Sunday, June 29, 2025

Israel at war Sunday June 29

Israel at war  day 632

- Heavy IDF bombing in Gaza over 70 Hamas terrorists killed today.

- Top-level cabinet meeting held amid US pressure on Israel to reach a Gaza deal, alongside plans to expand Abraham Accords to Saudi Arabia, Syria.

 - Ch14: The US is interested in tying normalization with Syria to the thawing of relations between Israel and Turkey; one can understand the statement today by Tom Barrack, the US ambassador in Ankara who also serves as the special envoy for Syria, that "the dispute between Washington and Turkey over the supply of F-35 aircraft may be resolved soon

- U.S. intelligence intercepted Iranian officials admitting that this month’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear program caused less damage than expected, the Washington Post reports. Others suggest the military was downplaying the damage to the political leadership.

- Deep concern, bordering on panic, has spread through Hamas’ upper ranks, according to senior Israeli officials, after the extent of the damage to Iran became clear.
The organization’s strategic rear, its training base and source of power, has been significantly weakened at a critical moment. The fear preventing significant Israeli action against Iran has been shattered, just as the population’s fear of Hamas has significantly cracked.(Amit Segal)

- Iran's Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi issues fatwa, calling Muslims around the world to kill Trump and Netanyahu, declaring them "enemies of God."

- Trump: After the war with Iran, additional countries told us that they wanted to join the Abraham Accords—we will start doing so.

- Trump: The Iranians were weeks away from producing a nuclear weapon.
They didn’t move the uranium elsewhere because they didn’t think we would attack.
They won’t try to produce a nuclear weapon now.

- Trump: The Iranians did not transfer enriched uranium. They are exhausted; they were hit like no one else.

-IDF soldier killed in Gaza 
Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld 20, from Raanana

- Heavy fighting reported in Khan Yunis, tens if terrorists killed. Security incident ongoing.

- Member of the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Ismail Khotari: "There is no ceasefire now, but a phase of temporary cessation of fighting, and it all depends on the other side when it chooses to resume the war

- IDF Spokesperson in Arabic issues an evacuation order to Gaza City and Jabalia: "Evacuate South Immediately"

-Hamas official told Reuters the group had informed the mediators it was ready to resume ceasefire talks, but reaffirmed the group’s outstanding demands that any deal must end the war and secure an Israeli withdrawal.

- Judges accept PM Netanyahu's request: He will not testify this week

- Netanyahu  was in a special confidential hearing regarding the postponement of his testimony due to regional developments. Netanyahu arrived to explain why he believes the testimony should be postponed. The prosecution is also present.
the head of IDF Intelligence Directorate participated in the confidential court hearing, and gave the judges an intelligence overview

- Shin Bet thwarted one of the largest Hamas infrastructures in Hebron exposed in recent years. The infrastructure was planning to carry out attacks in the immediate future, over 60 operatives were arrested, 22 weapons were confiscated, and a shooting attack at the Bnei Naim intersection from 15 years ago, in which four Israelis were murdered, was solved

- 21 months after the October 7th massacre:
The government is now considering the return of residents of Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Nir Oz and nine other communities affected by the massacre.
According to the government, there is no longer a security obstacle to their return

- Official Iranian sources report that Ismail Shakhri, commander of the Khomeini garrison in Qom, was killed in an Israeli strike in Qom, Iran, during the Israeli operation. Shakhri, according to opposition sources, was responsible for training Hams operatives in paragliding in Iran in the summer of 2023.


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