• Sukkot which start this evening celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection God provided for Jews when they left Egypt.
• Defying rocket, missile and drone attacks, hundreds of Christians are coming to Israel this week for the Feast of the Tabernacles, in the largest Christian solidarity mission since the outbreak of the war a year ago. The wartime Feast of the Tabernacles celebration organized by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem gets underway on Wednesday and is expected to draw more than 400 visitors—about 10% the normal number—from 50 countries. The largest number of pilgrims are coming from Germany, followed by South Africa. https://lnk.sk/hsj1 ;
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1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
• The American administration: Hamas leader Sinwar shows zero interest in continuing the talks, so there is no negotiation taking place.
IRAN 🇮🇷
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi warned UN chief Guterres that Tehran is ready for a “decisive and regretful” response if Israel attacks in retaliation to 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1.
• Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said last week that Israel “will soon respond” to the missile attack, vowing it will be “precise and deadly.” https://lnk.sk/sdhs
• The probability of an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites remains low but any potential damage would be „quickly compensated,“ state atomic energy agency spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Wednesday, according to semi-official Nournews. https://lnk.sk/prc9
• Inside Israel’s secret 20-year plan to strike Iran: Advanced weapons unveiled. Israel’s defense forces have spent 20 years preparing for a possible strike on Iran. This investment includes developing specialized munitions, some of which even the U.S. declined to sell to Israel. https://lnk.sk/atcr
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LEBANON 🇱🇧
• Hezbollah rocket hit civilian home in Safed overnight: two lightly injured and damage to the house.
• After about a week of quiet, Israel Air Force jets struck the Dahieh neighborhood of southern Beirut on Wednesday morning. https://lnk.sk/ztw2
• “Everyone fled, the commander of the area and his deputy, they already fled. People without religion, came to receive money and that’s it, they were afraid [of Israel]… https://lnk.sk/qygv
• IDF arrests three more Hezbollah Radwan terrorists. After several hours of negotiations, during which the terrorists surrendered after realizing that the IDF was about to enter the tunnel. https://lnk.sk/ckph
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SAMARIA & JUDEA (tzv. Západný breh), GAZA
• Counter-terror – IDF security forces foiled two terrorist attacks, entering Jenin to kill a terrorist who was planning to carry out an attack in the immediate time frame.
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FRANCE 🇫🇷
• France has banned Israeli companies from participating in the Euronaval defense exhibition, the world’s largest naval weapons fair in Paris. This follows a similar decision in June at the Eurosatory arms exhibition, where Israeli companies were barred and Israeli nationals were denied entry. A previous court appeal in France led to the reversal of that decision.
Source: Israel Realtime, Ynet, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel and the sources cited in each report
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