πŸŽ—️Lonny's War Update- October 625, 2023 - June 22, 2025 πŸŽ—️

 

       πŸŽ—️Day 625 that 50 of our hostages are still in Hamas captivityπŸŽ—️

    **There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!**

    “I’ve never met them,
    But I miss them. 
    I’ve never met them,
    but I think of them every second. 
    I’ve never met them,
    but they are my family. 
    BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!”
    We’re waiting for you, all of you.
    A deal is the only way to bring
    all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.


    #BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope

    There is no victory until all of the hostages are home!
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    In the Personal Stories section at the bottom, There is a critically important post that everyone who has any connection to Israel and this god awful war must read. It is Facebook post by Dr. Re'aya Leibowitz, a principled and wonderful woman and doctor. She is also, among other things, the granddaughter of Yeshayahu Leibowitz—probably the most accurate prophet in the history of the Jewish people.


    Red Alerts - Missile, Rocket, Drone (UAV - unmanned aerial vehicles), and Terror Attacks and Death Announcements

    *12:55am- north- drone intrusion- Golan Heights
    *12:55am- north - drone intrusion
    *6:45am - south - drone intrusion - Arava - 2 drones intercepted

    Overnight, the Israeli Air Force and Navy intercepted some 30 drones launched from Iran at Israel, the military says.
    Since the start of the war with Iran, over 500 drones launched at Israel have been shot down, according to the IDF.

    *7:30am - country wide alert - 2 ballistic missile barrages from Iran- first with 20-30 missiles, second with 5 - 10 impact sites including Haifa, Nes Tsiona, and Bat Yam - several light injuries, 2 serious and 2 moderate - this follows the American attack on Iranian nuclear plants

    IDF says Haifa impact likely caused by misfired interceptor
    Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile impacted in Haifa, June 22, 2025. (Flash90)

    The IDF Home Front Command suspects that an Israeli air defense interceptor malfunctioned and crashed in Haifa amid Iran’s ballistic missile attack, which was the reason for sirens not sounding in the northern city.

    An early warning was issued via the cell broadcast system in Haifa, but no sirens sounded as no ballistic missiles were heading for the city.

    During the attack, an air defense interceptor likely misfired and impacted in Haifa, according to a preliminary Home Front Command investigation.

    “This is not a malfunction in the warning system,” the IDF says, adding that the incident is under further investigation.

    The impact wounded three people, who medics say are in good condition, and caused damage.

    At least 27 missiles were launched by Iran in the attack in two salvos.

    One missile hit a residential area of Tel Aviv, wounding 13 people lightly, and another hit homes in Ness Tziona, wounding six lightly.

    One man was moderately hurt by shrapnel on the Route 431 highway, near Be’er Yaakov in central Israel.

    The Home Front Command is also investigating whether Iran used a cluster bomb warhead in the attack this morning, as it did last week, but thus far has not found any evidence of this.


    Damage from the site of the impact in Tel Aviv

    Impact site in Tel Aviv

    Hostage Updates
      Until the last hostage

  • Cleared for publication: Bodies of hostages Ofra Kedar, Yonatan Samerano and Shai Levinson recovered from Gaza
    The IDF Spokesperson has cleared for publication that in a special operation last night, the bodies of three deceased hostages were recovered from the Gaza Strip - Ofra Kedar, Yonatan Samerano and Staff Sergeant Shai Levinson. Kedar, 71, from Beeri, was kidnapped and brutally murdered alongside her husband Shmuel. Samerano was murdered and kidnapped from Beeri after fleeing from the Nova music festival, and was 21 years old when he died. Levinson, a tank commander from Battalion 77, fought against terrorists on the morning of the massacre and fell in battle. His death was confirmed in January 2024; he was 19 years old when he fell. The announcement was delivered to the families.

IDF, Shin Bet recover bodies of three Israeli hostages from Gaza
Troops extract the remains of Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samrano and Sgt. Shay Levinson, all killed on or soon after the Oct. 7 massacre, in a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation in the Strip; one female hostage, believed dead, remains in captivity
The IDF and Shin Bet recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip: Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samrano and Sgt. Shay Levinson. The mission was led by Shin Bet and carried out with the IDF’s Gaza Division in a joint operation, the military reported Sunday.
Sgt. Shay Levinson, Yonatan Samrano, Ofra Keidar
(Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Ofra Keidar, 71, a mother of three from Kibbutz Be’eri, was abducted and brutally murdered during her morning walk on October 7. Her husband, Shmuel, was also murdered in their home. Her death was officially confirmed in December 2023.

Ofra Keidar

Yonatan Samrano, 23, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival and later taken to Be’eri with two friends, Benayahu Biton and Maor Graziani, who were both murdered at the kibbutz. His death was also confirmed in December 2023.
Yonatan Samarano
Sgt. Shai Levinson, 19, a tank commander in the IDF’s Armored Corps’ 77th Battalion, was killed in combat on the morning of October 7 while fighting Hamas terrorists. His death was confirmed in January 2024.
Shai Levinson

According to Israeli officials, the operation was made possible thanks to advanced intelligence capabilities. Once the identities of the bodies were confirmed and the hostage’s families were notified.

With the recovery of Keidar’s body, Inbar Haiman remains the last female hostage still in Hamas captivity.   link

 

  • The struggle does not stop – Online rallies across the country: "53 are still there"

    In the midst of a tense weekend, the families of the hostages are holding a series of online rallies and calling on the public not to forget the 53 hostages who have not yet returned from Gaza • At 20:00, the main rally began, hosted by Yael Abecassis, with participation from family members of the hostages • "Together, we will not rest and we will not be silent – until the last of them returns"

    Despite the sensitive security situation and the restrictive guidelines of the Home Front Command, the families of the hostages held several online events this evening (Saturday), aimed at reminding the public that 53 hostages are still held in Gaza. The families’ headquarters stated that they continue to lead a clear public call – not to forget the hostages and not to give up on them.

    The central rally began this evening at 20:00, broadcast live, and carried the theme “What about the hostages?” The event was led by actress Yael Abecassis, in the presence of families of the hostages, who shared their pain, hope, and ongoing struggle. Participants included Kobi Ahel, father of hostage Alon Ahel, Nira Sharabi, wife of hostage Yossi Sharabi who was murdered and whose body remains in captivity, and Ofri Bibas, sister of captivity survivor Yarden Bibas.

