Israel At War Friday August 29

 Israel at war day 693

- Reports of heavy IDF bombings in the Zeyroun neighborhood of Gaza

-Arab media reportd of a security incident in Gaza with IDF casualties possible hostages taken in Hamas Ambush

-The IDF announced it killed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, the top ISIS commander in Gaza. He oversaw the group’s activities across Gaza, West Bank, and the Sinai, including funding and arming operations.

- Turkey severs all economic ties with Israel, closes airspace to Israeli planes and bans Turkish ships from docking at Israeli ports 

after Israeli PM formally recognizes the Armenian genocide.

-Trump admin revokes Palestinian officials' visas before upcoming UN General Assembly: "They must consistently repudiate terrorism — including the October 7 massacre

- PM Netanyahu's office announces that for the first time, Israel will today release part of the horror footage from the October massacre, which until now has only been shown in closed rooms - to organizations, diplomats, and official bodies. This is footage filmed by Hams terrorists in the home of the Ta'assa family in the moshav Netiv HaAsara by security cameras - the mother, whose partner and son were murdered, approved the broadcast of the footage for explanatory purposes.

- IDF recovered the body of slain hostage Ilan Weiss in an operation in the Gaza Strip

His body was recovered along with the remains of a second hostage, whose identity is not yet public, Weiss, 56, was killed on the morning of October 7, 2023, while defending Kibbutz Be’eri as a member of the emergency response team. His wife Shiri and daughter Noga were also taken hostage and later freed during a weeklong truce and hostage release deal in November 2023.

 The initial information about the location of the bodies came from Shin Bet interrogations of terrorists captured during the operational activity in Gaza

- Turkish Foreign Minister: We have decided to completely sever economic and trade ties with Israel and to close our airspace to its planes. Turkish ships will not dock at ports in Israel

- US Senator Lindsey Graham said that if Hezbollah does not agree to disarm, it should face military action.

- British government spokesperson: We have informed the Israeli government that we are banning it from sending an official delegation from the Ministry of Defense to this year's annual DSEI arms exhibition in London, due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Israeli companies will be allowed to exhibit and participate in the exhibition to be held in September

- Hamas’s internal security mechanism warns of a new IDF method to eliminate military operatives in Gaza: Israeli intelligence calls the family of a terrorist and informs them that the operative has been eliminated. The family members rush to make phone or physical contact with the operative to verify their status, and in this way lead Israeli intelligence to the operative's location, resulting in their elimination.

- Ahead of the operation to capture the city of Gaza: The IDF is canceling the humanitarian ceasefire that exists in the Gaza city area. “The area constitutes a dangerous combat zone," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a statement. Further from the statement: "The IDF will continue to support the humanitarian effort in the Strip, alongside the continuation of maneuvering and offensive activity against terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of protecting the security of the citizens of the State of Israel."

- A report in the Eden Al-Ad newspaper of opponents of the Houthis, which has no official approval: In an IDF attack in Sana'a, the Prime Minister of the Houthis' "Change and Construction" faction, Ahmed Al-Rahawi, was eliminated yesterday. It is claimed that several of his escorts were also killed alongside him. No Houthi media outlets have confirmed the report yet.