tunnels, Apache helicopters, and D9 bulldozers that are used to clear buildings and roads trapped on the battlefield. 

- Officials in Israel: There is no negotiation; the red line is to kick Hezbollah beyond the Litani River.

- Following the alerts activated in Eilat, two unmanned aircraft were detected coming from the East. An Israeli Navy "Sa'ar 5" missile ship intercepted one UAV and another UAV impacted in the area of the city," Two were injured in light condition. DF Spokesman: "We are following the threat from Iraq, gathering intelligence, and will do whatever is necessary to deal with this matter."

- Three Israeli sources told Reuters that the US and France are working on ceasefire agreements, but no significant progress has been made so far.
The American proposal is for a temporary ceasefire (4-6 weeks) in the North "to allow negotiations for a political settlement." 
The US is planning a new initiative to end the fighting in both Gaza and Lebanon - which may include the release of all hostages. (Reuters & Barak Ravid/Axios)

- Following a situation assessment, the IDF announced on Wednesday that it is remobilizing two reserve brigades for operations in the North. The IDF said that recruiting additional reserve brigades would allow the fight against Hezbollah to continue.

-More than 40 Hamas operatives were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the IDF says. The military says the operatives who were killed are field commanders and members of other arrays in the terror group, including its rocket division and propaganda unit.

- A Direct Rocket Impact on a Home in Tzfas, resulting in No Casualties.

- Direct hit in Kibbutz Sa’ar; three  workers were injured

- The chief of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin says the military needs to be "strongly prepared" for a ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon

- Israeli Airstrikes have reportedly Targeted the Town of Maaysrah to the North of Beirut, marking the First Israeli Strikes against Northwestern Lebanon.

- Reuters: 1,500 Hezbollah terrorists were either blinded or lost a hand in the pager attack.

- The IDF has confirmed that a single ballistic missile fired by Hezbollah was intercepted by the 'David sling' system. The widespread alerts were caused by the debris/shrapnel field from the interception.

- Hezbollah claims that this morning’s Attack on Tel Aviv was carried out using a “Qadr-1 or 110” Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, which is an Improved Variant of the “Shahab-3” Ballistic Missile equipped with a with a 700-1,000kg Warhead and produced by Iran. While the Houthis in Yemen were previously known to posses the Missile, this is the First Time that it has been confirmed Hezbollah is also in possession of the System.

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