    Dr. Comfort
    The rally opened with condolences to the family of the late Yair Yaakov, whose body was returned from Gaza last week. The rally began with a speech by Ofri Bibas, who shared that the past week had brought her immense anxiety, both personally and for her family, and in her thoughts about the hostages still held in Gaza.
    “By a great miracle, Yarden is with us this past week, and I can see that he is okay and care for him, but it’s a miracle because he just as easily could not have been here. There were several occasions when he was close to being killed.” Ofri expressed concern that the conversation about Iran is pushing aside the discourse on the hostages.

    Yossi Sharabi
    Yossi Sharabi, of blessed memory, whose body is held in the Gaza Strip.

    Nira, the mother of the late Yossi Sharabi, whose body is held in the Strip, said she feels mixed emotions. “They have accompanied me since October 7, and in the past week even more so, because it brings us back into a state of rewriting. To relive the fears of sirens, of rushing to find shelter and security that protects us at every moment and in every situation – for me and my daughters, and also for Yossi, the circle has not yet closed. It envelops us every moment and every day, and the past week made it even more tangible and heavier.”

    Idit Ohel and her son Alon, kidnapped in Gaza (Photo: Courtesy of the family)

    Kobi Ohel, father of Alon Ohel who is held in the Strip, continued and said that this week has been a turbulent one. “We have no control over what he is experiencing there. We have had to learn throughout the war how to conduct ourselves in the face of changing realities in the moment. How do we respond? What do we do? What is our influence and how much can we influence? Where can we be meaningful?”

    Kobi Ohel added: “One of the hardest things I thought about this week is that we are experiencing a war like we have never experienced before. Rockets falling and destroying entire streets. And when I return to our family unit, I cannot do what I did a week ago, and I cannot even think about what more we will have to do until they come back.”

    “Alon is surviving in captivity under insane conditions. We go into the bomb shelter for half an hour. Think about the hostages who are in Gaza, in tunnels 40 meters underground for so long. What are they experiencing and feeling? I ask our leadership – make the right decision to bring them home now,” Ahel added.

    "Give us hope and aspiration for a normal reality"

    Ofri Bibas turned to decision-makers and reiterated the importance of taking responsibility for October 7, and for saving the hostages who are still being held in the Gaza Strip. “I hope they do the right thing. We always hear them say what cannot be done; I want you to say what can be done and give us hope and aspiration for a normal reality. Let us remember the return of the hostages—no military achievement gives us the same joy as the return of hostages,” she said.

    Another online rally by Sha’ar HaNegev began at 21:00, during which participants were invited to an open conversation with the families of the hostages: Carmit Palti Katzir, Maccabit Mayer, Mor Godard, and Gil Dickman.

    The families’ headquarters calls on all Israeli citizens from all parts of society to connect, listen, and be part of the struggle of hope. “Together, we will not rest and we will not be silent – until the last of them returns.”  link


  • The Negotiations for a Hostage Release Deal – and the Delay in Hamas’ Response: “Will Not Abandon the Iranians”

    Sources familiar with the details: For over a week, there has been no progress in the negotiations • The reason: the campaign in Iran is delaying the negotiations on the hostages • Senior officials in Israel: “Hamas does not want to do to Iran what Hezbollah did to it” • Israeli assessment is that a defeat of Iran will assist in advancing the negotiations

    Senior Israeli officials said that Hamas has not yet responded to the outline for a deal due to the campaign in Iran: “The terror organization does not want to do to Iran what Hezbollah did to it. It will not abandon the Iranians now, and moving toward a ceasefire with Israel is abandonment,” as reported this evening (Saturday) on “Weekend News.”

    According to those officials, “the decisive blow that Iran is receiving—and will still receive, whether by a strike from the United States or after negotiations—will change their calculations and make them more realistic.”

    That is to say, in Israel the assessment is that a defeat of Iran in the campaign may help advance a deal for the release of the hostages. Until then, the strikes in Iran are delaying the deal.

    Since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed nearly a week ago that he sees a window of opportunity for a deal, there has been no progress in the talks.

    Israel submitted a new response with concessions, as we revealed in the broadcast, but since then—Hamas has not given its own reply to Qatar, and Qatar has also not signaled to U.S. President Biden’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, that there is progress behind the scenes.

    About a week ago, Netanyahu said in his interview with Fox News that there was progress in the talks on a hostage deal. At that time, we revealed that Israel had conveyed a response to the mediators, stating that it was willing to release eight hostages on the first day of the ceasefire and two more in the middle of the truce period. The Prime Minister held a discussion on the matter at the beginning of the week, but there is still no delegation being sent, since there has not yet been a breakthrough, and Hamas’ response has yet to arrive.  link Of course, the Israel (Netanyahu) assessment is that an Iranian defeat will bring Hamas to a deal, but he really knows that is not the case. I have said so many times that Hamas is a fundamentalist terror organization and they will be on their last dying breath and still not change their bottom line. Netanyahu probably knows this and was told exactly this by the previous heads of the negotiating team (Dede Barnea- head of the Mossad, Ronen Bar - previous head of the Shin Bet until he was recently ousted by Netanyahu), Nitzan Alon - General in the IDF and head of the IDF negotiators). Netanyahu didn't like hearing this or many other things from this team, such as pushing him to make a deal to bring home all the hostages and end the war. Instead, Netanyahu put in charge his favorite advisor and yes man, Ron Dermer, who would never go against anything that Netanyahu said, and also one of the Netanyahu advisors who always advised him against making any deal to release the hostages. Ron Dermer also went through Washington (as former Israeli ambassador to Washington) telling anyone who would listen that all the hostages were dead and therefore the US Administration should leave Netanyahu alone with regards to the hostages. This war is the continuation of Netanyahu's War of Political Survival and his narrative will always be one of justifying everyone of his actions as though it will be good for the hostages or something else. All lies.


  • Hamas delegation arrives in Egypt to discuss ceasefire and hostage deal 

    Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt to discuss a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a hostage deal. The delegation insists on a comprehensive deal that includes a ceasefire, withdrawal from Gaza, rehabilitation of the Strip and release of all prisoners.




