Israel At War Wed August 27

 Israel At War day 691

- 9 Israeli strikes on sites and vehicles of the Syrian Ministry of Defense in the Jabal al-Mana area in Kiswah, near Damascus.

 The IDF landed four Israeli helicopters at a military base in the Al-Kiswah area in the suburbs of Damascus and through them landed dozens of soldiers and several pieces of heavy equipment that conducted a search in the place. They stayed there for more than two hours

- President Donald Trump will chair a “large meeting” at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the “comprehensive plan” that the administration is putting together for the postwar management of Gaza, his special envoy Steve Witkoff announced.

We’re going to settle this one way or another, certainly before the end of this year,’ Witkoff says US doesn’t want further partial hostage deals

- Witkoff: The official position of the Trump administration is to reject any partial agreement and demand the return of all hostages in one wave. Hamas cannot have any connection to a future government - this is a shared position of Israel and President Trump. Hams knows this. Hamas has begun to show signs that it is open to an arrangement. The Gaza issue will be resolved one way or another before the end of this year. Hamas is the one creating obstacles to ending the war.

- Heavy shelling by IDF in Gaza city today

-A senior Egyptian official involved in the negotiations told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar: So far, there is no new horizon to advance towards, against the backdrop of the Israeli demand for a comprehensive deal rather than a partial one. He claimed that this is a "continuation of the endless manipulation policy"

- IDF and Shin Bet: We eliminated the terrorist Mahmoud Al-Asoud, who served as the commander of the West Gaza area in Hams’s General Security Mechanism. During the war and over the years, Al-Asoud served as a central figure in the General Security Mechanism and was a significant knowledge hub in the organization

-Egypt and Qatar have informed Israel that there is still no accurate count of the living hostages and that the matter requires time and security arrangements, according to what the Palestinian terrorist organizations will determine

- PM Netanyahu was asked whether Hams would have launched the surprise attack on October 7 if Trump had been president then: Probably not, but it's hard to say with these crazies. I think Iran would have acted more cautiously. Maybe not.

- Wall Street Journal: Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been under increased security by the elite unit of the Austrian security services in recent weeks following intelligence that Iran is trying to assassinate him. Iran's threats began after Tehran accused him of contributing to Israel's attack against Iran and claimed that the IAEA published "biased and distorted" reports that allegedly contributed to suspicion towards Iran

 - Hamas' captivity survivor Tal Shoham says: "The terrorists said they received orders from above to starve us. In the room next to us, they had food for months ahead that they stole from humanitarian aid."(Jewish Warrior on x)

-The Prime Minister of Belgium has started the discussion with his government about recognizing a Palestinian state.

- The reception prepared by Hezbollah supporters for the American envoy Tom Barrack today in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon resulted in Barrack's cancellation of his visit to the city.