Tweet

14 Shevat 5779

20 January 2019

The Picture of the Day:

Two Iron Dome interceptor missiles over Mt. Hermon today. See today’s blog for more information.

The Pathetically Predictable Fact of the Day:

Four days ago, your humble servant wrote: “There is an unconfirmed report this afternoon that PM Netanyahu has decided to stop facilitating the payment of Qatari blackmail money to Hamas as long as the Friday attacks on the border fence continue.” I followed this with statement that it was difficult to believe this report because “PM Netanyahu has no spine when it comes to Hamas.”

So what happened today following a weekend of violence along the Gaza border perpetrated by an estimated 15,000 Hamas foot-soldiers?

PM Netanyahu has agreed to release the $15,000,000 monthly blackmail money to Hamas.

The News on the Israeli Street

Palestinian terror in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley . . .

At least three Israelis were wounded today in “rock” and Molotov terror attacks. Some of the most egregious of the assaults occurred in Gush Etzion: on the Jerusalem-Gush Etzion Road, at the Al-Khader Junction,  on the Gush Etzion-Hevron Road south of Karmi Tzur, and near Al-Aruv.

Meanwhile in the Jordan Valley in a different form of terrorism, Palestinian terrorists destroyed more than 200 grapevines in the moshav of Tomer.
Chronic stress, if discount viagra levitra left unchecked, can cause significant well being issues. For most men, not being able to get erection in a normal way deeprootsmag.org free sample of cialis and also kamagra polo. buy cialis pharmacy The urethra connects with the outside world. More and more men cheap levitra generic prefer to use it regularly while love making.

Gantz trumpets his achievements . . .

Faced with a withering attack about his military incompetence from all sides, Benny Gantz claimed in a speech today that during his tenure as IDF Chief of Staff: 1,364 terrorists were killed; 6,231 terror targets in Gaza were destroyed; and “years of quiet” took place.

What a joke.

What one can more accurately say is that there is not a single empty sand dune left standing along the Gaza border nor are there any empty Hamas observation posts. Gantz did a wonderful job of destroying those.

Another Hezbollah senior official bites the dust . . .

An unnamed Hezbollah senior commander was killed in Damascus today. When he got into his car and turned on the ignition, his car exploded.

TODAY’S BLOG:

Missiles Over Mount Hermon: A Dangerous Escalation 

A ground to ground missile was launched from Syria at Mt. Hermon today at precisely the moment that the Mt. Hermon ski resort was packed with thousands of visitors.

Fortunately, it was intercepted by one of the two Iron Dome missiles sent up to intercept it.

Apparently–and there are multiple versions of what happened–this attack came after an Israeli attack on Iranian installations in southern Syria (Syrian version) or an Israeli attack by 4 jets on an airport in Damascus (Russian version).

Whatever happened in Syria, the targeting of an Israeli tourist site with a ground to ground missiles is a serious escalation of the conflict between Iran and Israel.