War Summary, Day 381: Preparations for Iran attack are complete with US THAAD defense systems, Hezbollah stores $.5B under Beirut hospital, 24 Hezbollah financial institutions worth tens of millions destroyed, 7 Azerbaijan immigrants commit worst security breach in Israel’s history, captured terrorist admits to bribing and controlling UNIFIL forces, and Iran war may last a few months.
By Mrs. Bruria Efune
101 held captive in Gaza.
36 hostages confirmed murdered held in Gaza.
117 living hostages rescued.
37 hostage bodies rescued.
1,696 Israelis killed.
358 fallen soldiers and police in the battle in Gaza.
51 fallen soldiers in Northern Israel.
14 fallen soldiers and police in Judea & Samaria.
27,850 estimated projectiles fired at Israel.
88,000 Israelis displaced from their homes.
1 Jewish nation united in prayer, charity, and good deeds.
Thank G-d, there were no fallen heroes announced today, and no serious injuries to civillians.
Hostages:
– The Shin Bet proposed a new offer: temporary ceasefires of around 2 weeks, with no IDF withdrawal, in exchange for a few (3-7) alive hostages.
– Israeli and Jewish businessmen are coming together, following Daniel Birnbaum’s lead, and offering $100k from each of them for the release of each hostage alive. So far the reward is now at $400k, and is expected to climb.
Gaza:
– Hamas fired one rocket at Gaza envelope communities.
– After weeks of battle, civillians are finally evacuating Jabaliya en-masse, IDF troops are guarding them from Hamas, giving them treats and water. Intelligence officers sort terrorists out of the evacuees.
– Dozens of terrorists in Jabaliya are surrendering.
– Hamas is afraid to appoint a new leadership, and instead will have a council of five, which will be based in Qatar. Hamas officials told AGP that four of the five are: Khaled Mashal, Khalil al-Hayya, Zaher Jabarin, Muhammad Darwish. The fifth was not named, “for security reasons.”
– Yes: Qatar is still casually hosting Hamas leadership, and instead of consequences, is being praised for it.
– America and European countries are putting immense pressure on Israeli politicians not to pass the new law that will dismantle UNRWA. The UN organization has been proven to work closely with Hamas, employ Hamas terrorists, protect Hamas, and educate children to hate Jews and admire terrorism. It also grants a perpetual refugee status to all descendants of Arabs who fled Israel in the 1948 and 1967 wars, ensuring that they remain victims and Israel’s problem forever.
Lebanon:
– Hezbollah continued heavy fire on Israel, including major cities such as Safed, Tiveriya, Haifa, and Nazareth. A missile landed outside of Herzilya, but no sirens were sounded, as it was headed to an empty area.
– Five drones were intercepted over the Mediterranean Sea, very briefly interrupting airport departures.
– One man was lightly wounded by shrapnel in the Upper Galilee area.
– The IAF targeted upwards of 24 Hezbollah financial institutions last night. Most targets were in the Dahiya district of Beirut, and contained tens of millions of dollars.
– After new evacuation warnings, airstrikes continued in Beirut tonight. While the IDF is continuing to target Hezbollah’s financial means, one target appeared to be Hezbollah’s precision missiles project.
– IDF Spokesman Hagari announced declassified information: Nasrallah’s emergency bunker, located under a Beirut hospital, which contains half a billion dollars stolen from the people of Lebanon. A map was given. The IDF will not target the hospital.
– In an airstrike in Syria, the IDF eliminated the new head of Hezbollah’s arms and money transfers wing (after earlier eliminating the previous head).
– Five IDF divisions are currently operating inside Southern Lebanon.
– IDF troops defeated Hezbollah in every town they entered in Southern Lebanon, and at this rate, expects to finish up in a few more weeks.
– Over 1,200 Hezbollah terrorists have been eliminated in the ground offensive, over 2,000 total in the war since last October.
– Amongst the eliminated terrorists are 7 brigade commanders, 21 battalion commanders, and about 24 company commanders.
– Hezbollah is struggling to bring in reinforcements to combat IDF troops in southern Lebanon, and struggle to fight after the IDF seized much of the weapons stored in southern Lebanon.
– Hezbollah has around 30% of its rockets remaining, which means less than 50,000. Still an astronomical amount—but they struggle to fire them with most commanders gone.
– Israel has made it clear to negotiating parties that it won’t accept a ceasefire that doesn’t allow for continued IDF action against Hezbollah when needed, and will not trust UNIFIL forces.
– Captured Hezbollah terrorists say that they bribed UNIFIL forces to use their positions in Lebanon, and that Hezbollah controlled and used UNIFIL cameras to target Israel. UNIFIL is refusing to evacuate their positions in order to hide the evidence.
Iran:
– Seven Israeli men were arrested for carrying out hundreds of sophisticated information gathering tasks for Iran, including in locations that Iran targeted. The group are immigrants from Azerbaijan, who made Aliyah under the law of return (which means they are either Jewish, or have a Jewish father or grandfather). In the group are an IDF deserter and two minors. The group was financially motivated, and received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Iranian regime. This is the worst such case in Israel’s history.
– Israeli ministers were told last night that a very significant attack on Iran is coming soon. The ministers will not be given details until the very last minute, in order to prevent leaks.
– Israel is preparing for heavy retaliation. Some, since as retired IDF Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi, expect a war between Iran and Israel, which may last a few months.
– Preparations for the attack on Iran are complete, Israel is now ensuring that defenses are in place, and with significant backup. Israel asked the US to send another THAAD air defense system.
– Israel’s goal may be to destabilize the regime enough that Iranian civilians can overthrow it.
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