Yom Reva’ee
Wednesday
3 Cheshvan 5784
October 18 2023
UPDATE 10:00 PM
The Tragic Daily Recap
306 soldiers have died in battle.
55 police have died.
4,399 Israelis have been wounded.
8,000+ missiles and mortars have been fired into Israel.
On The Ground In Recent Hours
As soon as President Biden’s plane left, Tel Aviv and other cities in central Israel were targeted by Hamas missiles. They were just hit again.
In the north:
–an IDF drone killed a terror squad that was launching mortars in the Turmus area.
–anti-tank missiles targeted Manara, Malkia and Metula; the IDF answered with artillery fire.
–nine missile launches from Lebanon were identified; four were intercepted.
–160 Israeli civilians on the Lebanon border in northern Israel have been wounded since the beginning of the war.
In The Arab World
The Arab world especially is going berserk over the fake incident that Hamas engineered at the hospital last night.
The Israeli embassies in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco have been evacuated.
UPDATE 6:00 PM
President Biden is still in Israel at this hour after a day of supporting Israel at every turn and apparently green lighting a ground invasion of Gaza (with appropriate considerations made for the civilian population).
Not everyone is happy with his announcement that the U.S. will give $100 million dollars to the Palestinians in Gaza and “West Bank”, but how this money would ever be distributed is unknown. This amount of money is a drop in the bucket compared to the other donations pouring into Gaza such as the 400 million Euros that Spain announced it was giving to Hamas today.
The absolute fraud of the Hamas version of hospital explosion and absolute verifiability of the Israel description has been further revealed today. It turns out the Islamic Jihad missile did not hit the hospital at all, but instead ignited cars in the nearby parking lot:
Note the entrance to the hospital to the right. It was not structurally damaged at all. 3000 were killed? 2000? 1000? 500? How many people do you think were in the parked cars?
The evacuation of Kiryat Shmona has begun in the wake of continued anti-tank missile fire from Lebanon. A number of locales came under missile attack as President Biden finished his final speech an hour ago.
UPDATE 12:00 PM
L-R on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport: Netanyahu, Stephanie Hallet– Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem–President Biden.
President Biden has arrived in Israel.
On The Ground:
Barbaric Palestinian missile and mortar attacks continue:
Kissufim (11:09 am) and Nahal Oz (10:12 am).
About The Hospital
The IDF Spokesman has given complete and irrefutable evidence of what happened at the hospital last night showing conclusively that an Islamic Jihad missile is what hit the parking lot at the Gaza hospital last night. The main points of his presentation:
1. The errant missile was fired by Islamic Jihad from the cemetery near the hospital.
2. The missile hit the parking lot outside the hospital–there was no structural damage; there was no cratering whatsoever as would have been the case had an Israeli missile struck.
3. Multiple videos were taken which showed the missile being launched, going awry, and exploding in the parking lot.
4. Hamas immediately knew who fired the missile–the Spokesman played a recording in which a Hamas terrorist was informed by another terrorist that it was Islamic Jihad’s missile.
5. Hamas immediately and dramatically inflated the number of dead and wounded.
6. The rush by news organizations to merely parrot the claims of Hamas has been outrageous and contributes to destablization in the region. The news organizations which now have the facts need to immediately retract their initial coverage–and it is up to you dear reader to demand that they do so:
News organizations which published Hamas propaganda about the hospital: CNN, AP, New York Times, BBC, Financial Times, and Time. Of course, there were many others as well such as Al Jazeera, Arabiya, and numerous more in the Arab world (graphic courtesy of “jewishresistance”.
UPDATE 8:00 AM
On the Ground
In the south:
The IDF issued more directions this morning for residents of northern Gaza to evacuate the area.
The IAF appears to have paused the bombing of the area for the moment.
No missiles have been fired at Israel since the massive volleys last night around 10:00 pm.
In the north:
At 3:04 am, terrorists in Lebanon fired another anti-tank missile at IDF soldiers. 4 soldiers were wounded.
Hezbollah claims that it attacked 7 IDF outposts along the border overnight disabling the security cameras in each.
President Biden Arrives
President Biden arrives in Israel in 2 hours at 10:00 am. At 11:00 am, he will meet with PM Netanyahu. He is currently scheduled to leave Israel at 3 pm after a visit of 5 hours. This may change because his visit to Jordan (scheduled arrival 3:30 pm) has been completely canceled.
It was announced yesterday that a 3rd U.S. aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Bataan will be joining the USS Ford and USS Eisenhower strike groups. The Ford group is now off the coast of northern Israel, the Eisenhower is nearing the Mediterranean Sea, and the Bataan is in the Indian Ocean 3 days from the Suez Canal. It should be noted that the Bataan is carrying the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit–Special Operations capable.
The Hospital Explosion
It has now been established without doubt that it was an Islamic Jihad missile that hit the Gaza Hospital last night. There are multiple videos of the missile hitting the hospital (one of which we put on OneIsrael last night). Israel also has intercepted recordings in which Islamic Jihad admits to firing the missile.
However, it makes no difference whatsoever what the truth is.
In the hours after the explosion took place, the exultant Palestinians plastered the world with faux propaganda that Israel was responsible. And inexplicably, in yet another colossal failure of Israeli pr, Israel officials said nothing during those hours.
As we said, now that the truth is known, it doesn’t make any difference. The world–especially the Arab world has bought into the Palestinian narrative hook, line, and sinker. Last night there were riots in Turkey and in Jordan where rioters tried to burn the Israel Embassy. Egypt condemned Israel for its outrageous “crime against humanity.”
New Numbers
The Ministry of Health reports that 4,399 Israelis have been wounded since the start of the war–26 are in critical condition.
The White House released a statement yesterday that 31 Americans were murdered in the Saturday massacre.
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.