Iran War Updates Friday Marxh 13

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-Rockets from Iran fired to the south and Beer Sheva regions 

- Several rounds of missiles fire from Lebanon tonight 

- Israel and the US are expected to increase attacks on Iran in the coming days. A senior security official: "We are in decisive days that will shape the future of the campaign." 👀

- The Pentagon is sending the USS Tripoli, a Marine Amphibious Ready Group, and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to Middle East. The Tripoli is stationed out of Japan and would take about 2 weeks to get to the destination. 2500 US Marines will be accompanying.

-Delta extended its cancellations through at least the end of the month, and will delay its Atlanta-Tel Aviv resumption until at least August. Delta now has a generous waiver, allowing anyone with flights in March or April to reschedule for travel anytime through February 2027 with no change in fare! Israeli airspace is now closed for non-rescue flights until at least noon (10am UTC) on Monday, 3/23

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- More rockets fired towards the central areas with fallen fragments in several towns damaging buildings and causing fires according to foreign media reports

- American citizens in Israel can register for the 6 El Al flights to the US starting this Sunday HERE

Passengers holding an EL AL ticket will be assigned according to the service class on their ticket. Starting Sunday morning, EL AL will proactively contact American citizens holding valid EL AL flight tickets whose flights were canceled and have not yet been reassigned, and will offer them placement on these dedicated flights At No Additional Cost. 

Passengers who do not hold an EL AL ticket are requested to select their preferred cabin class and review the applicable fare. $899 for economy $2000 for premium and $4000 business .

- EL AL Will Operate Special Flights for American Citizens Whose Flights from Israel Were Canceled Thousands of American citizens whose flights back to the United States were canceled due to the war with Iran are currently staying in Israel.

As part of an arrangement between the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, and EL AL, beginning March 16, we will operate six non-stop flights from Tel Aviv to New York designated exclusively for American citizens. These flights are expected to depart at full capacity, subject to Government Approvals.

Starting Sunday morning, we will proactively contact American citizens holding valid EL AL flight tickets whose flights were canceled and have not yet been reassigned, and will offer them placement on these dedicated flights At No Additional Cost. 

We kindly request that all EL AL customers holding American citizenship complete the following Registration Website form: https://elal.com/eng/about-elal/news/special-flights-to-usa

We are prepared to expand the Flight Schedule for dedicated flights for American citizens, understanding that the current number of flights provides only a partial solution and does not meet the high demand. Any expansion of activity will be carried out Subject to additional Government Approvals.

- Ambassador Mike Huckabee Very good news for Americans desiring to depart Israel back to USA.  ElAl will have 6 flights

-Trump: I think Putin might be helping Iran a little

- Trump to Fox News: The regime in Iran will fall, but maybe not immediately

- Trump: Not focusing right now on taking Iran's enriched uranium, now focused on missiles. We'll hit them hard next week.

- Trump was asked about the Basij forces and whether there is an intention to eliminate them. Trump replied: "They are bad people who shoot at protesters. If they had nuclear weapons, they would use them and not lose a single night's sleep."

- Home Front Command is considering allowing additional relaxations in the home front starting from next Sunday. 

- Trump was asked when he would end the war with Iran. He replied: "When I feel it in my bones."

- Significant Strike on the Iranian Intelligence Leadership: The IDF is checking whether the head of the Iranian Army's Intelligence Directorate, Amir Shari'at, was eliminated along with his deputy.

- "We know the new so-called, not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one, actually. But there was no voice, and there was no video. It was a written statement." "Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why." - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

- Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Yehiel Leiter, stated that one of the two US planes involved in the accident last night over Iraq "landed safely in Israel." the commander of the Israeli Air Force received a briefing on the initial details of the event from the commander of the US Air Force.

- CENTCOM: All six crew members of the U.S. KC-135 lost in Iraq are confirmed deceased

-Several fragments fell in Yerushalayim neighborhoods of Telzstone destroying a car and another piece of a rocket fell on rechov Givas Moshe and another fragment fell near Rachmastrivka Bais Medrash in Yerushalayim 

- No injuries are reported in Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack on Israel, the fourth since midnight. The missile was likely intercepted, according to initial military assessments. Sirens had sounded in the Yerushalayim area and parts of southern Israel.

-The IDF says it has detected a ballistic missile attack from Iran. Sirens are expected to sound in central Israel in the coming minutes.

- Several Americans in EY are got on state dept charter to Athens last night at 4am and took a connecting flight to Montreal that will arrive before shabbos. Others took connections to London and Budapest/Kerestir for shabbos. Chabad of Athens is hosting shabbos seudos for all those in transit staying there for shabbos.

- US Secretary of War Hegseth:

''Iran's entire ballistic missile production capacity has been destroyed.Very soon, all defense industry companies in Iran will be destroyed.''

- Two people are lightly injured by a rocket that struck a home in a community in the Western Galilee, medics say.

- MDA EMTs and paramedics provided medical treatment and evacuated 58 patients to hospitals in northern Israel, including: 1 in moderate condition and 57 in very mild condition from glass shards, with minor injuries

 - The IDF has completed multiple waves of strikes on Iranian regime infrastructure in Tehran, Shiraz, and Ahvaz

-CNN: "Authorities are investigating reports that the [synagogue attack] suspect told people he had multiple family members killed in a recent Israeli airstrike in Lebanon

- The IDF spokesperson announces that it attacked the Al-Zarariya bridge over the Litani River. The reason is due to the repeated use by terrorists to travel from northern to southern Lebanon, and this is a key crossing point in the western sector to threaten IDF forces.

- Four soldiers died after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq in an apparent accident involving another tanker. Rescue efforts for the other two crew members are ongoing, it said. The deaths of the crew members brings the total of American service members killed in the war with Iran to 11.

-Rep. Nancy Mace  flew to Israel and helped Evacuate 155 Americans. Mace teamed up with Grey Bull Rescue to extract them via the Jordan border. She then coordinated a charter flight carrying 155 Americans ncluding 11 infants to Athens, with children on laps to fit everyone aboard Grey Bull's 808th mission. While the State Department has evacuated over 36,000 via charters, Mace highlighted

-Ali Larijani, Iran’s most senior remaining security official, marched through the streets of Tehran today as part of the regime’s Al-Quds Day celebrations.

- A senior military official:  

"The Americans didn’t believe we would succeed in the decapitation strike.  

We destroyed between 160–190 launchers, disabled another 200, and around 150 remain active. The missile crews are afraid to go out; there are desertions and refusals to follow orders. Every day we hunt down several launchers.  

We’ve entered a perhaps unheroic and monotonic stage of systematic destruction of command and control headquarters, military industry, and nuclear infrastructure. The Iranians have over 10,000 dead and wounded among their security forces.  

What is likely to follow after the war is a weakened regime, an economic blockade, diplomatic isolation, and eventually a revolution. The situation matches what we anticipated." (Amit Segal)

- Trump: We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily economically, and otherwise, yet, if you read the Failing New York Times, you would incorrectly think that we are not winning. Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth. We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time - Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP