Day 91 of the Iron Sword War: The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq announced that they had attacked a US base in the Al-Omar field in Syria with a drone. Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Thursday for eight attacks along the northern border. After the chief of staff decided to establish an investigation team for the October 7 debacle, the cabinet meeting ended with an explosion when ministers attacked Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.
IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Daniel Hagari on the day after: "It is wrong to reveal all the details to the enemy" \\ IDF Spokesperson
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01:55 a.m.: Jordan attacks Iranian-linked drug smugglers in Syria, according to Reuters, the kingdom's air force attacked a building and warehouses at two targets. (Shahar Kleiman)
01:45: After the chief of staff decided to establish an investigation team into the October 7 debacle, the cabinet meeting ended with an explosion when ministers attacked Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi. Moria Asraf of Channel 13 publishes the quotes from the stormy meeting:
Miri Regev: "I try to walk on eggs and not criticize, but it's unthinkable. If the army conducts debriefings, we also want to do so at the political level." Galant: "I don't know about the incident but I back the chief of staff. Miri, I don't work for you, let me talk. The chief of staff wants to be prepared for war in the north." Smotrich: "It is impossible for the army to conduct investigations after the concept of 20 years has collapsed." Tropper: "The army is investigating. It's investigations to learn lessons." Regev: "We have a full stomach for the army and we are holding back." Tropper: "We also have a full stomach and we hold back." Galant: "Don't lash out at the army." Netanyahu at the end of this conversation stood up: "We must stop, we will continue another time."
00:08: The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq announced that they had attacked a US base in the Al-Omar field in Syria with a drone. Since the beginning of the war, the militias have attacked US bases in Iraq and Syria dozens of times. On Thursday, Arab media reported that the US had attacked a militia headquarters and killed the head of the operational wing of their umbrella organization. (Shahar Kleiman)
00:07: Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Thursday for eight attacks along the northern border. (Shahar Kleiman)
23:41 P.M.: Syrian opposition reports: A fighter jet believed to belong to the Jordanian Air Force carried out two airstrikes on sites in the As-Sweida province in southern Syria. Explosions reportedly sounded in the village of um al-Raman, considered a stronghold of suspected drug traffickers. At this stage, there is no information on fatalities. This is not the first time Jordan has attacked from the air to combat drug smuggling from Syria. (Shahar Kleiman)
22:58 p.m.: Pentagon: The aircraft carrier Ford has been recalled from the eastern Mediterranean as planned, to prepare for future redeployment
22:57 P.M.: Hamas leader abroad Khaled Mashaal eulogized Saleh al-Arouri, who was assassinated yesterday in Dahiya, Beirut, saying: "The enemy thinks that eliminating leaders will break the will of the resistance and weaken the leadership, but this is a great illusion." (Dana Ben Shimon)
22:55 P.M.: Hamas in the West Bank calls for rage marches throughout the West Bank tomorrow after Friday prayers, following the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, and to express support for Gaza
22:15 P.M.: The UN reports that the number of displaced persons who have arrived in Rafah since the beginning of the war amounts to about one million. According to them, the Rafah area has become the main center providing shelter. The total number of displaced persons in the Gaza Strip is reportedly about one million and 900 hundred people, almost 85% of the population of the Gaza Strip.
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