Israel At War Sunday June 22

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וּלְכָל הוֹלְכֵי דְרָכִים וְעוֹבְרֵי יָמִים וּנְהָרוֹת מֵעַמְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל תַצִילֵם מִכָּל צָעָר וָנֵזֵק, וְתַגִיעֵם לִמְחוֹז חֶפְצָם לְחַיִים וּלְשָׁלוֹם

11:15

- Trump posted this tonight 

'Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!

8:15 pm

All clear given

Only one single missile was fired and intercepted 

- Sirens sounding across central Israel due to a missile launch from Iran

- According to NBC News, Iran delivered a communiqué to U.S. President Trump through an intermediary at the G7 Summit last week in Canada, threatening to activate sleeper-cell terrorist groups inside the United States if it or its nuclear facilities were attacked. The Trump Administration, as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in key cities across the country, are on high alert for any potential retaliation inside the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement earlier today, warning that the “Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.”

6:00pm

- U.S. Department of Defense cautions that Iran-backed hackers are likely to launch cyberattacks on American networks

- The State Department issued a worldwide travel advisory for Americans overseas, urging them to “exercise increased caution” due to “the “potential for demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad.” It also noted that the war is causing travel disruptions and airspace closures across the Middle East

-Trump: The damage to the Nuclear sites in Iran is said to be "monumental." The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military. Thank you!

Trump: The GREAT B-2 pilots have just landed, safely, in Missouri. Thank you for a job well done!!! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

5:00pm

- Trump hints at regime change:

"It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!

- Rafael Grossi, Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency: We need to know what happened to the 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium that Iran had.

3:30 pm

- Trump gave order in strike from New Jersey 

On Friday afternoon, Trump gave Defense Secretary Hegseth the go-ahead to send the B-2 bombers on their mission. A few hours later, they took off from their base in Missouri. On Saturday afternoon, while at his golf club in New Jersey, Trump was asked to give the final order. The B-2 bombers had reached the point where full radio alert was required—that was the moment of decision. Trump gave the green light and returned to the White House to be in the Situation Room as the first bombs were dropped. Barak Ravid

-Netanyahu: When we achieve our goals - we will not continue the activity beyond what is required, but we will not end it too early either. When the goals are achieved - the operation will be completed, and the fighting will stop.

- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Moscow for talks after a US attack on key nuclear facilities, “Abbas Araghchi… arrived in Moscow to hold consultations with the [Russian] president and other senior officials of Russia regarding regional and international developments following the military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran,” the official IRNA news agency says.

2:45 pm

-Netanyahu says Israel is very close to achieving the two goals of the operation in Iran.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets are carrying out a new wave of strikes against Iranian military sites in Tehran and western Iran, the IDF announces

- Trump told Netanyahu after the attack that now that the nuclear facilities have been destroyed, he wants to end the war and reach an agreement with Iran. "The president does not want to continue attacking Iran. He is willing to do so if the Iranians retaliate against American forces, but he told Netanyahu that he wants peace,"(Ravid)

12:30pm

- The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany urge Iran not to take any actions that would further destabilize the region, 

“We have consistently been clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and can no longer pose a threat to regional security,” “We call upon Iran to engage in negotiations leading to an agreement that addresses all concerns associated with its nuclear program,”

-United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on U.S. strikes on Iran at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Iran requested the meeting asking the Council to condemn the U.S. attack on its nuclear facilities and hold Washington accountable. 

-Israel is preparing for the day after the war in Iran to implement a "zero tolerance" policy like the one being implemented in Lebanon.

The intention will be to prevent ANY attempt by Iran to revive the nuclear and/or missile projects. CH14

- Senior Houthi official Muhammad al-Bukhaiti told Al Jazeera: "We are awaiting Iran's decision regarding its response to the American attacks and we will respond accordingly. We will stand by any Arab or Muslim country if it is attacked by the United States. There is direct communication between the countries of the resistance axis and we will coordinate together on the operational level."

- IDF: Earlier today, approximately 30 Air Force fighter jets attacked dozens of military targets across Iran, using more than 60 munitions, under intelligence guidance from the Intelligence Branch.

10:30 am

- Netanyahu at the kosel reads a special tefillah that was composed for Donald Trump by the Kosel heritage foundation see below.

-Rubio: Iran had enough enriched uranium to make 9-10 bombs. It was all in one place; now, not so much...

9:30 am

- The Ministry of Transportation confirms:

The Home Front Command has approved operating outbound flights abroad - starting tomorrow.

A limit of 1,500 passengers at the same time at Ben Gurion Airport will apply - and only 50 people per flight.

