Houthis Launch Two Missiles In One Morning, IDF Intercepts Both
The IDF intercepted a missile from Yemen , the IDF confirmed on Tuesday morning (27th).
No sirens were activated as the missile was intercepted outside of Israeli territory.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, the IDF intercepted an additional missile that was fired by the Houthi terror organization. This missile fired toward Israeli territory caused rocket sirens to sound in the Samaria and Bika’a areas of the West Bank. No casualties have been reported.
The IDF stated that it also intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday morning (25th), which triggered sirens in the West Bank, as well as in Jerusalem and its surrounding areas. Shrapnel from Sunday’s missile fell in an open area in the southern Hebron Hills, according to Kan News.
Last Friday morning (23rd) at around 4: a.m., sirens sounded in central Israel again from another missile launched by the Houthis.
The Houthis have stated that they will continue to fire missiles at Israel to show support for Hamas in Gaza until the war is stopped.
Netanyahu At Mercaz Harav: ‘We Are Waging War Against Human Beasts, We Will Defeat Them’
A special celebration was held on Monday evening at Marcaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem to commemorate 58 years since the liberation and unification of Jerusalem. The annual event marks the historic occasion of the Jewish people’s return to the Holy City during the Six Day War.
The ceremony was attended by Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, head of the yeshiva; Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, rabbis, judges, public figures, and a large audience from across the country. Speeches were delivered by a number of public figures, including the Israeli Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized in his speech the goals of the State of Israel in the war. “Our goals are to achieve a complete victory over our enemies, to bring back our brothers and sisters – the hostages – to topple Hamas’ rule. And to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.”
He referred to the current war as “the war of resurgence on seven fronts,” adding: “This is a war of good against evil… a war for spirit, for values, for meaning, for the righteousness of our path, for Jerusalem.”
Netanyahu stated that the enemies of Israel understand the importance of Jerusalem. “In every house in Gaza, our soldiers saw pictures of Jerusalem. They understood all the more that the goal of those who seek our lives is to dispossess us from the inheritance of our forefathers. We, of course, will not let that happen.”
Later in his speech, the Prime Minister connected the vision of Rabbi Kook with that of Ze’ev Jabotinsky and his grandfather, Rabbi Nathan Mileikowsky––these ties foreshadowed the longstanding connection between Religious Zionism and my movement (the Likud movement). Together we want to do great things for the benefit of the entire people of Israel.
Mercaz Harav Yeshiva , founded by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, has been a central institution for celebrating Jerusalem Day, reflecting a deep connection to the city’s spiritual and historical roots. The yeshiva hosts the central ceremony annually in honor of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Shapira spoke about the Western Wall, saying our return to the Western Wall since its liberation and Jerusalem’s reunification “began a new period in Israel’s redemption.” “Our event is to celebrate another step toward complete redemption, praying for the safety of IDF soldiers and the return of the hostages.”
Gazan Terrorists Still Possess ‘At Least Several Hundred Rockets,’ IDF Assesses
Hamas still has at least several hundred rockets and an operational tunnel network, but it is being met with challenges on multiple fronts. The IDF estimated on Monday (26th).
There are approximately 40,000 armed terrorists belonging to various Gaza groups, along with an extensive tunnel network that is still operational, particularly in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and central refugee camps, the IDF said. According to the army, “Hamas continues to transfer funds into the Gaza Strip using various methods, the most prominent of which is the sale of humanitarian aid from trucks transporting it.”
It even uses some of the proceeds to purchase rental properties abroad, the IDF added.
Notably, one emerging phenomenon is that families are preventing Hamas members from setting up rocket attacks near their tents or homes, fearing Israel’s retaliatory strikes in response to their terrorist activity,” it continued.
Hamas is struggling to govern Gaza, not only because of a lack of humanitarian aid but also due to a drop in salary, the military added. Whereas in the past, the terrorist group’s average distributed salary was NIS 1,200, it has recently dropped to NIS 900 at best.
Given that Hamas faces severe financial strain after Israel stopped humanitarian aid from entering Gaza in March, according to the London-based Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, its terrorists have not been paid for almost three months.
According to the report, Hamas’ Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades has struggled not only to pay its terrorists but also to buy military equipment. Palestinian Authority employees affiliated with Hamas have also been impacted, getting paid only NIS 900 a month, the report added.
In Gaza, government ministries have become dependent on international aid for fuel and medical supplies as funding for social and emergency services has almost stopped.
Asharq al-Awsat added that while Hamas’ military structure remains operational, the IDF strikes and ongoing military pressure have disrupted its efforts, especially in northern and southern Gaza.
Additionally, Hamas’popularity in Gaza has dropped significantly since the war began, with residents openly criticizing and protesting against the terrorist group.
In late March, hundreds of Gazan citizens marched in the northern town of Beit Lahiya, calling to end Hamas rule and to hand over the Israeli hostages, as The Jerusalem Post previously reported.
In the West Bank, Hamas members have faced arrests and crackdowns by Israeli and Palestinian security forces. Many cells have been dismantled or lost funding, limiting their ability to carry out terrorist atrocities, according to the report.
It added that Hamas is facing increasing pressure in Lebanon, where the government is demanding disarmament and indicating it will not tolerate actions that threaten Lebanese security.
According to Asharq al-Awsat, the terrorist organization is confronting an “unprecedented crisis” but believes it can recover once the war ends.
