Yom Shnee
Monday
1 Av 5784
August 5, 2024
UPDATE 8:00 AM ISRAEL TIME
May Her Memory Be For A Blessing
66-year old Rina Daniv who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist yesterday morning while out for a walk in a park in Holon. Her husband Shimon was critically wounded.
The name of the 80-year-old man who was also murdered has yet to be released.
Breaking News
All Israel waits on pins and needles for the expected attack from Iran and its proxies with predictions ranging from yesterday and today to tomorrow and a week for now.
Meanwhile, the wars in Gaza and the north go on . . .
The View from Ashdod
For the first time in over a month, we had a barrage of missiles fired in our direction yesterday morning:
That is the city of Ashdod to the left of the targeted areas which were just across Highway 4 in the Gan Yavne area.
The view from our backyard:
Interceptors going up. A total of 5 missiles were fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. The launch site in Rafah was destroyed minutes later by the IAF.
We have destroyed thousands of missiles and hundreds of launch sites, and still the terrorists keep shooting.
On the Ground in Gaza
The IDF intensified attacks yesterday and last night on Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, Nuseirat, Khan Younis, and the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City.
On the Ground in the North
Even at this early hour in the day, Hezbollah has already launched explosive drones (from 02:00-02:19 am) at Ramot Naftali, Iftach, Mount Hermon, Dishon, Malkia, Ayelet Shachar, Kfar Giladi, Kfar Yuval, Ma’ayan Baruch, Tel Hai, and Kiryat Shmona–and missiles at Yi’ron (02:29 am).
In the attack on Ayelet Shachar, two IDF soldiers were seriously wounded.
Another barrage just (07:29) hit the Upper Galilee including Asher, Beit HaEmek, Nativ Shaira, Sheikh Danon, and Mazraa.
The IDF Spokesman reports that the IDF attacked Kila in southern Lebanon overnight. Two Hezbollah terrorists were killed.
And so it goes this morning in Israel and the neighborhood.
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.