Israel News for 3-28-2024
News Update
Rockets and drones continue to be fired at northern Israel. A drone was intercepted over Safed today. Hezbollah announced that 6 of their members were killed in an Israeli strike yesterday. Hezbollah has acknowledged the deaths of 258 of its members since the start of the war.
A terrorist fired at a school bus and several other vehicles on Route 90 near the town of Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley early this morning. At least three people were injured in the attack, one seriously. On of the injured was a 13 year old boy hit by shrapnel. Security forces are searching for the terrorist. The two people wounded in a vehicle were peace activists from the far-left Looking the Occupation in the Eyes organization, who were on their way to assist Palestinian shepherds in the area. The organization issued a statement saying that the attack would not stop it from continued its “work protecting Palestinians.”
Staff Sgt. Nisim Kachlon, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion, from Hadera, was killed fighting in Khan Yunis yesterday.
For a complete list of the soldiers killed in the ground offensive, click here.
Prime Minister Netanyahu told the War Cabinet that he would send a delegation to Washington next week to discuss the upcoming invasion of Rafah and humanitarian aid issues. Netanyahu has cancelled the delegation earlier this week after the US did not veto a UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire.
