1️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
• “I’m so glad, I’ve waited for this moment, I promise you, Abu Yair,” said the rescued hostage Farhan Alkadi as he addressed Netanyahu via phone as ‘Abu Yair’ (father of Yair) — a term of respect in the Arab community.
• Farhan Alkadi recounts his rescue from captivity in Gaza in conversation with President Herzog, who tells him ‚Our brother has returned.’ “The suffering for captives is immense and everyone else still held there must be brought home,” he tells to President Herzog.
• „Israel sent Jewish soldiers to rescue a Bedouin-Muslim“ the well-known commentator Amjad Taha from the United Arab Emirates in a brave text.
• 108 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, of which 36 have been determined to be dead. 35 hostages have been rescued, 8 alive, 27 dead.
• Senior Israeli officials on the talks: „Without Netanyahu’s dramatic flexibility on Philadelphia – the talks will explode within days.”
• A professional-level team of Israeli negotiators is expected to head to Doha on Wednesday to continue talks for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal
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HIZBALLAH (LEBANON 🇱🇧) ⏳ IZRAEL 🇮🇱
• Lebanese media report an alleged Israeli drone strike on a truck near the village of Rasm al-Hadath in the northeastern Lebanon Baalbek District, 100km from Israel. Truck was apparently carrying heavy weapons and terrorists.
• Hezbollah’s Deadly Military Capabilities contained around 150,000 precision-guided missiles, advanced drones, and anti-ship missiles. The group, backed by Iran, reportedly commands up to 45,000 fighters, according to the CIA.
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IZRAEL 🇮🇱 LEBANON 🇱🇧 GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so called West Bank)
• IDF demolishes another Hamas tunnel system near the Netzer Gaza dividing corridor earlier today.
• The IDF has launched a large-scale counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank that is expected to last several days
• „Iran is working to establish an eastern terrorist front against Israel in the West Bank, according to the Gaza and Lebanon model. We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza,” foreign minister Katz said on the operation in Jenin and Tulkarm.
• Approximately 10 people were killed during IDF operation in the Jenin and Tubas areas in the West Bank
• One of the terrorists killed in a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation on Monday in the Nur Shams area, along with four other terrorists, had been released as part of the hostage deal in November 2023.
• Over 29,000 Jews have officially made Aliyah to the State of Israel since Oct 7th.
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USA 🇺🇸
• The US calls on its citizens not to attend the Rosh Hashanah events in Uman, Ukraine (very popular pilgrimage site for Rosh Hashana among Breslev chassidim – not to far from the Ukraine-Russia war zone.)
• Commander of the US Navy in the Red Sea: Command rejected proposals to hit Yemen more forcefully due to the fear of Iran’s reaction.
Sources: Israel Realtime, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Breaking News, The Times of Israel a Ha’aretz
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