War Summary, Day 621: Homefront command directed slightly relaxed, significant decrease in Iran attacks, zero impacts, over 1,200 Iranian assets hit, regime police headquarters hit, Israel won’t stop until Iranian threat is gone, Israel has alternative plans for Fordow, Trump wants total surrender from Iran, Trump approved plans but didn’t give the go ahead for Fordow bomb, fallen hero in Gaza, and significant activity in Gaza.
By Mrs. Bruria Efune
53 held captive in Gaza.
31 hostages confirmed murdered held in Gaza.
148 living hostages rescued.
54 hostage bodies rescued.
1,881 Israelis killed.
432 fallen soldiers and police in the battle in Gaza.
88 fallen soldiers in Northern Israel.
18 fallen soldiers and police in Judea & Samaria.
32,185 estimated projectiles fired at Israel.
10,000 Israelis estimated remain displaced from their homes.
1 Jewish nation united in prayer, charity, and good deeds.
Top Headlines:
Homefront command directed slightly relaxed
Significant decrease in Iran attacks, zero impacts
Over 1,200 Iranian assets hit
Regime police headquarters hit
Israel won’t stop until Iranian threat is gone
Israel has alternative plans for Fordow
Trump wants total surrender from Iran
Trump approved plans but didn’t give the go ahead for Fordow bomb
Fallen hero in Gaza
Significant activity in Gaza
(As always, if the source isn’t mentioned below, it’s from a public IDF or government update.)
Iran – Homefront:
The Home Front Command guidelines have changed, due to the decreased missile attacks, and Israeli resilience and discipline in following alerts.
Schools remain closed for now, Workplaces may open if everyone present can reach shelter within the given timeframe. Beaches officially remain closed (despite them being full), gatherings are allowed, limited to 30 or 50 people (depending on the location), if everyone is able to reach a shelter in time.
The Home Front Command asks everyone to remain alert, as the threat is not yet over.
Iran only launched three small salvos of missiles towards Israel today (Wednesday), with another shortly after midnight. Not impacts were made, and only a few light injuries due to fallen shrapnel were reported. The salvos are small, with between 1-15 missiles each, compared to previous barrages of up to 50 at once.
Around 9 UAV attacks activated sirens in the northeastern towns, of which all were intercepted without damage. Since the start of the war on Friday, the Iranian regime launched well over a thousand UAVs at Israel, of which less than 200 reached Israel airspace, and zero made an impact. Israel’s Navy and Air Force intercept most of the drones before they reach Israel, though some of them crash on their own, and a small few are intercepted by the country they fly over.
400 ballistic missiles launched
20 impacted populated areas
24 people killed (all civilians)
500+ injured
2,500+ people lost their homes
1,000+ UAVs launched
200 entered Israeli airspace
0 impacts
In Bat Yam, over 1,500 residents—more than 1% of the city’s population—lost their homes. Twenty buildings in the city were damaged beyond repair, and will need to be demolished.
The number of missiles launched is far lower than Israel expected, and the number of casualties, while horrific, isn’t even one percent of what was expected. Remember: when presented with the plans to approve the war, Israel’s government cabinet was told that we could suffer 800-4,000 dead. The decision was not taken lightly, and every cabinet member took on Psalms to pray before the war began.
Iran – Rising Lion:
Since Friday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has hit over 1,100 Iranian assets. These strikes are over 1,500 kilometers (over 930 miles) from Israel. In order for Israeli aircraft to carry out these missions, more than 600 separate aerial refuelings were carried out over the skies of the Middle East.
Overnight (Tuesday-Wednesday), the IAF carried out a wave of airstrikes in Tehran, hitting around 20 targets connected to an Iranian centrifuge production site and several weapon-production facilities.
Today, the IAF carried out another wave of airstrikes against an additional 20 targets in Tehran, which included weapons production sites, centrifuge production sites, research and development sites of the regime’s nuclear weapons project.
The research and development sites were designed to allow the Iranian regime to expand the scale and pace of its uranium enrichment, in order to develop nuclear weapons.
Another wave of strikes targeted surface-to-surface missile launch and storage sites. These sites had already been targeted, but IRGC operatives had returned in an attempt to take munitions which hadn’t been destroyed. The IAF eliminated them on the job, giving a message that anyone trying to restore terror capabilities will be targeted.
Other significant targets hit today include:
– An Iranian anti-tank missile production site near Tehran that was used to supply Hezbollah in Lebanon.
– Three Iranian AH-1 helicopters at a military base in Kermanshah. The IDF says that in an earlier strike at the same site, they destroyed five more choppers. These helicopters were intended to target IAF aircraft operating over Iran.
– Headquarters of the Iranian regime’s internal security—in other words, the headquarters of the regime police who enforced the dictator’s oppression. This was targeted as a response to attacks on Israeli civilians.
