Sunday
Yom Rishon
9 Cheshvan 5785
November 10 2024
UPDATE 5:00 PM ISRAEL TIME
The War In The North
Apparently (and how many times have such reports been mistaken), Israel seems to be on the verge of an agreement to halt the war in the north.
The details as reported by Ariel Kahana of Israel Hayom:
1. Hezbollah will withdraw its forces north of the Litani and will not renew its military deployment in the area between the Litani and the border with Israel.
2. The IDF will withdraw from Hezbollah’s first line of positions in Lebanon, which it currently holds, back to the international border line.
3. In the first 60 days after the signing of the agreement, the Lebanese army will destroy the remaining Hezbollah infrastructure in the area between the border and Litani.
4. The agreement will include international guarantees by the US and Russia to prevent the re-arming of Hezbollah in Lebanon. In this framework, Syria will be responsible for preventing arms transfers from its territory to Lebanon.
5. In any case of violation of the agreement, whether by the rearming of Hezbollah, or the organization’s military damage to Israel or Israelis, the IDF has the right to act against the violation or in response to it, and the activity is anchored in international backing.
To conclude the deal Netanyahu confidante has just gone to Russia and the U.S., and Israel has sent threatening messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad concerning his stoppage of the transfer of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah.
Of course, a number of parts of the emerging agreement are highly problematical:
*Can or will Assad stop the shipments?
*Can or will the Lebanese Army clear out Hezbollah positions?
*Can or will the U.S. and Russia be able to stop Hezbollah from rearming?
*Can or will any entity stop Hezbollah from returning tomsouth of the Litani River?
As the cliche goes, the devil is in the details.
Hezbollah Missile and Drone Strikes So Far Today
16:44 Ortel; 16:24 Metulla; 16:20 Metulla; 14:48 Zerait; 14:44 Ma’ale Yosef; 14:13 Margaliot; 13:00 Margaliot; 12:38 Ma’ale Yosef; 11:16 Manara; 11:07 Nahariya; 09:13 Metulla.
On the Ground in Gaza
The IDF Spokesman:
“Division 162 has been fighting in the Jabaliya area, where dozens of terrorists were killed, and destroyed terrorist infrastructures and weapons warehouses.
At the same time, the Kafir Brigade has continued its activities in Beit Lahia, carrying out precise assassinations in a combination of air and ground forces.
The Nahal forces, operating under the command of the Gaza Division (143), has been leading operations in the Rafah area that included locating weapons, eliminating terrorists and destroying infrastructure.”
And so it goes this afternoon in Israel . . .
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.