Israel At War Sunday Oct 13

Israel at war day 357

- The IDF says that it struck terrorists operating from a command center inside the compound and accused Hamas of hiding among civilians and using facilities such as hospitals for terror operations.

- Hezbollah threatens Israel with more attacks if its offensive in Lebanon continues, after a drone attack on a base near Binyamina in central Israel killed four soldiers and injured 51 others. Hezbollah “promises the enemy that what it witnessed today in southern Haifa is nothing compared to what awaits it if it decides to continue its aggression against our noble and dear people,” it says.

- Iranian channels are reporting that out of fear of an Israeli strike, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will soon enter the "strongest bunker in the world" alongside Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

- Update: 4 IDF soldiers  were killed HYD in today's Hezbollah drone attack at a military base in the center  of the country 7 remain in critical condition 

 - MK Eli Cohen to Kan 11: "On Thursday in the Cabinet meeting, the head of the Mossad gave us a briefing with the location of every hostage"

- Senior Israeli official: The report on the supposed directive of the political echelon to the IDF to stop its strikes in Beirut is entirely false. Israel maintains freedom of action anywhere and everywhere in Lebanon.

- Three UAVs were launched toward Israel, with two shot down, but one of the UAVs penetrated deep into Israel, crashing in the Binyamina area. No warning sirens were activated, which the IDF will be probing. The drone hit the kitchen area of the base

- Update The number of injured has risen to 67. At least 1 of the injured has died from their wounds so far. and 24 injured, including 9 in critical condition, as a result of a Hezbollah' drone explosion in Binyamina, south of Haifa.

- The drone used was provided by Russia to Hezbollah it avoids radar detection and drops missles before it  explodes

- Update Hezbollah sources say they hit a military base in Central Israel and the drone dropped a missle before exploding 

- Tehillim: 39 injuries A mass casualty event has been declared in Binyamina in Central Israel from a hostile drone impact. At least 20 injured so far, 5 in critical condition—details to come.

Updated: : 3 in critical condition, 5 in serious condition, over 15 in moderate condition. There was no alert sounded before the strike, and initial reports are that the drone fired a missile or dropped an explosive before diving and exploding on the ground.

- Defense minister Galant: Hezbollah has left with less than a third of its missiles and rockets. The entire leadership is dead, and as we expand the ground operation in South Lebanon, we are not encountering any massive resistance. The IDF said, "Once there was a person with an organization that had a state, now the person is gone and the organization is weak."

- Netanyahu: UN must withdraw Lebanon peacekeepers, Hezbollah using them as human shield

- Some 25 IDF soldiers were injured today in ground operations across southern Lebanon, according to Kan news. Two of the soldiers were seriously injured, and the rest were lightly hurt. There is no official word on the matter from the army as of yet.

- IDF captures Hezbollah terrorist hiding in tunnel 

- Repeat rounds of rocket sirens in northern border towns communities as the area comes under sustained rocket attack from Lebanon.

- In Jabalya The IDF is creating a barrier between the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City.. Netanyahu says the military is pressing operations in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya. The IDF recently launched a fresh ground offensive to prevent the terror group from reestablishing itself in north Gaza.

-A US official says the Biden’s administration is considering transferring Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense systems to Israel, but adds that a decision has not yet been made. Earlier, several Israeli reports claimed that the US will deploy the anti-ballistic missile system in the Jewish state — including sending American troops to Israeli soil to operate it — as part of preparations for the expected Israeli response to Iran’s recent missile attack.(TOI)

- Reports: Hamas delayed Oct. 7 attack to enlist Iran, Hezbollah; plotted 9/11-style bombing aimed to bring down Tel Aviv's Azrieli Towers

The October 7, 2023, attacks had originally been planned for the previous year, but was delayed amid efforts by Hamas to enlist the help of Iran and Hezbollah, according to a series of documents obtained by international media outlets on Saturday. The documents stated that one reason Hamas launched the attack was the internal conflict that prevailed in Israel due to the judicial reform controversy.

- Another soldier killed in Gaza before yom Kippur bringing the death toll to 354.

Ittai Fogel, 22, from Yakir

- Netanyahu: UN must withdraw Lebanon peacekeepers, Hezbollah using them as human shield

- NBC reporting that senior American officials believe that Israel has reduced the number of targets it will attack in Iran, and that symbols of government and oil infrastructure will be attacked - and not targets related to the nuclear facilities.

- IDF activity on Yom Kippur in Gaza and Lebanon: 50 Hezbollah terrorists were killed in clashes with ground forces, and airstrikes destroyed more than 200 targets. In Gaza, forces killed more than 50 terrorists in Jabaliya, and 80 targets were struck from the air. 

- IDF stated on Motzei Yom Kippur that about 320 Hezbollah projectiles were fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon into Israel over Yom Kippur.