  • Israel and Iran


  • Netanyahu was able to convince his BFF Trump to enter the war with Israel. This can have many areas of impact on the war, of US/Israel relations, nuclear agreements, antisemitism and more. 
    The immediate impacts that I see in the US will be divided by support for the actions and on the other side, blaming Israel for dragging the US into a major conflict that everyone knows how it starts but no one knows how it will end. This latter group will intensify anti Israel sentiment and will be reflected in more anti semitism and possibly attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions.
    For us in Israel, it will hopefully be the path towards ending this war. Netanyahu knows very well how to start wars but never has any strategic or even tactical plans to end them, in particular with any diplomatic solution, which is the way that wars need to end, otherwise, they just become never ending wars of attrition. Because of Netanyahu's absolute refusal to consider political diplomatic solutions towards ending the 100 year Israel/Palestine conflict, the war in Gaza has been a continuation of a war of attrition with major military operations (not officially called wars because that needs a Knesset vote and approval) and finally with the war that started on October 7. Iran, without the intervention of the US and potentially other countries in Europe and the Gulf States, would definitely become a long drawn out war of attrition with us Israelis never knowing when new barrages of deadly missiles would start flying again and Iran would want to keep up the psychological fear factor with smaller barrages and constant drone attacks.
    I can only assume what brought Trump to make the decision to bomb the nuclear sites. We must remember that Trump holds Netanyahu responsible for his mishandling the original nuclear agreement signed under Obama. Netanyahu promised Trump that the Iranians would come crawling to him to make an agreement that suited Trump better once he left the original agreement. That didn't happen and Trump rightfully blamed Netanyahu for this hubris. So my assumption is that Netanyahu played the Nobel Peace Prize at his ace, especially since Trump again agrily stated just yesterday that he should have already won it. Netanyahu, I can imagine, told Trump that if he joined the attack and destroyed the nuclear facilities, it would bring the Iranians to the bargaining table and he would be able to make the agreement of a lifetime and assure him of the Nobel Prize. Trump, we all know is incredibly fickle and it is also known that the last person in the room has the most influence over him. With Netanyahu's allies in Washington, he would have planned with them to be the 'last person in the room' virtually in a video call and convince Trump to attack. Will this bring the Iranians back to the bargaining table in the worst position they could find themselves in terms of bargaining power or will them dig their heels in and fight and threaten mutual destruction? They refuse to be in the position of coming with their tails between their legs, so they must do something to restore their bravado before arriving at the bargaining table. What that will be is anyone's guess for now but I believe it will be limited to trying to inflicting major damage to Israel or a terror attack on Jews/Jewish institution by their proxies somewhere in the world. Attacking a US Military institution will have the worst effect and cause Trump to take his revenge with greater and wider attacks on Iran. The thing that will hasten their arrival at the bargaining table will be their view of the dangers of the fall of the Ayatollah's regime in Iran.


  • Health Ministry says 86 people treated for injuries after strikes, 2 moderately hurt

    The Health Ministry reports that 86 injured people arrived at hospitals due to the latest round of Iranian missile strikes, including two in moderate condition, 77 in good condition, four victims suffering from acute  of anxiety, and three who are undergoing medical evaluation and whose condition has not yet been determined.

    Iran claims it fired largest missile yet, with 1,500-kilogram warhead, in latest barrage

    In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, May 25, 2023, a Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)


    Iranian state TV shows what appeared to be previous test-firing footage of the Khorramshahr-4 missile, with an onscreen caption saying it was used today in a barrage on Israel.

    The Khorramshahr-4 has the heaviest payload of Iran’s ballistic missile fleet, which analysts say may be designed to keep the weapon under a 2,000-kilometer range limit imposed by the country’s supreme leader.

    Iran says the missile has a 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) range with a 1,500-kilogram (3,300-pound) warhead.

    The missile is named after an Iranian city that was the scene of heavy fighting during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. The missile also is called Kheibar, after a Jewish fortress conquered by the Muslims in the 7th century — in what is now Saudi Arabia.


  • Fake missiles, phantom pilots and spoofed alerts: Israel’s war against Iranian fake news
    From AI-generated videos to spoofed alerts and recycled footage, disinformation is flooding social media amid Israel’s conflict with Iran—fueling fear, distorting reality and turning public perception into a weapon of war
    A terrorist attack in a bomb shelter? An IDF base hidden beneath a hospital? A phone call that guides missile strikes? An ammonia gas leak in Haifa? An Israeli Air Force pilot captured by Iran? In the digital age—and especially in the age of AI—warfare is not only about firepower but also about perception. And the battle over public consciousness can sometimes be just as damaging.
    Online platforms tolerate everything, and today’s advanced AI can generate nearly anything—from photos to videos—that appear entirely real. The result: a flood of manipulated or entirely fake content, either created digitally from scratch or repurposed from unrelated events, designed to instill fear, stir unrest or spread an “alternative truth.”
    Fake news about a captured female Israeli pilot
    (Photo: Social media)

    Since the outbreak of the war with Iran, social media has been inundated with such content. Even seasoned journalists and analysts were duped this week into sharing blatant disinformation.
    The sources behind these deceptions range widely, from Iranian intelligence and cyber operatives to lone actors around the world, including in Israel. Some of them are known fake-news influencers. In a post-truth world, accelerated by the Trump era and the erosion of fact-checking, disinformation spreads at lightning speed.
    With help from Israel’s National Cyber Directorate and the Israeli research group FakeReporter, which monitors and investigates suspected disinformation campaigns, we’ve compiled a selection of the most viral fake news stories from this past week.
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    'Avoid shelters': Spoofed alerts and panic messages

    One viral message sent to tens of thousands in Israel this week came in the form of an SMS titled OrefAlert, warning residents to stay out of bomb shelters. The message coincided with another false claim: that fuel supplies were being cut off. The National Cyber Directorate, which has increased its staffing amid the war, quickly clarified that the alerts were fake and designed to sow panic.
    But that was just the beginning. A video that supposedly showed a powerful missile strike in Tel Aviv, allegedly launched by Iran, was shared widely on the X social media platform, racking up hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of retweets. In reality, it was footage of a chemical plant explosion in Tianjin, China from nine years ago.
    Another viral video, shared by an X account with nearly 300,000 followers, claimed Israel was building a military base beneath a hospital. “They love human shields,” read the caption. The video garnered 1.4 million views and 18,000 retweets. However, the footage was from an NBC report from last year about patients being relocated to an underground parking garage at Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
    Other AI-generated or edited visuals appeared at the same time, including alleged “simulations” showing residential buildings in Israel hiding missiles, F-35s, nd even, bizarrely, battleships. The implication? Iran wasn’t deliberately targeting civilians; the buildings were hiding military targets. These were blatant fabrications.

