🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 A UAV launched by Hezbollah successfully hit its target in Metulla settlement, there are reports of casualities

[Not sure if photo is from the UAV site]

⚡️Another 18 year old terrorist has been announced liquidated by Hebrew media, it found out

Update: Possible rationing decision, not a rebuff of Israel

The Axios article doesn’t explicitly state that ammunition is being withheld due to frustration with Israel.

Actually, an Israeli official (cited by the Times of Israel) commented: “Even now, a continued series of defense shipments are being sent from the US to Israel. It’s possible that one shipment or another is delayed, but the flow continues and we’re not aware of a policy decision to stop it.”

Defense analyst Dan Caldwell writes that a “plausible reason” for the delay is that “the ammo is going to Ukraine instead”.

“By prioritizing Ukraine over Israel for the next shipment, the Biden administration kills two birds with one stone: First, it helps to prevent a Ukrainian collapse, [then] it can spin to its base what is really a rationing decision as ‘standing up to Netanyahu’, turning neocon lemons into progressive lemonade”, assesses the ex-COO of PayPal and Yammer founder David Sacks.

🚨 Israeli PM Netanyahu's office says the war cabinet:

“unanimously decided that Israel is continuing with the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to advance the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war.”

The statement adds that Israel will send a delegation to continue hostage talks despite that “the Hamas proposal is far from Israel's necessary requirements”. (Israeli journalist Mannie Fabian)

⚡️Netanyahu's Office Statement: "The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues its operation in Rafah in order to exert military pressure on Hamas. At the same time, even though Hamas' proposal is far from Israel's necessary requirements, Israel will send a delegation to the mediators."

— As our channel predicted earlier, the deal was not accepted. Israel thus chooses the path of escalation and destuction.

⚡⚡🇵🇸 Eastern Rafah is currently being subjected to intense airstrikes.

@medmannews

— ‼️🇮🇱/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Israeli tanks are now entering Rafah from the East

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇮🇱 ❌️ 🇵🇸 IDF division enters Rafah:

- 162nd Division, 401st Armored Brigade has entered Eastern Rafah.
- Givati and Nahal are attached, unclear whether already inside.

⚡️ The invasion has started.

📎 Gaza war unit tracking

⚠️ The Israeli army announce that two of its soldiers were killed in yesterday's suicide drone attack by Hezbullah on Metulla

☠️ Master Sgt. (res.) Dan Kamkagi, 31, of the 551st Brigade's 6551st Battalion, from Kfar Ha-Oranim.

☠️ Master Sgt. (res.) Nahman Natan Hertz, 31, of the 551st Brigade's 6551st Battalion, from Elazar
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📝 Some important notes:
- This is the second suicide drone attack to cause casualties recently
- The attack was pinpoint against an unknown army staging ground
- So far 13 soldiers and 9 settlers were killed

🇮🇱 Rafah: The Israeli flag was raised over the border crossing from the Palestinian side.

The IDF is currently mounting two main efforts in the Rafah area, aiming to:
- Controlling the eastern region
- Controlling the Rafah crossing

There were no casualties during the night operations, minimal resistance faced.