Hamas-Led Groups Execute Four For Looting Aid Trucks Amid Gaza Dissent
Hamas has executed four men for looting some of the aid trucks that have begun entering Gaza, sources familiar with the incident said on Monday (26th), as a clan leader in southern Gaza issued a challenge to the militant group over guarding the convoys.
One source said the four were involved in an incident last week when six Hamas security officials were killed by an Israeli airstrike as they were working to prevent gang members from hijacking aid trucks.
”The four criminals who were executed were involved in the crimes of looting and causing the death of members of a force tasked with securing aid trucks.” one of the sources told Reuters.
Seven other suspects were being pursued, according to a statement issued by an umbrella group identifying itself as the “Palestinian Resistance.”
Humanitarian assistance began trickling into Gaza last week, according to a global monitor.
Aid groups have said that deliveries have been hampered by looting.
Israel has accused Hamas of stealing the aid, and selling it back to the people of Gaza, which the group denies.
Israel military officials say the security teams put in place by Hamas are there to take delivery of the supplies, not to protect them.
Hamas, which took power in Gaza in 2007, has long cracked down hard on signs of dissent among Palestinians in Gaza, but it has faced sizeable protests in recent months over the war and challenges to its control by armed groups of looters, some of whom have been punished by shooting them in the legs in public.
Yasser Abu Shahab, a leader of a large clan in the Rafah area, now under full Israeli army control, said he was building up a force to secure aid deliveries into some parts of the enclave. He published images of his armed men organizing the traffic of aid trucks.
Hamas, which is unable to operate in Rafah where Abu Shabab has some control, has accused him of looting international aid trucks in previous months and maintaining connections with Israel.
On a Facebook page in his name Abu Shabab is described as a “grassroots leader who stood up against corruption and looting” who protected aid convoys.
But Hamas security officials call Abu Shabab a “tool used by the Israeli occupation to fragment the Palestinian internal front.”
What Began as Propaganda Ends In Murder – Maj. (ret.) Andrew Fox
Two young Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down in cold blood in Washington D.C., America’s capital. They weren’t soldiers. They weren’t armed. They weren’t in Gaza. Let’s not pretend this is an isolated act of violence. This murder is not random. It is the logical endpoint of 18 months of relentless, unpunished, institutionalized anti-Semitic propaganda unleashed across the globe since October 7, 2023.
We have lived through a campaign of lies so grotesque it would be laughable if it weren’t costing Israeli lives. The evidence of the slaughter and rape of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 is overwhelming, horrifying, and undeniable. Every denial is a green light for the next massacre.
Israel is defending itself against a death cult that hides in hospitals, uses babies as shields, and brags about it on camera. Yet a whole chorus of willfully blind critics prefer to see war crimes where there are none, because it’s Israel. Because it’s the Jew among nations.
No one talks about the billions of dollars Hamas diverted from humanitarian aid. No one discusses the tunnels beneath the schools and hospitals. No one talks about the UN’s open complicity with Hamas, because the narrative must be preserved. The Jews are guilty.
Every protest chant, every keffiyeh waved in London, New York, Berlin, and Paris, has carried with it a genocidal dream: to wipe Israel off the map. “From the river to the sea” is not a call for peace; it is a call for Jewish extermination. After today, let’s stop pretending it is anything else.
The two young people died in the heart of the Free World because this genocidal rhetoric has been imported, incubated, and mainstreamed by Western institutions that have lost the moral courtage to stand up for the values they supposedly believe in. The Muslim Brotherhood, banned in most of the Middle East, operates with impunity in the West; its ideology spread through “civil society” fronts and protest movements.
We have built a society where the right to protest, no matter how violent, threatening, or anti-Semitic, trumps the responsibility to tell the truth, protect minorities, or maintain public order.
What began as propaganda ends in murder. What started with a hashtag ends with a bullet. The people who deny, distort, or defend Hamas’ actions are complicit. This isn’t about geopolitics, it’s about basic decency. It’s about whether Jewish blood is still considered sacred in the West. or expendable. We already know the answer.
The writer, who served in the British Army in 2005-21 is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Comedian-Turned-Advocate Lee Kern Confronts Anti-Semitism – Yoni Beinart
Three weeks after Oct. 7. British screenwriter Lee Kern came to Israel. “After Oct. 7, it felt completely natural for me to leave everything and come here to support my people,” he said in an interview. Since then he has officially made aliyah.
“I have no doubt that we’re dealing with the cruelest, most sociopathic enemies imaginable,” he asserts. “Historically, we’ve always faced the worst bastards. And this culture…it breeds sociopaths. It’s a psychotic culture that glorifies death, blowing yourself up, becoming a shahid (martyr) . This concept of jihad and self-harm is so evil, it’s a rewiring of human nature…. People say, ‘Oh, they’re so angry.’ So am I, just as angry as them. But do I go out and commit terrorism? No”
Kern realized that people don’t just believe the worst about Jews, they want to believe it.”Since the dawn of time, people have believed every lie and conspiracy about Jews, from spreading plagues, to poisoning wells, to drinking Christian children’s blood. You have to bypass logic to believe that stuff. You have to want it to be true. And that continues today in the global media. where the top journalists abandon fact-checking and evidence. They want us to be guilty.”
“I’m just a proud Jew. I won’t let people kill us. My career isn’t more important than that…. I don’t understand how a human being can see babies murdered, women raped, people kidnapped, and not do something. I just don’t get it.”
