Israel At War Motzei Shabbos Shemini

 Israel at war day 568

- Missle from Yemen shot down tonight before entering Israeli air space. Sirens sounded in the yam hamelach area

- Two  killed in Gaza a IDF soldier and Border guard I. Separate incidents

Netan Yitzhak Kahana (19)

Ido Voloch (21) From Yerushalayim 

- Senior Hams official this evening: We have decided not to consider proposals that do not include a complete end to the fighting. We will not give up our weapons as long as there is “occupation” of Palestinian lands.

- According to the IDF, so far since the beginning of Operation "Might and Sword" more than 400 terrorists have been eliminated. 

- The IDF intends to significantly expand the military pressure on the Gaza Strip, and this will include operating in new areas and a mobilization of reserve forces on a significant scale. 

The IDF says that if the negotiations to release the hostages do not bear fruit, additional tools prepared as part of the operational plans will soon be activated: "We will replicate the Rafah model to other places in the Gaza Strip." As the pressure on Hams increases and the forces advance and seize new territories, the scope of friction with Hamas terrorists also increases. 

Doron Kadosh 

- Israel is considering establishing a new humanitarian corridor in Rafah. One option being discussed is to utilize the area south of the Morag Axis and the Kerem Shalom crossing to distribute humanitarian aid. The move will require at Israeli security contractors in the territory held by the IDF, and assistance could ultimately be provided through international agencies. (i24 News)

- Trump: "The Gaza issue came up in the conversation [with Netanyahu] and I said that we need to be good to Gaza. We are taking care of it. We are putting great pressure on Israel to bring food and medicine into Gaza. Netanyahu responded well to the matter."

 WSJ: Major disagreements in US-Iran nuclear talks today — mainly over Iran's right to enrich uranium and US demands to include Iran's missile program. Still, both sides called the talks useful and positive, and agreed to continue nuclear talks next week again.