- Vice President Vance was asked on ABC how long they have delayed Iran's nuclear program, and replied: I won't go into intelligence details, but I estimate it will take years before they can develop nuclear weapons. "However, our goal is that they never can," he added

- Authorities in New York, Washington and other major U.S. cities are on "high alert" after U.S. bombing of Iran, Fox News.

- Maritime unit officers rescued a yacht that arrived  from Cyprus to Haifa with 10 Israeli passengers on board, including children, who found themselves in distress west of the Haifa port. Everyone reached the shore safely. kH

- The Iranian Parliament approves closure of Strait of Hormuz, pending final decision by Supreme National Security Council, according to reports from Iran.

8:45am

- The IDF confirms that the  bodies of three slain hostages, on October 7th, Ofra Keidar, Jonathan Samerano, and Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson, were recovered in a joint military and Shin Bet operation from the Gaza Strip overnight.

- A senior US official acknowledged that the B-2 attack on the Fordo site did not destroy the heavily fortified facility but severely damaged it.(NYT)

- The assessment in Israel: Natanz reactor destroyed; awaiting confirmation regarding Fordow and Isfahan. Most of the enriched uranium was likely at the sites that were damaged

- US Defense Secretary Hegseth: This was the most significant attack in American history involving B2 bombers and the second longest flight operation is called "Midnight Hammer"

-General Caine: We dropped 14 MOP bombs in the operation (12 on the Fordow facility and 2 on Natanz). In total, 75 precision munitions were dropped during the operation, and 125 US military aircraft participated in it.

-Russia's Dmitry Medvedev says "a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads."

-Update on missile impacts this morning 

At least 86 wounded as Iran launches two missile barrages at Israel. 

Broad devastation at impact sites in Tel Aviv and nearby Ness Ziona

failed Israeli interceptor crashes in Haifa

The injuries were largely at the two impact sites in Tel Aviv and its Ness Ziona suburb, according to medical officials. 

The frum community in Chaifa was hit by a direct missile damaging homes.

Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear Jewish communities across Israel offered special prayers of thanks, calling it a historic turning point and a modern-day Purim. At the Churva shul in the old city they said hallel and danced after davening.

-Miracle in Chaifa: A family of Belz Chasidim were at home  without a  option  for a shelter room. When the sirens went off arrived the family ran and hid under the "living room table." The house took a direct hit, half of it collapsed!!! B"H the entire family emerged unharmed, wearing pajamas.

Students from the nearby Chabad yeshiva  danced on the spot in honor of the enormous miracle.

-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine just gave us the operation’s name: “Midnight Hammer.” He called it a “highly classified mission with very few people in Washington knowing the details of the plan.” General Caine said that the B-2 bombers took off from the United States.

- About 240 buildings in Israel, including more than 2,000 residential apartments, have been severely damaged or destroyed by Iranian missile fire since the fighting began on June 13, according to the Israeli military’s home front command. It said that about 9,000 people have lost their homes.

- In the three days prior to the U.S. strikes, a flurry of abnormal activity was observed near an entrance tunnel at Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, according to satellite imagery with convoys kf 16 trucks. An analysis by the Open Source Centre in London had suggested Iran may have been preparing the facility for a strike.

- A tefilah shared today that Hashem protect the Trump administration 

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה לַמְּלָכִים, וּמֶמְשָׁלָה לַנְּסִיכִים, מַלְכוּתוֹ מַלְכוּת כָּל עוֹלָמִים, וּמֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר. הוּא יְבָרֵךְ, וְיִשְׁמֹר, וְיַצֵּל, וְיָרוּם, וְיִנָּשֵׂא, וִיגַדֵּל,  וִירוֹמֵם, אֶת נְשִׂיא אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית

דּוֹנַלְד טְרַאמְפּ בֶּן פְּרֶד

יָרוּם הוֹדוֹ וְאֶת כָּל סְגָנָיו, וְשָׂרָיו וְיוֹעֲצָיו 

וְיִתֵּן בִּלְבָבָם, וּבְלֵב כָּל יוֹעֲצֵיהֶם וְרֵעֵיהֶם, לַעֲשׂוֹת חֶסֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט עִם עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְעִם כָּל יוֹשְׁבֵי אַרְצוֹ.

בְּיָמָיו וּבְיָמֵינוּ תִּוָּשַׁע יְהוּדָה, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁכּוֹן לָבֶטַח

וְנֹאמַר: אָמֵן.

Satellite image Fordow after the attack

 At a impact site in Chaifa NYT pic went  viral 

Prayer composed for President Trump at the Kosel in Yerushalayim 

Craters visible at Fordow following us bombing