    Fake Home Front Command messages, gas leaks and missile-guiding phone calls

    The disinformation barrage didn’t stop at videos. Last Saturday, the National Cyber Directorate issued an alert about fake WhatsApp messages and robocalls impersonating the Home Front Command. These urged civilians to prepare emergency kits or visit fraudulent websites. The real Home Front Command clarified: it never initiates personal calls and only uses its app and official website to issue public guidance.
    One widely shared WhatsApp message warned against answering calls from numbers starting with “000,” “099,” or “059,” claiming they were “a new Hamas and Hezbollah operation” to track your location and fire missiles at you. “You can’t be geolocated from an incoming call,” cyber officials emphasized. The aim of such messages is simply fearmongering.
    Even the Israel Electric Corporation was forced to respond to a fake message claiming that planned nationwide power outages were imminent. “There are no planned blackouts,” the company clarified in a formal post.
    Another viral message warned of an ammonia gas leak in Haifa after a missile barrage injured eight people and damaged buildings. The municipality quickly issued a denial: “This message is not from the City of Haifa. No such incident occurred. This is a phishing or cyberattack attempt. Do not click the attached link.”

    'Pilot captured' and other fake headlines

    Disinformation also took the form of fabricated international headlines. One viral claim reported that Iran had downed a U.S. F-35 fighter jet and was searching for the pilot. A follow-up post said the pilot, supposedly an Israeli woman named “Sara Achronot” (a nod to Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth), had been captured. IDF spokespeople immediately debunked the story, and FakeReporter researcher Tal Hagin traced the images: the aircraft explosion was from 2024, and the female pilot was a Chilean naval aviator, Daniela Figueroa, photographed in 2021.
    Another video, shared widely after a deadly missile strike in Bat Yam destroyed several buildings, claimed to show the moment of impact. It even made it to television broadcasts—until professionals noticed red flags: the clip was uploaded unusually fast, before most civilians had even emerged from shelters, and featured high-quality visuals unlikely to come from security cameras. Closer analysis revealed police cars already present before the supposed strike, and missiles appearing suddenly on-screen without a visible trail. The video was CI-generated.

    'Elite fleeing Iran' and memes mistaken for truth

    Disinformation wasn’t limited to anti-Israel voices. Fake news also came from pro-Israel sources, including a doctored New York Times front page allegedly showing the headline: “Three things can be seen from space—The Great Wall of China and Netanyahu’s balls.” Whether meant as satire or support for the prime minister, many social media users took it at face value.
    One video that duped even Israeli journalists claimed to show Iranian elites fleeing the country by private jet. Never mind that Iran had closed its airspace at the time—the video was originally posted in July 2023.
    Another fake, shared by the X account, The Persian Jewess, and picked up by Israeli news outlets, showed Iranians “celebrating” Israeli attacks. FakeReporter traced the clip to two years ago. Similarly, right-wing activist Miri Barabi posted a dramatic video of what she claimed was Iran’s airport in ruins. It turned out to be a recycled AI-generated clip, long debunked.

    Fighting fake news: a shared responsibility

    To help the public stay vigilant, the National Cyber Directorate has issued guidelines for identifying suspicious content:
    Check the source: Is it credible, or just a rumor?
    Verify with trusted outlets: Has the story appeared in reputable media?
    Examine visuals carefully: Look for distortions or inconsistencies.
    Watch for language cues: Dramatic or error-filled writing can indicate a fake.
    FakeReporter also urges skepticism when encountering particularly sensational, angry, or “juicy” claims. If you can’t find verification through a basic search, the odds of it being fake increase significantly.
    Roi Shoshan, head of public affairs at FakeReporter, put it bluntly: “These fakes distort reality and aim to cement a false narrative for political purposes. We must pause, think critically, and verify before believing or sharing. Combating disinformation requires collective responsibility—by the public, by social platforms, and by the government, which must treat the digital sphere as a battlefield, both in wartime and in peacetime.” link

  • Health Ministry updates guideline for hospitals discharging mother hours after birth amid war

    The Health Ministry states that its recommendation of early discharge from hospitals for new mothers 12 hours after giving birth, begun soon after the start of Israel’s war with Iran to reduce the number of patients, is contingent upon approval from a neonatologist and a gynecologist following examinations of both the mother and newborn.

    Medical information about newborns who have been discharged will be transferred to health management organizations.

    “The early discharge of mothers and low-risk newborns is being carried out with concern for continuity of care, ensuring they receive full support,” says Dr. Sharon Alroy Preiss, head of the ministry’s public health division.


  • Authorities say 9,000 Israelis displaced from their homes so far amid Iranian missile strikes

    A man carrying his cat and personal belongings evacuates the site of an Iranian strike that hit a residential neighbourhood in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2025. (Photo by MAYA LEVIN / AFP)

    The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel reports that around 9,000 people have been displaced from their homes since Israel’s operation against Iran began.

    Thousands are being accommodated in hotels, while others have moved in with friends and family.

    Iran has fired barrages of missiles at Israel with many impacting in civilian residential areas, causing widescale damage.


