FINAL UPDATE 4:20PM IL: With the ceasefire in place it is our fervent hope that the quiet seen in Israel during recent hours will continue.
As such, YWN closes the live blog and places “Operation Pillar of Defense” in our archives, hoping there will not be a need to reactivate it at a later date.
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UPDATE 3:40PM IL: IDF soldier, 28-year-old Boris Yarmulnik HY”D, of Netanya, who was critically wounded in a rocket attack in southern Israel on Wednesday 7 Kislev 5773, died of his massive injuries in Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva today.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
UPDATE: 11:19AM IL: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz has ordered to gradually release soldiers called up for emergency service during Operation Pillar of Defense.
UPDATE: 11:11AM IL: It is now reported that the sirens sounded earlier were due to rocket firings. Two rockets fired at Israeli communities landed in Gaza.
UPDATE: 10:21AM IL: False alarms reported in Sderot and the Eshkol Regional Council.
UPDATE: 10:16AM IL: Sirens sounding again in Netiv Ha’asara and Yad Mordechai.
UPDATE: 10:13AM IL: Unofficial reports signal sirens were a false alarm.
UPDATE: 10:09AM IL: Sirens sounding in Netiv Ha’asara and Yad Mordechai.
UPDATE 2:07AM IL: The IDF has released a summary of operations completed under “Operation Pillar of Defense” in Gaza over the last eight days.
It says that it hit 1,500 terror sites, including:
– 30 senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists
– 19 command centers
– 980 underground rocket launchers
– 140 smuggling tunnels
– 66 tunnels used for terrorist operations
– 42 Hamas facilities
– 26 weapons manufacturing facilities
– and dozens of long-range rocket launchers and launch sites
UPDATE 1:15AM IL: Khaled Meshal says that Hamas does not take credit for the Tel Aviv bus bombing on Wed, instead he blame PM Netanyahu.
“Not Hamas… not other people from Hamas,” Meshal told CNN. “No one can announce except those who committed, not me…It is Netanyahu with his crimes, in killing the kids of Gaza, and the continuity of aggression. He create such ramifications everywhere. This could lead to any kind of reaction as retaliation for what happened in Gaza.”
UPDATE: 12:00AM IL: With the clock striking midnight on Wednesday evening / Thursday morning, Israel has now entered the 9th day of a constant rocket barrage against much of Southern Israel.
Just a few hours ago Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hamas, officially ending “Operation Pillar of Defense”, but the terror group has not ceased firing rockets into Israel. In the hour after the ceasefire, more than 12 rockets were fired into Israel.
Stay with YWN as we continue our non-stop 24 hour news coverage – updated just seconds after an event occurs.
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6 Responses
Yashar koach for continuing the coverage and not lending credence to the lie of the ‘cease fire’
Thank you for the updates.
I was concerned that you wouldn’t be continuing this, thanks for keeping this going!
Way to go Israel , stand your ground. You have alot of support that you don’t see on mainstreem U.S. t.v. most of us back you guys 100%
your coverage during the last week’s war events was OUTSTANDING and -even though you are primarily based in USA- I found your reports more up to date than all other English news services from here [Jerusalem] and abroad. I’m really impressed!
i agree with cousin sue very much!
though i would like to add that in the future when doing a live blog think about the up to minute information that is being informed how it should be presented! i think there should be the same information with the same timeline but slower beats and larger longer peices it fits the mind better in my opinion.
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i think i got this idea from the huffington post or such. point is look at other websites live blogs to think about layout and presentation.
again i want all the minutes all the details just in a easier more stable comprehensive format/layout. page setup
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thank you a proud fan. we kvell on eretz yisroel the jewish people and the jewish ideals.