Israel At War Monday June. 23

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1:00 am

-Ben Gurion Airport will soon return to full operation, the number of rescue flights is expected to increase dramatically in the coming hours(Ynet)

- The Israeli government officially announces: The ceasefire has come into effect - the achievements of the operation have been fully achieved; Israel will respond forcefully to any violation

Full statement:

Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the Cabinet together with the Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, and the Head of the Mossad to report that Israel has achieved all the objectives of Operation “Rising Lion” — and far beyond.

Israel has eliminated a dual, immediate existential threat — both in the nuclear field and in the realm of ballistic missiles.

Additionally, the IDF has achieved full aerial superiority over the skies of Tehran, dealt a severe blow to Iran’s military leadership, and destroyed dozens of key government targets.

Even in the past 24 hours, the IDF has continued to strike government targets in the heart of Tehran, eliminated hundreds of Basij operatives — the regime’s repression apparatus — and killed another senior nuclear scientist.

Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and for their partnership in removing the Iranian nuclear threat.

In light of the achievement of the operation’s objectives, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the President’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire.

Israel will respond with full force to any violation of the ceasefire.

Israeli citizens must continue to follow Home Front Command guidelines until full confirmation of the ceasefire is received.

Our hearts are with the families who have lost their loved ones, and we send wishes for a full recovery to the wounded.

In Operation “Rising Lion,” the State of Israel has achieved tremendous historic accomplishments and has placed itself among the world powers.

This is a tremendous victory for the people of Israel and its soldiers, who have eliminated two existential threats to our country and ensured the eternity of Israel.

The Prime Minister will deliver a statement later today.

- Meanwhile journalists question why there's A deafening silence from the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Defense, and the IDF pertaining to the ceasefire and the attack on Beer Sheva

- Former Defense Minister MK Avigdor Lieberman on the Iran ceasefire:

Despite the IDF and Mossad's military successes, the ceasefire is disappointing.

Instead of Iran's unconditional surrender, complex negotiations continue with a regime unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment, ballistic missile production, or support for terrorism.

I warned early in the war that a wounded lion is dangerous.

A ceasefire without a clear agreement will likely lead to another war in two or three years under worse conditions.

-Trump: THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

-Air space has been opened for landing flights

-MDA: Scene in Beer Sheva has been fully scanned no more missing individuals.

-In the past few hours, the Israeli Air Force struck several Iranian ballistic missile launchers in western Iran, that were primed for this morning's salvos on Israel, the IDF says.

- Home front command: No need to stay near shelters all across the country 

-No Israeli official have issued any statements about the ceasefire.

- Death toll in Beer Sheva at 4  after body of woman pulled from the rubble,4 moderate injured, 20 lightly injured

All clear Residents can leave shelters

- Israel closes its airspace until further notice

-According to an official who spoke to CBS News, per the ceasefire agreement announced earlier today by U.S. President Trump, the ceasefire went into effect for Iran at 12:00am ET, Israel now has 12 hours to strike Iran until their ceasefire goes into effect at 12:00PM ET, then 12 hours after that the war will be considered “over” by both Iran and Israel.

- Magen David Adom identifies the three fatalities in the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Beersheba as a woman in her 40s, a man in his 40s, and a man in his 20s.

In addition, two men in their 50s are being taken to hospital in moderate condition, and another six people are being treated at the scene in good condition, MDA says.

Medics continue to scan the apartment building that was hit for additional casualties.(TOI)

- Home Front Command to northern residents stay in the sheltered rooms

Iran media says ceasefire now in effect 

Foreign Minister we will shoot missiles until the last moment

12:10 am

- Iran violated the ceasefire 10 minutes after it took effect

- 6th round of missiles launched from Iran,sire a sounding in the central and Sharon and Shomron regions

-So far The Iranians have fired a total of 11 missiles across the country in the last two hours in 5 different volleys:

Volley 1 to the north and south - 2 missiles

Volley 2 to the center and south - 4 missiles

Volley 3 to the center and south - 2 missiles

Volley 4 to the center - 2 missiles

Volley 5 to the north - 1 missile

12:00am Tuesday

-Iran-Israel ceasefire reportedly in effect while Israel has a additional 12 hours.

- Death toll in Beer sheva climbs,  as 3 ppl pulled out and reacued from the rubble,  2 trapped 

- Home Front Command gives all clear residents can exit the shtered rooms.

