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Dear A.,
Millions of Israelis are spending another Shabbat in bomb shelters, as the Jewish state faces continued ballistic missile, rocket, and drone attacks from the Iranian regime and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah.
Iran fired more salvos of missiles at Israel overnight and into the morning, striking central and
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southern Israel and damaging homes.
Yesterday alone, Hezbollah fired
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more than 600 rockets at Israel, the most ever in a 24-hour period, demonstrating the severe threat the group still poses to Israeli families.
In a
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visit to southern Lebanon today , IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said: "We are at a historic crossroads. We are operating according to a plan, on the offensive, to fundamentally change the security situation, from Tehran to Beirut."
Zamir added that the IDF has "additional significant plans for the continuation of the campaign" and will “continue to operate and remain here as long as necessary to cause significant blows [to Hezbollah] and remove the threat in the north.”
Israel has eliminated
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nearly 800 Hezbollah terrorists since the operation began, including hundreds from the group's elite Radwan Force.
Today, the IDF uncovered
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Hezbollah terror infrastructure built near a church , the latest evidence of the terror group's despicable use of civilian infrastructure as shields for its fighters and weapons.
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Israeli troops also found a weapons stash, including anti-tank rockets, mortar shells, grenades, launchers, explosives, and other weapons at a school "alongside UNHCR markings of the United Nations," the IDF
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said (video below).
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Follow our
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social media channels throughout the weekend for real-time updates. I've included links to share AIPAC social media content below.
Shabbat Shalom,
Jake Braunstein
Senior Director, Policy Communications
Contact Congress: Oppose Dangerous Resolutions to Block Arms to Israel
Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced new resolutions to block critical arms sales to Israel.
This dangerous effort undermines Israel’s security as our ally confronts the Iranian regime in cooperation with the U.S. and defending Israelis against Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.
TAKE 45 SECONDS: Urge your Senators to vote NO on these resolutions.
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MUST WATCH
Rubio: 'Iran getting nuclear weapons would be crazy'
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters in France at the G7 Foreign Ministers meetings and
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said that Iran would target civilians and governments alike if it ever got access to nuclear weapons.
IDF has now struck over 1,000 Iranian production facilities
The IDF
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struck dozens of Iranian military targets overnight, including several ballistic missile launch sites and soldiers who were preparing to launch attacks at the Jewish state, along with weapons manufacturing sites, and other key targets.
In Yazd, in central Iran, the IDF struck a site used for the "planning, development, assembly, and storage of advanced missiles intended for launch from cruise platforms, submarines, and helicopters toward both mobile and stationary maritime targets," the IDF
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said .
Also in Yazd, the IDF
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struck an Iranian yellowcake production plant; yellowcake is a uranium concentrate in powder form, one of the first stages of uranium enrichment.
The IDF also carried out strikes on two of
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Iran's largest steel factories , which are partially owned by the IRGC.
In Arak, the IDF bombed a
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heavy water plant , a key plutonium production site for nuclear weapons (photo below). The IDF said that it will not "allow the Iranian regime to continue advancing its nuclear weapons program, which poses an existential threat to Israel and the entire world."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that strikes on Iran will continue to intensify as the regime keeps up its missile attacks on the Israeli public, and that the regime will "pay heavy and increasing prices for this war crime," Katz
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said .
"The prime minister and I warned the Iranian terror regime to stop the missile fire toward the civilian population in Israel. Despite the warnings, the fire continues, and therefore IDF strikes in Iran will intensify and expand to additional targets and domains that assist the regime in building and operating weapons against Israeli civilians," he added.
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Iran launches more attacks on Gulf states
Iran continues to attack
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Gulf Arab countries . Over the past 24 hours, the regime has targeted Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port with drones, Kuwait's Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port with drones and cruise missiles. Both ports sustained damage.
The UAE's Ministry of Defense said that its air defense fought off nine drones and six missiles today.
Jordanian armed forces shot down two Iranian drones, and a third landed in the country.
Saudi Arabia intercepted Iranian drones over Riyadh and other eastern parts of the country. Additionally, six Iranian ballistic missiles were detected, four of which landed in the Persian Gulf, and the other two were shot down.
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The world continues to stay silent as the Iranian regime tries to kill as many Israeli civilians as possible.
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Former hostage Bar Kupershtein in his new music video about his captivity and his return to life after his release.
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An Iranian missile directly hit Tel Aviv, injuring multiple civilians.
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Israelis across the country faced near-constant salvos of indiscriminate rocket and missile fire yesterday.
The mission of AIPAC is to encourage and persuade the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel.
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