    Israeli security forces and first responders gather at the site of an Iranian strike that hit a residential neighbourhood in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2025. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

  • Home Front Command tightens restrictions to highest level after US attacks on Iran | Live updates

    Changes come after US strikes Iranian nuclear sites; Nuclear reactor in Dimona in southern Israel could be a 'legitimate target'  war continues to escalate, an Iranian official told Al Jazeera 
    Following the US attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, the Home Front Command announced that it has tightened restrictions to the highest level. As part of the changes, it was decided to move all regions of the country from a partial and limited activity rating to a necessary-only activity rating. The guidelines include: a ban on educational activities, gatherings, and workplaces, with the exception of essential businesses. link


    Gaza and the South

  • Palestinians and Israelis partner to feed thousands of Gazans as food aid fluctuates
    Arava Institute and Damour buy food from Gazan suppliers, with prices set to rise; organizations set sights on providing water and sewage system components too

    Preparing hot food for displaced Gazans living in tents at the Mesk Layan camp in Muwasi, southern Gaza, May 22, 2025. (Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza)


    An Israeli and a Palestinian nonprofit have been partnering to purchase food for tens of thousands of Gazans and have already distributed 60,000 portions of cooked food prepared by an Arab company, which had sufficient rice and chickpeas in storage in Gaza.

    According to Tahani Abu Daqqa, a board member of the Palestinian organization Damour for Community Development, who is responsible for Gaza, the food cost $90,000 ($1.50 per portion), which she said was high.


    Tahani Abu Daqqa. (YouTube screenshot)

    “This week, the company told me the prices have doubled,” she told The Times of Israel last week.

    Abu Daqqa, who left Gaza for Cairo in April 2024 and has been unable to return, said she did not know where the food had come from, or why and for how long it had been stored. Preferring not to give the supplier company’s name, she added that she feared asking too many questions could scupper the deal.

    Abu Daqqa oversees Damour’s Mesk and Leyan displaced persons camp in Mawasi, southern Gaza, where numbers rise and fall depending on where the IDF is operating. Numbers there have recently risen to an estimated 1,000 families.

    “We’ve used the money we had,” she said. “[When we get more], we will buy either from the market or from suppliers who have stock. We can’t afford double the price.”

    Damour for Community has long partnered with the southern Israel-based Arava Institute for Environmental Studies on solar energy and off-grid solutions for clean water and sewage recycling in Gaza and the West Bank.

    In the year to April, against the backdrop of widespread destruction to infrastructure in the enclave as a result of the ongoing war, the partnership focused on a joint project, Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza, to address these needs in the Strip.

    Their involvement in food aid only started after Israel imposed a humanitarian aid blockade in March in an attempt to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages abducted on October 7, 2023. On that day, the terror organization invaded southern Israel, slaughtered 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251 to the Strip.

    Barak Talmor, responsible for managing Jumpstarting Hope at the Arava Institute, said Sunday, “We are monitoring the situation to figure out what our next intervention will be. We don’t have unlimited resources. The options include food, toilets (in addition to 70 already installed with $20,000 from the institute), and more trucks of drinking water. We are also examining the possibility of building a desalination system from materials in Gaza or building a pipeline from a desalination unit nearby.”

    During the Muslim month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, Damour bought fresh vegetables from local farmers for some 10,000 families living in tents or in the open in and around the Mesk and Leyan camp. The Arava Institute contributed $20,000 to feed 600 families, Talmor said.

    By April, food supplies in the whole enclave were running low, and the prices of what remained exceeded the purchasing power of ordinary Gazans. It was at this point that Damour approached the Arava Institute for urgent financial help, according to the Talmor.

    The food aid was financed by some of the NIS 673,000 ($189,000) raised so far from Israelis as part of an ongoing monthlong NIS 750,000 ($215,000) fundraising campaign by peace organizations.

    It was also supported by SmartAID and Movement on the Ground.

    Abu Daqqa, a Gazan who lost 14 close relatives in March from a bomb dropped on their building, said that with the lack of fuel and electricity, people were eating cold food wherever they could find it.

    Hot meals handed out to Gazan families

    The hot meals the organization handed out were cooked by the company that supplied the raw materials in kitchens in the Strip’s south and north, she added.

    Dozens of Damour volunteers distributed the food in and around the Mesk and Leyan camp, the Zomi camp nearby (currently run by another organization), and in Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Gaza City in the Strip’s north, she said.

    Fluctuating policies

    With fluctuating aid policies, Israel’s government has been caught between coalition pressure to use humanitarian aid to force Hamas to release the hostages and international warnings that Gazan civilians must not be allowed to starve.

    Israel imposed a blockade on the Strip from March, then lifted it on May 19.  Together with the US, it is now backing the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation set up to wrest control over aid from Hamas and distribute it directly to the population.


    Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)


    International organizations, including the UN, from which Hamas reportedly looted aid in the past, are refusing to cooperate, while continuing to send their aid into the Strip, according to Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. Since May 19, when Israel resumed aid, over 1,350 trucks have entered the Strip, COGAT said.

    Reports that amid the throngs of hungry Gazans pushing forward to get aid, dozens have been shot and killed are challenging to verify during what Times of Israel founder and editor David Horovitz recently described as the fog of war.

    Palestinians carry boxes and bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organization approved by Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. (AP/Mariam Dagga)

    With groundwater polluted by seawater and pumps idle because there is no electricity, most Gazans pay for (or receive donations 

    Abu Daqqa said that the water supply at the Mesk and Leyan camp had just run out, and an urgent appeal to donors had been issued.
    When brackish water was available, it was used for cooking and showering, Abu Daqqa explained.

    “Yesterday, there was a row in the shelter as it was very hot and people wanted to shower, but there wasn’t enough water for everyone. Some haven’t showered for a week or more. We tried to get them to establish a rotation,” she said.

    Around 100 toilets (including the 70 donated by the Arava Institute) drain into pits in the camp, with new pits having to be dug daily, according to Abu Daqqa. The ground around the camp was filling up with subterranean sewage, she went on, while pools of human waste on the streets elsewhere in the Strip were causing illness and drawing hordes of mosquitoes.

    Machinery stuck at the border
    Arava Institute executive director Tareq Abu Hamed said Gaza’s water, sewage, and waste systems had collapsed entirely. He said that people had to wait hours to use a toilet, especially women, and that according to the UN, hundreds of thousands of Gazans were suffering from Hepatitis A — a virus linked to contact with contaminated feces.


    Palestinians displaced by the Gaza war walk past sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on July 4, 2024. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

    David Lehrer, head of the institute’s Center for Applied Environmental Diplomacy, said that over the past 18 months, the institute has raised approximately $2.5 million in funds and in-kind donations for Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza, which Damour was to implement on the ground.

