News from Israel over Yom Tov
Israel at war day 380
- Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza.
- Hezbollah drone targets Netanyahu’s Caesarea home; he says ‘agents of Iran tried to assassinate me’
- Israel plans to attack Iran leaked possibly by US
Israeli civilian killed by Hezbollah rocket near Ako
Netanyahu offered immunity to any Gazan who releases hostages.
Daniel Birnbaum, former CEO of SodaStream, is offering $100,000 to anyone who retruns an Israelis hostage alive. The deadline to do so is Wednesday Oct 23.
- 8 IDF soldiers killed HYFover 3 days 5 in Lebanon and 2 in Gaza another died from injuries in Lebanon last week.
Ofek Bachar
Elad Siman Tov (23)
Elyashiv Eitan Wieder (22)
Yaakov Hillel (21)
Yehudah Dror Yahalom (21)
fell in combat in Southern Lebanon.
Ofir Berkovich(20) Elishai Young (19) fell in combat in Northern Gaza.
Yishai Nathanel Greenbaum Z"L (38) died of his wounds sustained in combat in Southern Lebanon two weeks ago.
Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday. leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, according to the director of Israel’s national forensic institute, Dr. Chen Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy He said that shrapnel, possibly from either a small missile or tank shell, had earlier hit Sinwar’s arm, causing bleeding that he was trying to stanch by using an electrical cord as an impromptu tourniquet. “But it wouldn’t have worked in any case,” Mr. Kugel said. “It wasn’t strong enough, and his forearm was smashed.”
On Wednesday, a combat team from the Bislamach Brigade operating in the Tel Sultan neighborhood spotted several suspicious individuals in the area, the IDF reported. The troops began scanning the area, during which they encountered terrorists who opened fire and threw grenades at them. The soldiers returned fire, hitting the terrorists, who then attempted to flee, splitting into two nearby buildings. The soldiers continued their operation, combing the area to close in on the terrorists. They attacked the buildings with tank fire, eliminating the terrorists inside.
During the searches conducted by soldiers the following morning, the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was discovered.
The IDF and Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency released a joint statement saying it can "confirm that after a year-long pursuit, on Wednesday October 16, 2024, IDF soldiers from the Southern Command eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip. Some of the items Israel said it found near Sinwar: Mentos, a map, an expired passport of a UNWRA teacher.
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