Yom Chamishee
Thursday
22 Tishrei 5785
October 24 2024
UPDATE 8:00 PM ISRAEL TIME
It is being reported that 4 IDF soldiers fell in battle in southern Lebanon this evening; the only name released so far:
Aviad Neiman, 31 years old from Mitzpe Jericho. He leaves behind his wife Shir and 4 children: Hagi (12), Tsuriya (9), Carmi (8), Raphael (4).
May the Memories of the Soldiers Who Fell Be For A Blessing
Missile Fire From Hezbollah
It has been another day of heavy missile fire from Hezbollah. A few of the 120 missiles target locations today:
10:52 [the Lebanese border/upper Galilee] Tzfat, Rosh Pinna, Nof HaKineret, Kadita, Jish, Rahaniya; 11:29 [upper Galilee] Akko; 11:56 [Lebanese border] Misgav Am; 12:17 [Lebanese border/upper Galilee] Ness Amin, Regba, Nahariya, Ben Ami; 15:17 [central Galilee/upper Galilee] Arab Al Naim, Karmiel, Majd al-Krum; 15:51 [Lebanese border] Manara; 16:07 [Lebanese border] Margaliot, Kiryat Shmona; 16:40 [Lebanese border] Ma’ayan Baruch, Dafna, Snir, Kfar Blum, Kibbutz Dan; 16:50 [Lebanese border] Margaliot, Misgav Am; 16:55 [Lebanese border] Kfar Shamai; 16:59 [Lebanese border] Misgav Am; 17:23 [Lebanese border] Shlomi; 18:17 [Lebanese border] Metulla, Kfar Giladi, Margaliot, Kiryat Shmona, Tel Hai; 18:20 [Lebanese border] Gonen, Kfar Blum Kfar Szold, Neot Mordechai, Shamir.
4 people were wounded in the barrage on Nahariya at 12:17: two seriously, and two moderately.
Other Snippets of News
*There is a renewed push to produce some sort of hostage deal. One possibility is the Egyptian plan that calls for a 2 week ceasefire in return for 5 hostages. The head of Mossad is heading to Qatar for negotiations on Sunday.
*The fighting in southern Lebanon has been intense. 29 wounded soldiers were brought to Ziv Hospital in Tzafat in the last two days. 7 more soldiers were brought to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
*To no one’s surprise, documents found in Gaza show how “reporters” for Al-Jazeera are in fact members of Hamas.
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.