    So far, however, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) has refused to allow the machinery into the Gaza Strip, apparently for fear it could be used for other purposes by terror organizations.

    Lehrer said he hoped the food distribution system would improve and that Jumpstarting Hope could help Gazans stabilize the rest of their lives by providing solar energy for lighting, heating, and cooling, as well as clean drinking water and sanitation to prevent disease from spreading through Gaza and eventually into Israel.
    By press time, COGAT had not responded to a query regarding permission to bring the equipment into the Strip.  link

  • Hamas-run civil defense agency says Israeli fire kills 8 people near aid distribution sites

    Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency says Israeli fire killed at least 12 people, including eight who had gathered near aid distribution sites in the Palestinian territory suffering severe food shortages.

    Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal, who the military has accused of being a member of Hamas, tells AFP that three people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces while waiting to collect aid in the southern Gaza Strip.

    In a separate incident, Bassal says five people were killed in a central area known as the Netzarim corridor, where thousands of Palestinians have gathered daily in the hope of receiving food rations.

    The Israeli army tells AFP it was “looking into” both incidents, which, according to the civil defense agency, occurred near distribution centres run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

  • IDF: Documents found exposing link between Mohammed Sinwar and eliminated Quds Force commander
    During an IDF and Shin Bet operation at the underground headquarters discovered beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, where Mohammed Sinwar was eliminated, forces found documents showing that in recent months, Hamas' military wing leadership maintained connections with Saeed Izadi, their Iranian patron who was eliminated last night. The IDF spokesperson reported this, adding that the documents reveal communications between Sinwar and Izadi detailing plan 'Tufan 1,' through which Izadi facilitated weapons transfers to Hamas worth approximately $21 million and planned to advance 'Tufan 2' to transfer additional weapons worth about $25 million.
  • Gaza Health Ministry: 104 killed in the Strip in the last day The Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, announced that 51 Palestinians were killed in IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip in the last day and 104 were wounded. According to the ministry, the death toll since the beginning of the war has risen to 55,959, with 131,242 injured.

    Northern Israel, Lebanon and Syria

  • American peace push in Syria sparks accusations of ‘coerced normalization’
    Washington’s push for a Syrian-Israeli nonaggression pact draws criticism from Arab states, opposition groups and Syrian analyst
    The fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime has triggered dramatic shifts across the country, prompting the United States’ acting Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea to urge the newly formed Syrian government, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, to prioritize negotiations with Israel for a nonaggression pact—a step she described as essential for eventual border demarcation. Her remarks, delivered from the UN Security Council platform, signal a broader American initiative to reshape regional security and political arrangements, backed by Turkey and Qatar. Observers warn this may be part of a “coercive peace” that disregards long-standing questions of sovereignty and historical legitimacy.
    Washington has praised al-Sharaa’s government for reform efforts, including initiatives on missing persons and dismantling remaining chemical weapons stockpiles. Yet its repeated emphasis on relations with Israel and demands to expel Palestinian factions from Syria has sparked wide controversy in Syrian and Arab circles.
    Shea’s comments came during a special UN Security Council session on Syria. “We encourage the new Syrian government to take serious steps toward a nonaggression agreement with Israel as a foundation for border demarcation,” she said, also urging Syria to ban and deport what she called “Palestinian terrorist groups.”She pointed to U.S. President Donald Trump's easing of sanctions on Damascus as yielding “tangible outcomes,” including a $7 billion energy investment deal involving American, Qatari and Turkish companies. Still, many analysts believe the international focus has prematurely shifted to rapprochement with Israel—even before Syria completes its internal transitional phase. The Golan Heights, which Israel occupied in 1967 and formally annexed in 1981—a move recognized by the Trump administration—remains the core dispute in any future peace deal. But repeated Israeli statements declaring the area “nonnegotiable” complicate any serious diplomatic track. Dr. Samir Al-Ali, an Istanbul-based former professor of international relations at Damascus University, said that current U.S. proposals “reflect not a genuine peace process but an effort to normalize occupation.” “International law is clear—the Golan is occupied territory,” he said. “Pushing for a nonaggression pact while Israeli troops are deployed miles deep inside Syrian territory amounts to nothing more than coerced normalization.” A senior official from Syria’s Foreign Ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that “the transitional government is open to all diplomatic initiatives, including ceasefire talks and border discussions, but only within the framework of Syrian sovereignty and international law—especially UN Resolutions 242 and 338.” The official emphasized that the government is not in a rush to take any irreversible steps, stressing that its current priority is domestic stabilization and preparing for national elections scheduled for mid-2026. Since the collapse of Assad’s regime at the end of 2024, Israel has deepened its military presence inside Syrian territory, particularly in the south. Citing the need to contain Iranian-backed militias and monitor Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad movements, Israel has reportedly set up monitoring points and maintains a semi-permanent presence.
    Israeli forces raiding an old Assad regime military outpost (Photo: IDF)

    An AP report previously confirmed that Israeli forces have advanced several miles into Syrian territory, amid international silence and tacit coordination with armed opposition groups. Abdel-Razzaq Idris, a Berlin-based Syrian analyst, said that “what we are witnessing is de facto occupation.” “This is no longer just about airstrikes or intelligence operations. Israeli forces now have fixed positions inside Syria. It’s unprecedented and should be cause for condemnation, not negotiation,” he said. Despite early signs of Arab engagement with al-Sharaa’s government, including visits by Gulf and Egyptian delegations, Syria’s openness toward Israel and its silence over Israeli airstrikes on Iranian and Palestinian targets have cooled enthusiasm in some Arab capitals. An Egyptian diplomatic source said that certain Gulf states have “expressed clear reservations about any normalization moves outside of Arab consensus, especially in the absence of a final resolution to the Palestinian cause.” The source warned that “rushing into Washington and Tel Aviv’s arms could isolate Syria from its Arab surroundings once again.” In Gaza, Hamas condemned Shea’s remarks as “an attempt to repackage the Zionist occupation through the gates of Damascus,” while the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stated: “Any Syrian government that agrees to expel resistance factions or label them as terrorists has abandoned the principles of the [Muslim] nation—and we will treat it as an enemy.” Syrian journalist Mazen Nassif, currently based in Paris, posed a critical question: “Who authorized this government to negotiate or normalize? We did not elect them, nor do we know who is shaping their strategy. Syrians want stability, dignity and sovereignty—not elite-level deals made in secrecy.” Syria appears to have entered a new phase, defined not only by the “post-Assad” reality, but also by what many call the “post-nation-state” era, where major international players seek to redefine Syria’s regional role more as a proxy battlefield than a sovereign actor.
    While al-Sharaa’s government attempts to position itself as pragmatic, and Washington pushes hard to reshape the post-conflict landscape, the road to genuine peace remains fraught with challenges: above all, a crisis of legitimacy, internal disunity and deep uncertainty surrounding the fate of the Golan Heights. link


