Yom Shabbat
Saturday
29 Adar I
March 9 2024
UPDATE 10:00 AM
The Late News from Yesterday, and the News from This Morning
*In a little-reported piece of information yesterday, Israel has received “reliable” information that “dozens” of hostages are still alive. This information was transferred to the families of the hostages last night. Here at OneIsrael we pray that this information is correct, but wonder where it came from because it sounds suspiciously like previous teases given by HamISIS.
*There was another missile attack on Sderot. No incoming missile alarm was sounded, but an Iron Dome interceptor shot down the missile. No Israelis were wounded.
*Overnight, the IDF attacked Deir Al-Balah in the center of Gaza, the Al-Masri building in Rafah, and the European Hospital in Khan Younis. Numerous terrorists have been reportedly eliminated.
*7 IDF soldiers were wounded yesterday at the Samarian Palestinian settlement of Silat a-Dahar near Homesh yesterday when an IED blew up. As of this morning, three of the soldiers are in “serious” condition, and four are in “moderate condition.”
*There were 10 Palestinian terror shooting attacks in Samaria in a two-hour span yesterday evening including ones at a military position on Mt. Gerizim, Hawara, and Avni Hefetz. Your humble servant wonders if this is the start of the “Ramadan intifada” that HamISIS head Yahya Sinwar has called for.
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An IAF attack yesterday afternoon between Al-Mansouri and Majdalzon in southern Lebanon.
Numerous missiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel yesterday, and the IAF hit numerous locations in response. It is reported that Israel has given Hezbollah until March 15 to halt its aggression or a full-scale war may break out.
* At least 5 Palestinians were killed yesterday when the parachute on a load of American “humanitarian” aid failed to deploy and crashed into the ground crushing those underneath.
An American C-130 being loaded with 11,500 pounds of humanitarian supplies yesterday.
By the way, in case you missed it, each “humanitarian packet” in the aid loads contains “4 nutritious meals, tabasco sauce, and a bag of skittles.”
*According to Israeli and American sources, Israel will be responsible for security at the new “temporary” sea port being established in Gaza. Of course, we all know that Israeli security has been lax regarding “humanitarian” aid coming through the various land crossings, and we also know that once established the port is likely to become permanent.
*Another incomprehensible proposal has come from our security entities (the IDF, Shin Bet, and the police) to arm Palestinians in Gaza to guard the humanitarian shipments and to supposedly protect the civilian population. The crackpot idea is to identify Palestinians who are not members of HamISIS and who might be in charge of Gaza in a post-HamISIS Gaza and give them weapons. Can you believe this? PM Netanyahu could not and he nixed the idea in the bud.
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A Palestinian child dying of hunger. But . . .
The above horrific photo of a Palestinian child dying of hunger in Gaza is being displayed all over social media and even at the United Nations. The only problem? This photo was made in 2014 in Yarmouk, a Palestinian suburb of Damascus, Syria. If you want to read how HamISIS fakes the numbers of Palestinians killed in Gaza, click here.
*Millions of dead shrimp and fish have washed ashore in Yemen following the Houthis’ sinking of the Rubymar ship loaded with fertilizer in the Red Sea. The Houthis have created their own environmental catastrophe.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.