Yom Shnee
Monday
6 Sivan 5781
May 17 2021
UPDATES 9 pm Israel Time
A photo from a bombed section of Gaza.
The above photo of a “poor Palestinian mother” walking by the rubble of a building while carrying her baby was posted by Reuters late this afternoon. The obvious intent is to engender sympathy for the Palestinians. Of course, it was not pointed out that the destroyed building contained a Hamas arsenal of missiles intended to be used to kill Israeli children, women, and men.
As of 8:30 tonight, 253 missiles had already been launched out of Gaza toward Israel today. So many missiles have now been fired that it is difficult to keep an updated number, but the total number fired since the war began appears to be around 3800.
The IDF is expected to launch massive attacks against Hamas and Islamic Jihad assets in the coming hours. An IDF spokesman has just told local mayors along the Gaza border to expect another 48 hours of IDF attacks.
With all of our focus on the Gaza war, we have overlooked the explosion of Palestinian violence in Judea and Samaria. Here is what happened yesterday (Sunday) as reported to Rescue Judea and Samaria just between the hours of 7:00 pm (19:00)–11:59 pm (23:59):
19:00 Palestinian terrorists set fire to vineyards at Har Bracha
19:20 Palestinian terrorists threw Molotovs near Talmon
19:50 Palestinian terrorists attacked the IDF Pillbox at Khursa
20:10 Palestinian terrorists set fires at Kochav Jacob
20:20 Palestinian terrorists attacked Israelis at Brukhin
20:25 Palestinian terrorists attacked with Molotovs at Kiryat Arba
20:30 Palestinian terrorists assaulted Israelis near new Giv’on
21:00 Palestinian terrorists threw Molotovs at the entrance to Livni Naim near Kiryat Arba
21:25 Palestinian terrorists struck motorists with “rocks” between Kiryat Arba and Beit Anun
21:30 Palestinian terrorists attacked an ambulance between Kiryat Arba and Beit Anun
21:30 Palestinian terrorists using Molotovs attacked near Lupor Aya
21:35 Palestinian terrorists used “rocks” and Molotovs to attack between Givat Assaf and Ofra
21:40 Palestinian terrorists set fire to pastures near the Maon farm on Mount Hevron
21:45 Palestinian terrorists attacked between Shavei Shomron and Einav
22:00 Palestinian terrorists assaulted Israelis in the Maayan Krayot area north of Shiloh
22:00 Palestinian terrorists struck on Road 446 near Shukba
22:00 Palestinian terrorists threw 4 Molotovs at Katavim near Beit Hagai on Mount Hebron
22:15 Palestinian terrorists placed an IED on Road 463 west of the Post Office Junction
22:30 Palestinian terrorists attacked in the area of Wadi Zarqa on Road 450
22:35 Palestinian terrorists started a fire on Road 446 neat the Naalin Junction
22:40 Palestinian terrorists threw Molotovs at Israelis at Har Bracha
23:00 Palestinian terrorists attacked at Avnei Hefetz
23:15 Palestinian terrorists assaulted the security fence south of Beit Horon
23:35 Palestinian terrorists threw “rocks” and Molotovs at Israelis at Beit Anun, north of Kiryat Arba
UPDATES 6 pm Israel Time
Missile barrages on Israel in the last hour:
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5:56 pm: Ashdod
5:46 pm: Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gan Yavne, Beersheva, Eshkol Region, Bene Shimon
5:32 pm: Netiv Ha’Asara
5:20 pm: Ashkelon
5:20 pm: Beer Tuvia
5:00 pm: Ashdod, Gan Yavne
Since the beginning of the war, Ashkelon has been hit by more than 800 missiles.
The northern commander of Islamic Jihad has just been killed in an IDF attack on an apartment where he was hiding. It is suspected that Islamic Jihad will fire on Tel Aviv tonight in retaliation.
Three more terrorists have been killed on their way to a launch site: one was killed in this car along the Gaza Promenade:
One more terrorist bites the dust.
The MADA report this evening: 105 Israelis wounded from shrapnel and broken glass–1 is in critical condition. 218 Israelis were treated for trauma.
Currently there is manhunt for three terrorists suspected to have infiltrated from Jordan near Moshav Beit Yosef.
UPDATES 4 am Israel Time
The IAF has carried out more than 100 attacks on targets in Palestinian Gaza during the last three hours hitting Hamas assets in Khan Younis, Beit Lahiya, Gaza City, Al-Shati, and near the Shifa Hospital. At the same time, Israeli forces are destroying the roads and streets within Gaza. Our aircraft are using air to ground weaponry as well as GBU-31 and GBU-39 bombs.
In the last wave, IAF aircraft unleashed 50 bombs in 10 minutes.
A building is blown up in southern Gaza a few hours ago.
Meanwhile, Ramat Gan sends a message to Hamas. The residents of the two buildings that were hit two days ago have put up these flags:
Bravo Ramat Gan!
Somewhat unusually, there has been little missile fire between 2:00 and 4:00 am this morning–following a barrage between 1:00-1:45 on Beersheva.
However, the terrorists regularly begin firing intensively around 4:00 or 5:o0 each day.
There continues to be no talk of a ceasefire though Egypt, Qatar, and Jordan are aggressively trying to persuade Israel to agree to one.
Stay tuned for further details as the day progresses.
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.