Israel News for 3-14-2024
News Update
US officials said that President Biden would reportedly support targeted Israeli strikes in Rafah, instead of a full scale invasion of the final Hamas stronghold, which Biden has said would cross a red-line for him. There are about a 1.3 million civilians currently in Rafah. Israel is a developing a plan for protecting those civilians during a large scale operation, which it has thus far refrained from launching. Hamas has several battalions comprising thousands of terrorists in Rafah. Neutralizing them is Israel’s prime objective.
Hamas executed the leader of the Palestinian Doghmush clan in northern Gaza, who reportedly was speaking with Israel about playing a role in the administration of the area. The clan is influential well armed. Hamas has vowed revenge against any clan talking with Israel. The clans subsequently issued a statement saying they still support Hamas and won’t cooperate with Israel. But the The Doghmush clan will now seek to take revenge against Hamas for killing its leader. For more, click here.
Yesterday, a 15 year old terrorist stabbed and wounded a female soldier and a male security guard at the Tunnels checkpoint outside of Jerusalem. Security forces at the scene shot and neutralized the terrorist.
For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.
The air force struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, after a drone was intercepted over Kfar Blum in northern Israel today.
The IDF announced the cancellation of the annual Lag B’omer pilgrimage to Meron.
