Operation Iron Swords - Day 192 - 15 April 2024

“At any point, Hamas could have ended this burgeoning tragedy to
surrender and release every hostage. …
Hamas instigated and owns this humanitarian catastrophe.”
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)

Contents

UPDATED - True Promise IRvsIL NEW - War Termination NEW - Operations NEW - Operations - Gaza NEW - Operations - Judea-Samaria NEW - Operations - Lebanon NEW - Operations - Syria / Iraq NEW - Operations - Yemen UPDATED - Operations Maps NEW - By-Standers NEW - Axis of Resistance NEW - Allied for Democracy UPDATED - By the Numbers

War Termination

The Prime Minister's Office announced yesterday (Sunday) on behalf of the Mossad, that Hamas responded negatively to the outline of the deal for the release of the abductees that was put forward by the mediators. This evening we published the conditions passed by Hamas, and they are light years away from the proposal that was submitted and in which there was significant Israeli flexibility. The most fundamental change is in the number of abductees they are willing to release - 20 instead of the 40 they were talking about.

In addition, Hamas demands the release of heavy terrorists, more terrorists with blood on their hands and a change in the ratio between kidnapped and terrorists who will be released (more prisoners for each kidnapped or abductee who will be released). More on Hamas' terms: full withdrawal of IDF forces already in the first phase, the humanitarian one, and in that phase also international guarantees. In fact, the principle of a phased deal is completely rejected there. The return of all residents of the northern Gaza Strip to their homes and full freedom of movement for Gazans in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas presented mediators on Sunday with a proposal for a permanent ceasefire and total withdrawal of the Israeli army (IDF) from Gaza, Haaretz reported on Monday According to the report, the proposal presented by the terrorist organization Hamas would be implemented in three stages, each lasting six weeks, during which hostages would only be released on the second and third stages.

As such, no hostages would be returned during the first six weeks of such an agreement, though hostilities would need to be halted from day one. During the first phase, Hamas demanded the IDF halt its fighting, withdraw from all urban centers in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians would be allowed to return unhindered to the north. After this initial 42-day period, Israel would be required to complete the withdrawal of all IDF troops from Gaza in a second phase. The reports did not specify whether full withdrawal would be required at the beginning or during this phase. Hamas would then reportedly agree to begin releasing elderly and sick hostages, as well as civilian women and female soldiers, but at a high price.

Hamas demanded that Israel release 30 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for each civilian hostage in the second phase of the agreement, and for each abducted female soldier another 50 prisoners would be released, including 30 serving life sentences. In the third and final stage of the deal, a rehabilitation process for war-torn Gaza would begin and all abducted soldiers and men of fighting age would be released by Hamas, along with the bodies of those killed in captivity or on October 7.

"Hamas is making this 'phantom' proposal to save face. They know it will not be accepted, but they are trying to appease the frustration and anger of the mediators who have done so much. It is ridiculous even to consider it,” Raphaël Jerusalmy, a former IDF intelligence officer, told i24NEWS.

Operational Update

According to CNN, two Israeli sources divulged that the Israeli plan to invade Rafah has been postponed while the occupation evaluates how to respond to Iran's retaliatory strikes. Israel was planning to launch its invasion this week before Iran responded to its aggression on its consulate in Damascus which claimed the lives of seven members of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), including two generals, in the consular section. The strike occurred amidst escalating regional tensions in light of the Israeli occupation's war on the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli war cabinet remained conflicted regarding an attack against Iran, following the latter's retaliatory operation that targeted Israeli locations in occupied territories on Saturday night. Although Israel was allegedly ready for an immediate counterattack, US President Joe Biden urged the occupation to halt any operation. Israeli Channel 12 reported that although Iran did not incur much damage throughout its attack, the war cabinet has been divided, with some Israeli ministers calling for an immediate attack against Iran, while others would rather wait, prepare, and then attack. However, as international pressure mounts over Israel to not escalate the situation further, the meeting was left on an undecided note.

This new era grants the Palestinian Resistance a larger margin of operation and limits if not ends "Israel's" renowned "Campaign Between Wars" which was started in 2013 to "address Iran's growing threat" following the start of the war on Syria. This means that Israeli deterrence has fallen even deeper than it has on October 7 with Hamas and on October 8 with Hezbollah and later in the face of Yemen and others. To better understand the depth of that, one must look at Iran's unprecedented retaliation against "Israel" following an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. The retaliation, in fact, underscored the strategic maneuvering at play within the Axis of Resistance.

It stressed that beyond its primary objective of Palestinian liberation, this coalition seeks to dismantle the enduring legacies of colonialism and imperialism, epitomized by pivotal agreements like the Balfour Declaration, which allowed for the establishment of the Israeli occupation as a barrier "state" on occupied Palestinian soil with the aim of expansion and the Sykes-Picot Accords which partitioned the region into multi-purpose entities that serve colonialism.

Amidst escalating tensions and deepening geopolitical fault lines, it is impossible to understand unfolding events without delving into the complex and multifaceted dynamics of the existential war taking place at the heart of the Arab world; the war of the unmaking of the Sykes-Picot Accords. In a more simplified way, one can explain the broader situation by saying that the Axis is determined to give the US and "Israel" a run for their money in the region. The Resistance movements in the region, backed by Iran and Syria, have one big mission: free Palestine and take down those pesky imperialist structures that have been causing trouble in the Arab and Islamic worlds.

The Resistance continues to stand strong. It continues to conduct ambushes unimaginable by the Israeli occupation forces claiming their lives a dozen at a time. As the leaders of the Palestinian Resistance have reportedly underscored, be it al-Qassam Brigades or al-Quds Brigades or others, Iran and the Axis of Resistance, especially Syria and Hezbollah, have played a key role in strengthening and transferring expertise to the Strip. Much like in the Strip, the Axis of Resistance has no intention of allowing the West Bank and its Resistance to be wiped out and has a few tricks up its sleeve to turn the table on "Israel" and the West's head.