- The tragedy in Be'er Sheva worsens. MDA Director General, Eli Bin says that the evacuation of residents in the building in Be'er Sheva has not been completed.  There are still people missing. There is also an alert about a gas leak inside the building, and the destruction is very significant.

- 15 year old injured in Chadera by interceptor fragments  from 4th round of missiles launched 

11:50 

5th round of missiles detected launched towards  the north 

-Sirens sounding again as more missils launched from Iran 4th time this morning 

11:30pm

Death toll in Beer sheva 3, and  8 injuries rescuers on scene as some ppl trapped under the rubble 

All  clear given residents can leave shelters

                           Moment of impact

Impact scene in Beer Sheva

For the third time in the last hour, Israelis are currently running to shelter due to another missile launch from Iran

More rockets launched from Iran sirens sounding in Yerushalayim 

- MDA 3 killed in Beer sheva

Update six injured, 1 in critical condition, and the rest in minor condition.

10:45 pm

-All clear given

Report of  3 injured in serious comdition

-Direct hit in Beer Sheva

Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel

Red alert sirens sounding 

-Trump post on truth social:

Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, "PEACE!" I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures. They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!

9:00pm

-Israel has received guarantees that Iran will not resume its nuclear weapons program in exchange for the ceasefire.( Eyal Yakoby)

- NYT: Trump's announcement (the ceasefire) surprised even senior officials in his administration

- Iran foreign minister: no final ceasefire agreement; if Israel stops, we’ll stop. Tehran will stop its attacks if Israel stops its airstrikes by 4 a.m. local time.

- Mark Levin attacks peace deal "I hate this word CEASEFIRE" will Iran sign a surrender document?

- Trump posts image of himself with the words Peace through strength

8:00pm

- Israel's prepares for the possibility of relatively heavy barrages in the final hours before a ceasefire (Yaron Avraham)

No relaxing of rules yet from home front command

- NBC News: Trump says he expects ceasefire to last "forever"...Trump believes war is over and does not believe that Israel and Iran "will ever be shooting at each other again"

-President Trump just told me in a phone call: "This is the end of the war. This is a great and wonderful thing for Israel and the world."(Barack Ravid) 

- Trump spoke with Netanyahu and agreed on a ceasefire this afternoon (Amichai Stein)

- This is what a total victory looks like(Amit Segal)

6:00pm

- Senior Iranian official tells Reuters — Tehran agrees to US-proposed, Qatar-mediated CEASEFIRE with Israel

Trump anounces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran 

- CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, "THE 12 DAY WAR." This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn't, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!

DONALD J. TRUMP,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

4:00pm

- Trump: Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered. There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was “set free,” because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done. Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their “system,” and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE. I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3:00pm

- NYT reports that it is growing evidence that the Iranians, before the US attacks, had removed "400 kilograms, or roughly 880 pounds, of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity".That is just below the 90 percent that is us

- Trump: The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were "pretty well destroyed!" Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of "Con"cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast's NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that's why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!

- Sources in the Administration say President Trump does not intend to retaliate against Iran for its attacks today against American forces in the Middle East.

- Iran coordinated its missile attack on the U.S.’s Al Udeid Air Base with the Qatari government, and the Trump administration was aware in advance of the attack, according to Axios. 

1:00pm

- New York Times: Iran coordinated the strike on the U.S. air base in Qatar with Qatari officials, providing advance notice to help minimize casualties.

- Iran launched 10 missiles towards U.S. bases in Qatar, Israeli official says

- Statement from the Qatari Ministry of Defense“The Ministry of Defense announced that Qatari air defenses successfully intercepted a missile attack targeting Al Udeid Air Base.

Thanks to God and the vigilance of the armed forces personnel and the precautionary measures taken, the incident resulted in no deaths or injuries.

There were reportedly 3 hits at Al Udeid Base in Qatar.

- Iran fires missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq: reports Sirens are also now being reported in Bahrain and Kuwait.

- Iran has launched 6 ballistic missiles at US bases in Qatar, explosions heard over Doha.

- Imminent" threat of Iranian strike on U.S. Base in Qatar — Fox News

11:30am

- Qatar closes its airspace.

- Trump: Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the "N word" (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran? Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY. The "N word" should not be treated so casually. I guess that's why Putin's "THE BOSS." By the way, if anyone thinks our "hardware" was great over the weekend, far and away the strongest and best equipment we have, 20 years advanced over the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines. They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built, and just launched the 30 Tomahawks — All 30 hit their mark perfectly. So, in addition to our Great Fighter Pilots, thank you to the Captain and Crew!