    West Bank, Jerusalem, Israel and Terror Attacks

  • IDF says it has expanded counter-terror operation in West Bank

    An Israeli soldier aims his gun during an ongoing military raid in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on June 19, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

    The IDF, Border Police, and the Shin Bet carried out a major expansion of Operation Iron Wall over the weekend, conducting simultaneous counterterror operations in 15 villages across the northern West Bank, the military says.

    According to the IDF, approximately 10 battalions were deployed, arresting 13 wanted suspects and uncovering weapons caches, including M-16 rifles, improvised arms, and 10 pipe bombs. Troops also discovered a lathe used for producing weapons.

    The raids focused on areas in the Jenin region, as well as villages in the area surrounding Nablus, where forces searched over 1,200 buildings and interrogated dozens of suspects.

    The IDF says the operation is part of ongoing efforts to dismantle terror infrastructure and ensure the safety of Israeli citizens.

  • IDF: Forces operated in 15 villages in northern Samaria over the weekend, 9 militants arrested
    IDF, Border Police and Shin Bet forces operated simultaneously in 15 villages in northern Samaria over the weekend, as part of the expansion of "Operation Iron Wall." According to the IDF spokesperson, approximately 10 battalions participated in the operation, during which nine militants were arrested and more than 250 buildings were searched. During the searches, a lathe for manufacturing weapons was located, and two M-16 rifles, improvised airsoft weapons and 10 pipe bombs were confiscated. In the Ephraim Brigade, forces operated in several villages, arrested four wanted individuals, searched more than 900 buildings and confiscated six weapons.

    Politics and the War and General News

  • Reading the feed glorifying the false messiah, the funder of Hamas, the father of the massacre, the coward who led Iran to the bomb—Netanyahu.  


"He's a genius."  
"He's a strategist."  
"Everyone understands now."  
"The Left is in shock."  
Blah blah blah.  
Let’s make this simple: If he’s such a genius, such a strategist, and gets a zillion and a half mandates—let him call elections. Let’s see him, the coward.  


He won’t go. He’ll have to be dragged there, because he knows the truth—the people have woken up. Most of the public understands he’s a coward, a procrastinator, a liar.  

Most of the public knows he built up Hamas.  
Most of the public sees the incompetence of his government.  
Most of the public knows that because of his failed strategy, we’ve reached this point—Iran is close to a bomb, and for over 20 months, we’ve been living through a disaster:  

**2,000 dead.
**Hundreds of billions of shekels thrown in the trash.  
**Tens of thousands traumatized.  
**Tens of thousands physically wounded.
**Parts of our land seized.  
**Parts of our land abandoned.  
**Brothers and sisters abandoned.  
**Scenes of destruction and ruin unlike anything we’ve ever seen.  
**Hundreds of thousands of children in trauma.  

No matter what he does, it’s written on his forehead—for the next elections and for generations to come. He will forever be remembered as a false messiah who nearly led Israel to a third destruction.  

Come on, coward, let’s see you. Let’s see you call elections and get knocked out by the Israeli public—most of whom can’t stand your lying face anymore, can’t stand watching you play the victim while real people are suffering.  

All that’s left around you is a small cult and opportunists trying to squeeze out a little more for themselves before their false messiah is booed off the stage of history.  
Moshe Radman - is an Israeli high-tech entrepreneur, investor, and activist. He is among the leaders of the protest against the judicial reform promoted by the 37th government of Israel. link 

"Everyone, except for die-hard Bibi supporters, knows that the real credit for the successes in Iran goes to the Mossad and the Air Force, but some feel obliged to add in TV studios, 'Yes, and of course also to the Prime Minister, for the courage to give the approval'..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, when you're in the position he's in (the October 7th failure, the Qatargate investigations, a fake war in Gaza, the ultra-Orthodox ultimatum for draft dodging, a large and stable majority in polls wanting his resignation, cross-examination in a bribery trial exposing him, and a deranged wife and son)... it doesn't take much courage to 'direct' the one thing that might get you out of trouble..."  link


    The Region and the World

  • Cyprus arrests suspected IRGC operative planning attack, based on credible alert from foreign intelligence
    Local media says police arrest an Azeri national spying on British bases; Cyprus police beef up security around Israelis, Jewish institutions 
    Police in Cyprus have arrested a person on suspicion of terror-related offences and espionage, authorities said on Saturday. He appeared before a district court on Saturday, which ordered an eight-day detention pending inquiries. No further details would be issued, police said, citing national security. Local media said the suspect, who may have links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was arrested after credible information from a foreign intelligence service was received, warning that he may have been planning an attack.
    Armed Cypriot police patrol the public areas of the departure lounge of Cyprus' main Larnaca airport
    (Photo: Petros Karadjias / AP)
    Several Cypriot news outlets reported that the suspect was a man of Azeri ethnic descent and had been arrested in the Zakaki suburb of the coastal city of Limassol. The suspect was thought to have had a British RAF military base in nearby Akrotiri under surveillance, as well as Cyprus's own Andreas Papandreou Air Base in the western region of Paphos since mid-April, Cyprus's ANT1 news portal reported.
    Israelis wait to board a ship to take them to Israel in Limasol
    (Photo: Yiannis Kourtoglou / Reuters)
    Cyprus police beefed up their security deployment around Israeli tourists in recent days, out of concern that they may be targeted for attack. By some estimates, tens of thousands of Israelis who were stranded abroad when the attacks on Iran began and the Israeli airspace, closed flocked to the island and have been waiting for special rescue flights to take them home.
    The new measures include special security around synagogues and hotels housing Israelis, mainly in Larnaca and Paphos and in the international airports. Cyprus also published the location of air raid shelters on the island. link




  • Personal Stories

    Dr. Re'aya Leibowitz. A principled and wonderful woman and doctor. She is also, among other things, the granddaughter of Yeshayahu Leibowitz—probably the most accurate prophet in the history of the Jewish people.

