Yom Chamishee
Thursday
26 Cheshvan 5784
November 9 2023
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UPDATE 10:00 PM
354 Soldiers and First Responders Have Fallen
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On the Ground Now
In Gaza:
*There is an ongoing massive IDF attack near the Indonesian Hospital (which has been evacuated).
In the North:
It has been relatively quiet since the IDF eliminated two anti-tank missile squads earlier today.
In Judea and Samaria:
*The battle continues in Jenin. As of this hour, 11 terrorists have been killed and an unknown number wounded in the ongoing firefight.
*In an ominous incident, dozens of armed Palestinians were captured when they tried to cross the perimeter security fence beside Baqa Al Gharbia.
*Palestinian terrorists attacked an Israeli near Ma’ale Amos–and nearly killed him (and would have had he not had a gun):
All Missiles and Mortars Fired Today
In the South
Bedouin communities near Beersheva (20:45); Eilat–surface to surface missile from Yemen intercepted by the Arrow system (19:30); Nirim, Nir Oz (16:55); Kissufim (16:45); Netivot (15:45); Eilat (14:52); Ein Hashlosha (14:00); Ashdod (14:00); Ashdod (09:56); Nahal Oz (07:34); Kissufim (07:15)
In the North
Evan Menachem (15:36); Shtula (15:35)
Never Read The New York Times Again
We have known for years that The New York Times was utterly bereft of any morality when it came to Israel.
If you can believe this, the newspaper has just issued a statement actually praising the “photojournalist” who was embedded with HamISIS during the massacres on October 7.
The newspaper statement: “He did the job that every journalist is supposed to do.”
Can you even imagine this? According to the Times, a journalist is supposed to stand idly by and take photos while babies are beheaded, women are raped, and people are burned alive.
Utterly disgusting and nauseating. The “photojournalists” were accessories to murder. No person of conscience should ever read The New York Times again.
The IDF–Surprised Again
The IDF General Command expressed surprise today at the sheer number of tunnels we are finding in Gaza. According to one commander, we thought we knew how many they had, but it seems there has been a tunnel “construction boom” in recent years.
How did this happen?
After the 2014 war, Israel prohibited any construction material from being sent into Gaza. By 2017, this prohibition had been relaxed, and suddenly truckloads of concrete and other tunnel-building materials were let in.
How many times did we here at OneIsrael predict that the concrete and materials would be used to build more tunnels?
But apparently, the IDF General Staff just didn’t get it.
Now they do.
UPDATE 7:00 PM
Shamefully, Israel has now agreed to have a 4-hour humanitarian ceasefire everyday. Even worse, Israel has agreed to announce each ceasefire 3 hours in advance everyday.
This is a major victory for HamISIS.
Lest we forget, remember what happened on August 1, 2014.
On that day, after the arm-twisting of then U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israel agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire. Two hours into the ceasefire, HamISIS terrorists came out of a tunnel, killed Lt. Hadar Goldin, and dragged him (or parts of his body) back into the tunnel. Goldin’s body parts have never been returned.
And the hideous Kerry never apologized for his responsibility in Lt. Goldin’s death.
This what we have to look forward to now.
HamISIS will not respect any ceasefire of any kind, and our soldiers will be attacked and killed.
UPDATE 4:00 PM
Click here to see IDF soldiers raising the Israeli flag on the beach in Gaza and singing Hatikvah.
Since 11:00 am:
*Just over an hour ago, an apparent suicide drone sent by the Houthis in Yemen exploded in the center of Eilat. There was no warning siren. Fortunately, the large explosion occurred in the courtyard of a school–no one was physically wounded.
*The intense battle between the IDF’s Kafir Brigade and dozens of terrorists continues at this hour in Jenin. This morning 8 terrorists were killed and 13 more wounded in an air strike on a terror cell. A second airstrike has just been called in.
*The IDF has eliminated two anti-tank squads near the Lebanon border.
