Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and southern Lebanon day after Biden’s call with Netanyahu

Coffins-of-Roee-and-Avraham-Munder The coffins of Roee Munder who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and is being reburied, and his father, Avraham Munder, who was killed in Hamas captivity and recovered by the Israeli military in Gaza, lie together at the Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, Aug. 21, 2024.

Revelation 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • Israel’s military reported an airstrike hitting a weapons warehouse near a Hamas military site in Gaza City, as well as strikes that killed militants in central Gaza.
  • Another round of airstrikes targeted more than 10 areas in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday. Those attacks were aimed at locations used by the Hezbollah militant group, the IDF said.
  • U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Wednesday about efforts by the United States to support Israel “against all threats from Iran, including its proxy terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, to include ongoing defensive U.S. military deployments,” according to a White House statement.
  • Negotiators from the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Israel are expected to meet in the coming days in Cairo to try to push forward the process of achieving a cease-fire that would include a halt in fighting and the release of hostages still held by Hamas.
  • Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday that Israel insists on achieving all of its goals for the war, including ensuring that Hamas cannot pose a security threat to Israel.
  • Hamas on Wednesday reiterated its core demands, which include Israel fully withdrawing from Gaza.

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