Israel News for 2-6-2024
News Update
Rocket fire from Lebanon continues. Two IDF soldiers were injured in an attack. The IDF is responding with strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
[Clearly, this situation cannot continue, with constant attacks by Hezbollah making it impossible for 100,000 Israelis to return to their homes in the north. There is a slight chance that Hezbollah will voluntarily agree to withdraw at least several miles from the border and cease hostilities. There is a US sponsored proposal proposal to attempt to achieve that outcome. Israel is open to a diplomatic solution.
But the more likely scenario is that Hezbollah continues their attacks and that Israel is forced to mount a major offensive into Lebanon to materially degrade their military capabilities and to push them back to a manageable distance from the border. Hezbollah would undoubtedly use their massive arsenal of tens of thousands of sophisticated missiles against Israeli population centers, overwhelming Israel’s missile defense systems. The IDF would eventually neutralize Hezbollah’s attack capabilities, but probably not before significant damage and casualties were inflicted on Israeli civilians and soldiers.]
The fighting in Gaza continues with Israeli forces making major headway in Khan Yunis and advancing towards Rafah, the final city and Hamas stronghold left in Gaza. The IDF has killed over half of Hamas’s fighting force. [That means thousands of terrorists still remain. Many of them are in the extensive tunnel system beneath Rafah. Some of the tunnels probably lead to Egypt, just across the border, and have been the conduit for weapons entering Gaza for years. Rafah must be cleaned of Hamas in order for this war to end.]
For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.
A terrorist shot at an IDF post near Nablus. The terrorist was shot and neutralized by soldiers.
Terrorists fired at a house in Kibbutz Meirav in the Gilboa region, from a nearby village located in northern Samaria. No one was hurt.
