Israel At War Thursday Dec 5

 Israel at war day 426

- The security establishment in Israel is preparing for the possibility of the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and strategic weapons falling into the hands of the rebels in the country

-Senior Israeli source tells Yinon Magal Ch 14 that the Syria event is significant. There is a considerable chance that it is on the verge of dissolution

-Naim Kassem, the new General Secretary of Hezbollah, in his speech today: “We will pay $14,000 to every owner of a house that was destroyed in Beirut and Dahiya and $12,000 to those outside of it. Iran gave these amounts to us.”

-Israeli official: Egyptian proposal is for extended truce in Gaza, not end to war

-Israel hoping renewed fighting in Syria weakens both sides, official says

-Israel President Herzog to Muslim religious leaders: "There are now intense negotiations for a hostage deal; maybe we will bring a normalization process with Saudi Arabia later

-Reports in Syria: For the first time since the start of the rebel attack in Syria last week - Israel carried out an airstrike tonight in northern Syria, According to the reports, the attack was carried out southeast of Aleppo, in an area still controlled by Assad. Caches of advanced weapons were attacked.

It seems that this is a weapon that Israel did not want to fall into the hands of the rebels if they advanced and took over that area.

-A report in the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper: Egypt is waiting for the Israeli government's response to the proposal it submitted to reach a temporary cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip. It was reported that she warned, in talks with senior Israeli officials, that rejecting it means "entering a dark tunnel, with no hope of rescuing the Israeli abductees who are still alive."