Israel at war day 703
- The flotilla members heading to Gaza claimed last night that one of their vessels was hit by what was suspected to be a drone. The vessels are currently anchored at a port in Tunisia
- Hamas makes it clear to the mediators that it will not enter into a deal: without an end to the war, and a complete withdrawal. "A presidential promise that the war will not be renewed is not enough to release all the hostages on the first day," is the message conveyed from Hams to the mediators.
- Spain recalls its ambassador from Israel hours after imposing an arms embargo and after Israeli FM Gideon Sa’ar accuses Spain’s government of "antisemitism."
-Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, UK government concludes The Times of Israel
- Qatar is putting pressure on Hams to agree to the US proposal
- Levayos were held right before shkiah for the kedoshim who were murdered this morning by Arab terrorists,in Yerushalayim.
- A terrorist squad, consisting of 3 terrorists, arrived at the defensive area located on the outskirts of Sheik Radwan in the northern Gaza Strip. The terrorists threw an explosive device into the tank. The explosive device exploded inside the vehicle, killing the four fighters inside.
Names of IDF soldiers killed in Gaza today
Uri Lamed, 20 years old, HYD from Tel Mond
Gadi Cotal, 20 years old, HYD, kibbutz Afikim
Amit Arye Regev, 19 years old, HYD,Modiin
The name of the fourth hero is not published yet
- 4 IDF soldiers were killed in an IED explosion targeting a tank in northern Gaza reports indicate a terrorist reportedly set an explosion to a Merkava tank hatch, killing the commander instantly and setting the tank on fire. 4 IDF soldiers killed there has not been any official confirmation yet from the IDF
- Terror attack in Yerushalayim Six killed R"L, 6 seriously injured as terrorists open fire on bus, and pedestrians the victims were avreichim on way to kollel.
On Monday morning at the central bus stop junction in the heart of the Chareidi neighborhood of Ramot in Yerushalayim, two Arab terrorists disguised as transportation inspectors boarded an Egged bus #62 that goes from Ramot to the cjty center of Yerushalayim and removed rifles from their bags and started indiscriminately shooting at men, woman and children including many on their way to school
Five of the dead were named as
Rav Levi Yitzhak Pash, 57 HYD Tel Zion
Rav Yaakov Pinto, 25, HYD Ramot
Rav Yisrael Matzner, 28,HYD Ramot
Rabbi Yosef David, 43. HYD Ramot
R' Mordechai Shtenzeig 79 HYD Ramot
Mrs. Sara Mendelsohn,60 HYD Ramat Shlomo
Police said that a soldier and a number of civilians who were present at the scene fired at the terrorists and killed them. The military said the soldier was an off-duty squad commander in the military’s new Cbashsmonaim Brigade.
Passsenger Malka Cohen, who was on the number 62 bus when terrorists opened fire, recounted the harrowing moments of the attack.
“I was on the bus. The bus was packed,” Cohen told Channel 12. “The moment [the driver] opened the door… terrorists came. It was terrible. I was by the back door, I fell on everyone and escaped, I saved myself.”
She said she hid behind another nearby vehicle until the shooting stopped and the terrorists were neutralized.
The attackers used makeshift “Carlo” submachine guns, according to images from the scene. The improvised gun, also known as a Carl Gustav, is commonly manufactured at illegal workshops in the West Bank and has been used in numerous Palestinian attacks in the past.
The two terrorists were believed to have set out from the villages of Al-Qubeiba and Qatanna, just west of the junction and over the Green Line. The Israel Defense Forces said troops were encircling the villages, both located on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Netanyahu came to the scene and offered his condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
“A mighty war against terror is taking place on all fronts,” he told reporters at the scene. “We are now pursuing and encircling the villages where the terrorists came from.”
Security forces have thwarted hundreds of attacks this year, “But unfortunately, not this morning,” he said.
Names for Tehillim
טובה גיטל בת מרים שושנה
הרב יעקב חיים בן תמר איבון
אלחנן בן אלישבע רחל
אסנת בת ג'ולי
יוסף בן רוחמה
יעקב רעם בן דליה
מרדכי בן פרימט שרה
ביילא תמר בת חנה ציפורה
לוי יהודה בן ציפורה דבורה
One of the injured is Rabbi Yaakov Sharbani, Rosh yeshiva Of Maor HaTorah, Yaakov Chaim Ben Tamar Yvonne he is in stable and alert condition
"Levayas were held for the Kedoshim". Next paragraph talks about the soldiers killed.
ReplyDeletehere is what Rav Zilberstein said...
With tears in his eyes, Rav Zilberstein opened his remarks with deep anguish over the tragedy. “We are in a time of immense distress; the pain cries out to Heaven. Six Jews were murdered al kiddush Hashem in the attack, and four soldiers fell as kedoshim in Gaza. Hashem should avenge their blood,” he said.