Yom Shleeshee
Tuesday
29 Nisan 5784
May 7 2024
FIRST UPDATE 6:00 PM
May Their Memories Be For A Blessing
Dan Kamhaji (left) and Nachman Hertz (right).
These two reserve IDF soldiers were killed on the northern border yesterday by a Hezbollah suicide drone that exploded near Metulla.
Suicide drones have targeted northern Israel all day today in 7 separate barrages of UAVs.
OneIsrael’s Campaign For Our Soldiers
As seen by yesterday’s disastrous attack near Metulla and the murderous attack two days ago at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, IDF soldiers on the ground need basic protective gear, armaments, and supplies.
Even during the recent Iranian attacks soldiers were forced to lie in open trenches to protect themselves from incoming missiles and drones as they have been doing for months on the Gaza and northern borders.
OneIsrael is now engaged in a campaign to help protect our soldiers. This campaign will extend to Shavuot.
Please consider donating to our campaign by clicking on the donate button in the right hand column on this page.All donations go directly to our soldiers.
Thank you to those of you who have already contributed to the protection of our brave men and women in uniform!
On the Hostage Front
Our worst fears are being realized.
In the latest negotiations in Cairo, HamISIS indicated that it does not have 33 live hostages to release in a proposed first phase; instead wants to release 20 live hostages and 13 corpses.
On the Ground in Gaza
*The Kerem Shalom Crossing, Avshalom and the Kissufim area have been targeted today by mortars and missiles fired by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza today. There have been no reported casualties.
*IDF operations are now focused on Rafah:
IDF vehicles from Division 401 on the Philadelphia axis this afternoon. The axis is the corridor/road that runs along the Gaza Egyptian border (the Egyptian fence is to the left).
Last night , IDF forces took the Rafah Crossing; today the PLO flags there were taken down and Israeli flags were raised:
Looking down the turret of an IDF tank: one soldier raises an Israeli flag at the Rafah Crossing; the other soldier is about to raise the 2nd Israeli flag.
The IDF Spokesman:
“IDF forces led by Division 162 began a targeted activity to thwart terrorist targets of the terrorist organization Hamas in East Rafah; As part of the operation, the forces gained operational control over the Rafah crossing on the Gaza side, following intelligence information about terrorists using the crossing for terrorist purposes.
IDF fighters are currently working in 2 main efforts in the Rafah area:
1. Controlling the eastern region which is the closest to Israel.
2. Controlling the Rafah crossing which is the main oxygen of Hamas above the ground.
*A Summary of the first night in Rafah:
–Our forces took control of the Rafah crossing.
–100 targets were attacked.
–20 terrorists were eliminated.
–3 tunnel shafts were located.
–a car loaded with bombs driving towards our forces was destroyed by fire from an IDF tank.
–Riyad Abu Hashish, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, was killed in an airstrike in the al-Shati neighborhood.
–There were no IDF casualties.
*From Order Nine this morning (Order 9 is the group of the civilians trying to stop humanitarian aid trucks from reaching HamISIS in Gaza):
“The Erez Crossing has been closed by our volunteers. This is the first time operatives of the Order 9 movement are blocking the Erez Crossing to prevent supplies to the Palestinian terrorists. Our confused leadership is sending trucks to the Hamas monsters across the street from where they set out on the gruesome massacre on October 7. The citizens of Israel are now standing up, more determined than ever with a clear demand to stop the supply to Sinwar. We want our abductees home.”
Kolakevod to Order 9!
A Follow-Up To The Biden Delay of Weapons
It turns out that “humanitarian Joe” is holding up the shipment 6,500 advanced JDAM kits for the accuracy of unguided bombs.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Joe Biden, who is supposedly obsessed with limiting Palestinian casualties in Gaza is refusing to ship JDAM kits which increase the accuracy of weapons in order to reduce casualties.
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.