Israel At War Thurs March 27

 Israel at war day 538

- N12: Qatar is considering an offer to release the IDF soldier captured by Hams (American) in exchange for a statement from President Trump on the need to renew negotiations. The offer has not yet been forwarded to Israel

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims without evidence that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar knew several hours before Hamas’s October 7, 2023, atrocities that the terror group planned to invade Israel from Gaza but did not alert the premier. “This is a fact and not a conspiracy,” says the statement from the premier’s office, asserting that at 4:30 a.m. that morning “it was already clear to the outgoing Shin Bet head that an invasion of the State of Israel was likely.”

-Red alert sirens sound across Tel Aviv, and central Israel and Yerushalayim. Two missiles fired by the Houthis from Yemen were successfully intercepted by the IDF. No physical injuries there are reports of falling fragments on rd 443 near modiin.

- The IDF eliminated a battalion commander in Hezbollah's Radwan force from the air last night.

- Massive IDF strikes in Gaza today

- Hamas threatened that the hostages would return “in coffins” should Israel continue air strikes and ground operations in the Strip.

“Every time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins,” it said in a statement.

-President Trump last night about the attacks in Yemen: The Houthis have been hit so hard that they are "dying" for peace. They want to negotiate. The strikes are working. We have hit them hard - beyond our expectations.

The strikes against them will continue for a long time.

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