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A quick review of where we stand with the main nuclear production sites:
The Natanz uranium enrichment site appears (but not confirmed) to be destroyed.
The Isfahan uranium conversion site appears to be partially destroyed.
The Fordow uranium enrichment site, where the final enrichment is being done, remains standing.
Remember: Fordow is in a fortress over 80 meters below a mountain. A regular bunker buster bomb won’t destroy it.
Israel has repeatedly hinted that there are plans to destroy the Fordow site if the U.S. chooses not to intervene. Confirming those hints, an American security source told Axios that Israel will destroy it using humans if necessary. This implies that Israel has a team of commandos with air support who trained for such an operation. Now that Israel has complete control of Iran’s skies, and Iran’s security is falling apart, this may be more doable. However, it risks the lives of the Israeli commandos.
The U.S. has the GBU-57A bunker-buster bombs (MOPs) and the B-2 bombers to destroy Fordow. U.S. President Trump is debating whether to use it.
According to Axios, Trump asked his aides today to confirm that:
The strike is really needed
It won’t drag the U.S. into a prolonged war
The strike would actually destroy Fordow
While the MOP has never actually been used in a battlefield before, Pentagon officials told Trump that they’re confident it will do the job. However—it won’t be a simple drop of a bomb, as the facility is more complicated than that. The Pentagon has a more detailed plan to destroy it.
This evening, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump told his advisors that he approved plans to destroy Fordow, but has not yet given the go—he is holding off on the final order to give Iran a chance to abandon its nuclear program.
Earlier today, Trump told media that he will accept nothing less than unconditional surrender from Iran.
There are no indications that Iran is willing to surrender. While Trump told media that Iran is begging for a ceasefire, Iran’s mission to the UN tweeted today that Tehran would “NOT negotiate under duress.”
The word “negotiation” already contradicts “unconditional surrender.”
Israel in turn has stated many times that the war won’t end until objectives are met—so no pause for negotiations.
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In a first, an IDF drone was shot down over Iran, by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. While expensive (around $6M), this is not a major incident—it was expected to happen at least once. A few such Israeli Air Force Hermes 900 drones had been shot down by Hezbollah over Lebanon. The drone does not carry any information, and is not a security risk when downed.
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The IDF’s Persian-language platform issued an unusual statement referring concerned Iranians to contact the Mossad. The statement said that the IDF’s Persian department is being contacted by many concerned Iranians, even members of the regime’s security institutions, who are concerned that Iran will meet the same fate as Lebanon or Gaza. The IDF recommended that they take their concerns to the Mossad, and provided a link to the agency’s contact page.
Separately, the Iranian regime’s News 21 channel was briefly hacked, and in place, viewers saw footage from hijab protests, along with calls to take to the streets to protest the regime’s failures.
The Iranian regime shut off internet access for Iranians, making it difficult to get views of what’s going on inside.
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At an economic conference in St. Petersburg, a reporter asked Russian President Vladimir Putin about the recent “strategic partnership” signed between Iran and Russia. Putin responded that the agreement “does not include a clause on defense cooperation.”
In other words; don’t worry. As usual, Russia is not coming to Iran’s defense.
Gaza:
The IDF announced the name of a hero who fell in battle in Gaza:
Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, from Petach Tikvah
He was tragically killed by sniper fire in southern Gaza.
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A rocket launched by Hamas activated sirens in Kibbutz Nirim, but fell in an open area, causing no injuries.
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The last couple days saw significant activity in Gaza (and tonight as I write this.. I’m hearing so many large explosions). Yesterday, the Air Force carried out airstrikes against 75 targets in the Gaza Strip, a sharp rise from the recent daily average of 30.
Four divisions continue to operate Gaza.
The 162nd Division began pushing into Jabalia, in northern Gaza. In one incident, troops spotted three terrorists approaching their position, and called an airstrike—which eliminated the terrorists before they could near. Another strike was called to destroy a building where Hamas terrorists were operating against the forces.
The 252nd Division is now operating primarily in the center of Gaza, along the Netzarim Corridor. The troops set up a successful trap to eliminate two terrorists, and located a tunnel, which they directed an airstrike to destroy.
The 36th Division advanced forward in Khan Younis, where they are engaging in intense battle to capture and clear areas of Hamas infrastructure.
Hamas is hiding in all the worst places: in one incident in Khan Younis, troops realized that what was made to look like a humanitarian aid building, was actually a booby trap. Soldiers through two small explosives into the building to test their suspicions—which caused a large explosive planted by Hamas to explode and collapse the building.
The Gaza Division (143) continues to hold captured territory in Rafah and the buffer zone, as well as some other areas, which they continue to search and clear of Hamas infrastructure.
Some interesting news may come out of Gaza soon, stay tuned.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributed 3,049,200 meals today across three distribution sites, reaching a milestone: 30 million meals distributed in first three weeks—all without allowing Hamas to profit.

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