Israel News for 2-13-2024
News Update
IDF soldiers killed in Gaza:
Lt. Col. (res.) Netanel Yaacov Elkouby, 36, the commander of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion, from Haifa.
Maj. (res.) Yair Cohen, 30, an acting company commander in the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion, from Ramat Gan.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Ziv Chen, 27, of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade’s 630th Battalion, from Kfar Saba.
For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.
Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar travelled to Cairo at the head of an Israeli delegation for talks on a possible hostage release deal. The US CIA director will also be there.
Turns out that the medicine that was supposed to have been delivered to hostages, based on a deal brokered by Qatar, was never distributed to the hostages. The two hostages just rescued confirmed that. Is there still a question about the integrity of the terrorists we’re trying to negotiate with?
A terrorist attempted to run over soldiers at the Gush Etzion intersection. Two civilians were lightly hurt. Troops pursued the terrorist and arrested him.
A 14 year old boy and his 47 year old mother in Kiryat Shemona were seriously wounded in a rocket attack. Rockets also hit the northern town of Margaliot, causing damage but no casualties. Hezbollah said the attack came in retaliation for an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Talloussa on Monday, in which at least two members of the Iran-backed terror group were killed. For more, click here.
[The situation in the north cannot continue for much longer. Israel will have to push Hezbollah back and significantly degrade their ability to attack Israel.]
