Israel News for 9-9-2024
News Update
Syria’s state media (SANA) last night reported Israeli airstrikes in northwestern Syria against multiple military sites, including the Scientific Studies and Research Center. SANA claimed 14 people were killed and 43 wounded. Other Syrian sources report 5 killed and 19 wounded. Major damage was caused. Arab media is describing this as the largest Israeli attack on Syria in years, involving waves of air and drone strikes. Later it was reported that some of what were believed to be attacks were failed Syrian attempts to intercept Israeli rockets. Some Syrian missiles fell on homes.
Later last night, the IDF sai, “Overnight, the IAF struck Hezbollah military structures and a launcher in the areas of Kfarkela, Taybeh, Hanine and Yarine, in southern Lebanon. Additionally, yesterday (Sunday), the IAF struck a Hezbollah military structure in the area of Khirbet Selm in southern Lebanon.”
Today, Hezbollah launched a wave of drones against northern Israel. One drone hit an apartment on the 14th floor of a building in Nahariya. No casualties were reported.
Yesterday, a terrorist from Jordan killed 3 Israeli workers at the Allenby Bridge Crossing, which connects the West Bank and Jordan. The 3 killed were, Yohanan Shchori, 61, from the settlement of Ma’ale Efraim, Yuri Birnbaum, 65, from the settlement of Na’ama, and Adrian Marcelo Podsmeser, from the city of Ariel. The Islamic Jihad said the attack was carried out by one of the “Jordanian heroes” and was a heroic act. “It is a true expression of the pulse of the Jordanian people and the Arab and Muslim nations, and the only response that the American administration, which is complicit with the criminal entity, can understand.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu promised, at a meeting of the Security Cabinet, to allocate funds in next year’s state budget for securing the border with Jordan, through which Iran smuggles a significant number of weapons to terrorists in the West Bank.
The IDF showed a video of the tunnel where the 6 murdered hostages were held, to the security cabinet yesterday. The hostages were executed on Thursday night, as troops moved closer to their location. For more, click here.
Noa Goldenberg, 27, was indicted in a Tel Aviv court on Monday for assaulting a civil servant and disrupting a police officer’s job after she allegedly threw sand at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Friday. According to the indictment, Ben Gvir was walking on the beach in Tel Aviv with his wife and six kids when Noa Goldenberg threw a ball of wet sand at the minister from the water’s edge. The Police issued a statement saying, “Israel Police treats harm to elected officials severely regardless of their political leanings and will act against anyone who tried to harm public servants and civilians in general equally and unbiasedly.” For more, click here.