*Approximately 2000 Gazans who were living in Jericho illegally have been rounded up by the PLO and are being convoyed to Gaza by the IDF. Yes, you read that correctly. The Palestinians kicked out the Palestinians and with the help of IDF sent them to Gaza.
*Ashdod was targeted by another missile barrage from Gaza at 2:00 pm.
UPDATE 11:00 AM
Incoming Missile Sirens
The only missiles fired from Gaza in the last three hours have targeted our neighborhood here in Ashdod (09:57). We counted two intercepts over our house. There were no impact explosions and no casualties.
Follow Up To The Embedded “photojournalists” in the Oct.7 Massacres
Follow up to the article on our previous update about AP and Reuters “photojournalists” embedded in HamISIS during the massacres on October 7.
HamISIS head in Gaza Yahya Sinwar (left) hugging one of the “photojournalists” who was involved in the massacres on October 7.
Associated Press has issued a statement this morning saying that it did not know about the attack in advance. CNN has “suspended” the “photojournalist.”
Suspended? What does this mean?
The “photojournalists” knew about the attack in advance, entered Israel with HamISIS terrorists, photographed the atrocities, and at least one of them apparently sold the photographs to CNN. Why wasn’t he fired?
On the Ground
In Gaza
After hours of fighting, elements of the Nahal Brigade took over a Hamas station in western Jabaliya and eliminated all the terrorists inside.
In Judea and Samaria
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on an Israeli family driving at the Gitit Junction near Itamar. The husband and wife in the front seat were badly wounded, their daughter in the back seat was not hit. Somehow, the husband was able to drive to an IDF checkpoint.
IDF special forces have been operating in Al-Amari near Ramallah this morning. 3 terrorists have been shot.
On the Ground and in the Air Outside of Israel
*Following yet another attack by Iranian proxies on a U.S. base in Syria, American warplanes attacked an arms depot of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Deir Ezzor, Syria.
*Houthis in Yemen shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Yemeni coast. This is the most advanced drone in the U.S. arsenal, and is being used over Gaza to try to locate hostages and to gather other information.
Cowboys In Support
A few days ago we posted a photo of cowboys from Montana and farmers from Arkansas arriving at Ben Gurion to support Israel. Yesterday they were working in the Jordan Valley helping farmers:
One of the cowboys commented: “When Israel is in trouble, we want the world to know what side the cowboys are on.” Note what is written on the red shirt one of them is wearing: Proud Zionist. Click here to watch a 10 second video and to see more photos.
UPDATE 8:00 AM
It has been another “noisy” night here in Ashdod with the constant roar of planes overhead and the constant “booms” coming from Gaza. Whether those booms were bombs, artillery, or naval cannonfire is impossible for us to determine. The bottom line is that the IDF and IAF were very active last night.
Nevertheless, already this morning, the terrorists in Gaza are firing mortars at our soldiers: Kissufim (07:15) and Nahal Oz (07:34).
The Most Astonishing News of Yesterday?
Honest Reporting revealed yesterday that Associated Press and Reuters “photo journalists” were actually embedded with the HamISIS butcherers as they carried out the massacres on October 7. The first paragraph of the article:
“On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured by Gaza-based photojournalists working for the Associated Press and Reuters news agencies whose early morning presence at the breached border area raises serious ethical questions.”
And further:
“What were they doing there so early on what would ordinarily have been a quiet Saturday morning? Was it coordinated with Hamas? Did the respectable wire services, which published their photos, approve of their presence inside enemy territory, together with the terrorist infiltrators? Did the photojournalists who freelance for other media, like CNN and The New York Times notify these outlets? Judging from the pictures of lynching, kidnapping and storming of an Israeli kibbutz, it seems like the border was been breached not only physically but also journalistically.”
Click here to read the entire article. Kolakevod to Honest Reporting!
Above we captioned this as “astonishing”, but is it really? For years, we have seen other Arab “journalists” who could hardly be distinguished from the terrorists they were supposedly “reporting” about. In the current war, Al-Jazeera appears as the mouthpiece of HamISIS. In fact, every terrorist group from HamISIS to Hezbollah has its own “journalists.”
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.