Iran War Updates Wednesday March 11

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- Report of falling fragments in Bnei Brak and Gush Dan area no injuries.

-Heavy  loud explosions over Yerushalayim 

-Incoming Iranian missiles and rockets from Hezbollah sirens sounds in Yerushalayim and central areas

- El Al apologized for poor customer service and repeated flight cancellations, as many travelers report long waits and being told to come to the airport only to be sent away without boarding.

- Senior Israeli defense official tells i24NEWS following tonight’s large-scale rocket barrage by Hezbollah against Northern Israel: “They have left us no choice this campaign must expand in Lebanon. There is no one to talk to on the other side. We are considering strikes against infrastructure targets connected to the Lebanese Government. Iran asked, Hezbollah complied and now we must escalate our response by several levels.”

- Twelve days into the war, several Chesed and other organizations issued a joint statement urging Americans in Israel who wish to leave to register with the U.S. State Department through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) and the crisis intake form. The State Department is organizing no-cost flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Athens, Greece, where travelers must arrange their own flights back to the U.S., while Israeli outbound flights remain limited to about 100 passengers per flight.

-A series of heavy strikes hit south Beirut this evening, as the Israeli army said it launched fresh attacks on the area, where Hezbollah holds sway.

- Hezbollah officially announces the launch of Operation "Al-Asaf Al-Makoul" against Israel*.

-Report: Iran says will only agree to ceasefire if US, Israel guarantee no future attack

Iran has told mediators that it will only agree to a ceasefire to end the war if it includes an American guarantee that the US and Israel will not attack the Islamic Republic again in the future, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.

- President Donald Trump renews his attack on President Isaac Herzog over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pardon request, calling Israel’s head of state “weak and pathetic.”

In a conversation with Channel 12’ Trump said “He doesn’t need any legal opinions,”... He is a weak and pathetic guy. I want Bibi to be focused on the war, not on.....”

- A new ballistic missile attack from Iran has been detected by the IDF. Sirens are expected to sound in southern Israel in the coming minutes

- Igud Charter Flight Registration Jerusalem → Milan / New York Here

This Flight Is Currently Full they are working on a new flight on Tuesday or Wednesday to one of the main European hubs

- State Department evacuation flights continue but are limited, currently only going to Athens, Greece, with passengers responsible for onward travel. 0px lo

- IDF: Search and rescue forces from the Home Front Command, together with emergency organizations, are currently operating at sites where reports were received of impacts in various areas in northern Israel.

- IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin: 'There is a change in the instructions of the Home Front Command in the north. Follow those instructions.'

- Senior Israeli official: The coming 24 hours will significantly shape the continuation of the campaign in Lebanon. Hezbollah is bringing about its own downfall.amiot segal 

- Hezbollah launched  over 100 rockets toward several areas in Israel with a few impact hits in the north. 

                        Direct hit in the north

- Incoming rockets from Iran over Central Israel and the north

- The FBI has warned police departments across California that Iran could retaliate for U.S. strikes by launching drone attacks along the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.

- Israel is preparing for a possible “significant expansion” of rocket fire by Iran and Hezbollah tonight, CNN reported. The Prime Minister is convening a security meeting to discuss the developments.

- Reports: In Israel, preparations are underway for a significant expansion of attacks from Lebanon tonight. Additional arenas are also possible.

-Podcaster Joe Rogan said many supporters of President Trump feel let down by the ongoing war with Iran, describing the conflict as “insane” and questioning how it fits with the president’s earlier campaign promises

- TRUMP: "They've lost their navy. They've lost their air force. They have no anti-aircraft apparatus at all. They have no radar. Their leaders are gone. And we could do a lot worse."

"We could take them out by this afternoon, in fact, within an hour, they literally would never be able to build that country back."

- The new leader Mojtaba Khamenei suffers from trauma to the left eye, facial cuts, and a broken foot as a result of the attack on the first day of the war - CNN

- Trump: There's hardly anything left to attack in Iran. A little here and there... At any moment I want it to end - it will end. The war with Iran will end soon.

- The French airline Air France is extending the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut until March 15.

- A data center for Iran’s Bank Sepah, a major Islamist Terror Regime-run bank, was targeted in an airstrike. Bank Sepah is largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iranian terror forces, including the IRGC. The strike is expected to prevent the regime from paying its terrorists via Bank Sepah for a period. 

- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a situation assessment: “The surviving Iranian leadership is fleeing like rats into tunnels, just like the Hamas leadership in Gaza. From there, they give orders to fire on civilians and children in Israel and across the region. The hospital morgues in Iran are filled with many thousands of members of the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij. The operation, led by President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, will continue without any time limit  until we achieve all objectives and win the campaign.”

- Preliminary US investigation finds United States Military responsible for striking Iranian elementary school, killing 175 people & children due to a 'targeting mistake,' NYT reports.

- CENTCOM is warning Iranians to not use civilian ports that the regime is using for military purposes. “Civilian ports used for military purposes lose protected status and become legitimate military targets under international law.”

- Russia is reportedly helping Iran attack US and Gulf nation targets in West Asia by providing advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine, CNN reported, citing a Western intelligence official.

- Fresh Iranian missile attack targets north and central Israel after lull of 9 hours Four attacks so far today, no injuries reported 

- People trying to get home for Pesach are continuing to struggle with flights. Many bochurim and seminary girls are scrambling to find any way out. Some are booking the first available flights through Arkia, El Al, Air Haifa or Israir  or any other destination they can find, and then arranging a connecting flight to the U.S.

Eretz Hakodesh is arranging a flight leaving from Taba this Sunday through Milan at a cost of $2,100.

At the same time, the State Department has been randomly emailing people on the list about rescue flights, but there doesn’t seem to be any clear system or way to know about them in advance. There are also reports that the government has allocated $40 million for these rescue flights.

Many travelers are frustrated with El Al, as some people who had already booked tickets are being bumped or having their flights canceled, while others are still managing to get seats on those same flights.

- Japan and Germany to Release Oil as War in Iran Threatens Global Supply

The Strait of Hormuz, a . A British agency said three ships were hit by unidentified projectiles in or near the strait.

- IDF chief Zamir orders reinforcements to North as Israel strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon

After Israeli and US forces struck Iran at the end of February, targeting regime infrastructure and Khamenei, many analysts considered Hezbollah joining the subsequent war inevitable.

- As doubts about the prospect of imminent regime change in Iran spike, defense sources have told The Jerusalem Post that regime change is not and never was a military goal.

Rather, the IDF always hoped to enhance the conditions which might make regime change in Iran possible if the domestic opposition to the government were ready to take to the streets again in sufficient numbers to topple the regime, said defense sources.

- Fox News correspondent Nate Foy also said despite Israel's strong air defense, half of the missiles are hard to defend against because half of the missiles are cluster munitions.

"The Iranian use of cluster missiles and the idea that they deliberately target civilians and civil facilities must be considered as a use of non-conventional weapons, and the American-Israeli response must be appropriate,"

- El AL Update

All regularly scheduled EL AL flights through March 14 have been canceled, regardless of when the ticket was purchased.

•We are currently operating limited emergency recovery flights to and from select gateways worldwide.

•Customers are being automatically reassigned to these flights based on original itineraries and government imposed capacity limits.

We will continue expanding the schedule as soon as security protocols allow. Flight frequency and passenger capacity are determined by government authorities, and these restrictions directly affect the pace of reassignments.