- The Israeli military reveals that it has intercepted dozens of Iranian drones using electronic warfare means since the beginning of the war with Iran.

-The Ministry of Education will ensure that any educational institution that violates Home Front Command guidelines and endangers students and education staff – will be denied its budgets and will be closed. Sectoral affiliation is not relevant at all. this was sent as a final notice to many charedi yeshivos that were opened since attacks on Iran began 

- Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces: Trump violated all international laws. Whatever the extent of the damage, this harm will not go unnoticed.

- Senior Israeli officials assess that Iran will, in one way or another, coordinate its attack on the United States — similar to how it acted following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. This is intended to avoid an unplanned escalation and out of hope to contain the incident. Perhaps in this context come the reports suggesting that the U.S. already knows the attack will take place within the next 48 hours.(Amit Segal)

- 10:00am

- Reuters report: US expects Iranian response to attack on nuclear facilities "in the next two days"

-Ttump just posted this: EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!"

To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!

- Operation ‘Safe Return’: Outbound Flights From Ben Gurion Airport To Resume Today

- Holocaust survivor Yvette Shmilovitz, 95, was killed when an Iranian missile hit a building in petachh Tikva last week

8:30am

- WSJ: The US has asked Arab officials in the Middle East to convey to Iran the message that Israel wants to wrap up the fighting soon. Iran, in response, conveyed the message that it is not ready to end the campaign at this stage, and feels obligated to respond to the US attacks on nuclear facilities

- IDF: 50 fighter jets participated in the latest wave of attacks on Tehran. Iranian regime targets were attacked: military headquarters, missile and radar production sites, and missile storage infrastructure in the Tehran area.

- The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, was asked in an interview on ABC whether the nuclear program had been destroyed, as Trump claimed, and answered: affirmative

- The IDF struck Fordo today to “obstruct access routes,” The objective according to reports us that the vast majority, if not all, of the enriched uranium remains in Fordow and Isfahan.

- Iranian state media report claiming that a US base in Syria was attacked. No other confirmation 

- Latest wave of strikes on Tehran, the IDF says it struck the Thar-Allah Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is "tasked with defending Tehran against security threats, including internal threats."

The strikes also hit the Sayyid al-Shuhada Corps, also part of the IRGC, which the military says is "responsible for homeland defense, including the suppression of internal threats such as protests and unrest in Tehran."

5:00am

- Iran targets Israel with prolonged missile barrage that lasted 40 minutes  no injuries reported, a  ‘strategic’ electrical facility hit in south near Ashdod.

- A strategic facility in the south was hit during the Iranian missile barrage, causing disruptions in the electricity supply, according to the Israel Electric Corporation.

- About 7 or 8 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran at Israel in several waves today, according to preliminary IDF assessments.

The missiles were fired in multiple salvos over nearly 40 minutes, marking one of the longest Iranian missile attacks of the war. One was fired at the north and intercepted

- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is reportedly holed up in a bunker without electronic communication, receiving written messages by courier, per sources cited by 

Israel Hayom. 

- Iran's nuclear facility of Fordow has been hit again, this time by Israel — Sky

- Defense Minister Israel Katz says the IDF is “currently striking with unprecedented force regime targets and governmental repression bodies in the heart of Tehran.”

- Amit Segal:The gates of Iran’s infamous Evin prison were bombed, giving prisoners the option to escape.

This is an escalation by Israel, as it is now targeting not just Iranian military sites, but also Iranian institutions that oppress their own people—and don’t directly affect Israel.  

Taken together with Israel targeting the Basij—responsible for shutting down dissent—and Iranian television, Israel appears to be flirting with regime change.

- The IDF struck 6 regime airports across western, central, and eastern Iran, destroying runways, underground hangars, refueling aircraft, F-14, F-5 and AH-1 aircraft.

They destroyed aircraft were meant to stop IAF jets. The IAF impaired takeoff capabilities from these airports, as well as the Iranian military’s ability to operate its air force from them.

- In a statement earlier today, Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, Spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said that in response to Saturday’s series of strikes by the U.S. against nuclear facilities inside Iran, they will carry out “powerful and targeted operations that will inflict heavy, regretful, and unprecedented upon you, god willing.”

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