    Saturday morning, a beautiful day.

    On the morning of the ninth day of this 'story', I hope that a few things are already beginning to become clear:

    1. They lied to us again. There is no conclusive evidence ("smoking gun") proving a change in intentions by Iran's leadership regarding obtaining nuclear weapons. In fact, American and Israeli intelligence disagree on this point. So one can say, “I do not care, we must attack Iran because...,” but let us at least acknowledge the fact: we were lied to. Again. At a very, very non-coincidental timing—when reservists are ceasing to show up for a pointless war, the Gaza quagmire is beginning to drown us at a rate of 2–6 fallen soldiers per week, the Qatargate affair (who remembers it now?) is about to explode, and the cross-examination in Netanyahu’s trial is just beginning.

    2. The military operation is one of the most precise and impressive in history. Personally, I have never been interested in or able to get excited by military operations (they do not "do it" for me, and in any case, for me they are only a means), but I certainly understand the magnitude of the event—the sophistication, the precision, the daring, the determination, and the multi-branch cooperation. I understand that this will one day be studied in military academies around the world.
      But—just as the most precise abdominal surgery in the world will not be considered a success if the indication for surgery was incorrect (for example—removing the wrong organ or at the wrong time), or if the patient dies during the postoperative hospitalization, so too—by analogy—the mere success of the military operation (and again—thank you to the security forces for the effort) cannot replace the hard questions—Why at all? Why now? What is the goal? Until when?

    3. The fact that I have no television and do not listen to radio (except for Kol HaMusica, as mentioned) keeps me, I believe, clear-minded. I read daily* international press and journals on international relations. And of course—I read dozens of posts by experts in the field and also by “just smart and analytical people” (and this may be a good time to thank all of you—you know who you are!). I also have the privilege of being part of a group of over a hundred senior professionals in the fields of security, law, economics, medicine, and academia, and I learn a lot from this group as well.
      I suggest everyone stop consuming institutional Israeli media, which long ago lost its way. We are lucky we still have ways to access higher-quality and more truthful information.

    4. Given today’s circumstances, 21.6.25 (June 21, 2025)—whether you consider them good or not—we need to strive for three things, and three things only:

      • A. The return of Iran and the U.S. to the negotiation table as soon as possible, before a 20-story tower or hospital really collapses here, and before the country falls apart.

      • B. Ending the war in Gaza with entry into negotiations with Palestinian entities through international mediation, toward a stable regional solution mediated by the superpowers and the moderate Arab world—a deal that of course would include the immediate return of all hostages.

      • C. The toppling of the worst government in our history, whose erroneous worldviews over 17 years (“Hamas is an asset,” “We must leave the nuclear agreement with Iran”) brought us to this point.

    I will end with this: soon they will normalize this too, this new abnormal life that was "arranged" for us on the night between last Thursday and Friday.
    Hospitals in Israel have already completed preparations for underground treatment in an amazing logistical operation (for which I am deeply grateful to all who took part)—but we must not normalize this! This is not a good way to provide treatment! In fact, it is extremely bad.
    The Israeli public—the smart and productive one—has already found various solutions for protection, such as tent cities, sleeping in shelters, and is finding ways to cope with unbearable fatigue, provide responses to children without schools, and more and more.
    But this is not good! It is extremely bad!
    And no—it is not acceptable, in any way or form, that it is almost impossible to leave the country! And almost impossible to enter it. And we must not normalize the idea that we will only be allowed to leave under committees and exceptional approvals—do you realize where all this is going???? Do you understand what freedom we are giving away here, with joy on our lips?

    And beyond that—there is a huge, enormous public that cannot cope with the current situation (all those "invisible people," who surely do not interest our government), and there is another huge future public that will pay, in the future, an enormous price (economic, health, educational, emotional, psychological) for what is happening here.
    We are all part of that public—without exception—even if somehow we are managing now day to day, and are trying, with great strength and emotional fortitude, to keep morale high.

    Raaya Leibowitz, 21.6.25 – 'The Longest Day'


    * Addition following a response – Of course, of course there are reliable, intelligent, and in-depth journalists in this country. I really do not watch television so I cannot comment on the reporters but I am sure there are such there too. But generally speaking (which is always rough and flawed)—the media here is mobilized, and in any case suffers from the same biases as the general public. The foreign press—and again, this is not about one journalist or another—looks at it from a distance and with less emotion.

    ** Addition following responses – Several people sent me Ron Ben-Yishai’s article speaking about the Iranian missile threat as the reason for going to war. And that is exactly the point—within a week they changed the narrative on us, from "we attacked because they have a bomb imminently" (within a week, they said...) to "we attacked because of the missile threat."
    So why believe the second reason is true if the first was a lie? And what will they say tomorrow about the reason for this war?

    Now, if indeed the reason is attacking the missile threat, the question arises—what would prevent them from acquiring/producing more missiles in the future? Or is the intention that we will simply live like this now, while controlling their skies and running to shelters twice a day?

    And one last thing – in order to launch an attack (as opposed to a defensive war), there needs to be not just a threat (we have several at any given moment), but that it is imminent—so is the claim that they intended to fire those missiles at us in June 2025?
    And if the answer is no, then again the question arises whether the destruction of entire neighborhoods in our country now, and the almost nightly death, are a justified price to pay for a future threat.
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    Acronyms and Glossary

    COGAT - Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories

    ICC - International Criminal Court in the Hague

    IJC - International Court of Justice in the Hague

    IPS - Israel Prison System

    MDA - Magen David Adom - Israel Ambulance Corp

    PA - Palestinian Authority - President Mahmud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen

    PMO- Prime Minister's Office

    UAV - Unmanned Aerial vehicle, Drone. Could be used for surveillance and reconnaissance, or be weaponized with missiles or contain explosives for 'suicide' explosion mission

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