In this context, it must be remembered that the struggle to liberate Palestine extends beyond the entity of Palestine as drawn by the Sykes-Picot Accords but involves the re-emergence of the historic Arab world with Palestine as the compass that has the ability to achieve that through the demise of the barrier state otherwise known as "Israel". In such situations, events unfold relatively quickly; however, there is no benefit in rushing liberation. Rather it is required to mature slowly in the sense that it becomes inevitable.

The words of the commander of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo: "We are in a long and multi-arena war. Throughout the war we fight and make situational assessments with the goals of the war and the security of the residents of the State of Israel in front of our eyes. On Saturday night we faced an attack from Iran and its terrorist affiliates. The IDF, led by the Air Force, the Intelligence Division and the rest of the army, dealt with the threats in an optimal way, all to protect the State of Israel, throughout the war and also in the last incident.

"The Home Front Command works optimally with the heads of the authorities, the local and regional councils, all to enable a safe and enabling war routine. Yesterday, during the evening and night hours, we assessed the situation regarding the restrictions. It wasn't until midnight that the understanding and decision to lift the restrictions took shape out of a desire to facilitate the easing of the defense policy while maintaining security.

"The opening of the economy and the return of the parents to work, we decided at midnight to remove the restrictions on education and gatherings. I am aware of the difficulty of the heads of the regional and local councils to organize during the night hours, therefore the return was gradual.

"We are in a long war and there can be changes in the coming days in light of the situation assessment. In conclusion, it is important for me to point out your exemplary strictness, the residents of the State of Israel continue to listen and act in accordance with the directives of the Home Front Command, they save lives."

During the night, fighter jets of the Air Force successfully intercepted an unmanned aircraft that made its way to Israeli territory from the east. The vessel was under surveillance by IDF forces, did not pose a threat and no alerts were activated in accordance with policy. There were no casualties and no damage was caused.

At the end of the situation assessment, it was decided that starting today (Monday) at 00:00, a change will be made in the defense policy of the Home Front Command. As part of the changes, it was decided to resume educational activities all over the country. Educational activities will be allowed in the conflict line and Gaza perimeter guidance areas subject to restrictions. Also, the restriction on gatherings in areas that are under green policy has been lifted.

Operational Update - Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to postpone a planned operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Israel’s national broadcaster Kan 11 reported on Sunday evening. However, Netanyahu's Likud party later released a statement calling the report about the prime minister deciding to delay the Rafah operation as “fake news.”

The battle team of the Nahal Brigade, Brigade 401 and other units under the command of Division 162 continue the raid aimed at eliminating terrorists and destroying terrorist infrastructure in the center of the Gaza Strip. As part of the operation, the Nahal Brigade's combat team eliminated terrorists precisely, closed circles together with the brigade's fire complex, destroyed several buildings of the terrorist organizations Hamas and GAP and located terrorist infrastructures, weapons, equipment and rocket launchers. In one of the operations, Nahal patrol fighters identified a terrorist in a suspicious structure, and within minutes eliminated him with a precision missile.

At the same time, the Nahal Brigade's combat team continued to fight in the Netzer Corridor, an axis that separates the north and south of the Gaza Strip, and from there conducts targeted raids on terrorists and terrorist targets. In the last day, the forces eliminated 15 terrorists in the sector.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant held a discussion on the issue of preparations to carry out the civil operations necessary for the army forces’ ground incursion into the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli Defense Minister orders the evacuation of the residents of the city of RafahHebrew media: Netanyahu decided to postpone the military operation in Rafah

The Ministry of Defense said, “In a discussion attended by the Director General of the Ministry, Major General Eyal Zamir, and the Coordinator of Government Activities, Major General Ghassan Alyan, the Minister of Defense stressed that, in accordance with the Cabinet’s decision, a series of measures must be prepared before ground operations begin.” The statement added that Minister Gallant stressed "the need to focus on evacuating civilians from Rafah and expanding ways to bring food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip."

It is worth noting that two Israeli sources told CNN on Monday that Israel was about to take its first steps towards launching a ground attack on Rafah this week, but postponed those plans while it was considering a response to the recent Iranian attack. The two sources, who were not named, indicated that the Israeli Air Force intended to drop leaflets on some areas in the city on Monday, and one of the Israeli officials confirmed that Israel is still determined to launch the ground attack on Rafah, but the timing of carrying out the civilian evacuations is not yet clear. And launched the planned attack.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to postpone the military operation in Rafah. Netanyahu confirmed earlier that the international pressure exerted on Israel will not prevent him from carrying out a military operation in Rafah .

Operational Update - Judea-Samaria

A report was received about a Palestinian suspect who attacked a Jewish shepherd in the Gitti area of the Bekaa and Emekim division. A violent confrontation developed there between Palestinians and Israeli citizens. IDF forces jumped to the spot and acted to diffuse the conflict. During the incident, two Palestinians were killed, preliminary investigation shows that it was not by IDF forces. The IDF and the Israel Police are investigating the incident.

Israeli occupation influencers-turned-government officials like Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have spearheaded efforts to arm all settlers, going beyond the usual military program enforced upon Israeli settlers. The arming, which came under the guise of "fighting terrorism", aims to revive historic terrorist Zionist organizations such as the Haganah, which conducted the initial Nakba in 1948, killing hundreds and thousands of Palestinians on purely racist grounds to occupy their homes and lands. Israel's ethnic cleansing policies, which intensified notably after the events of Seif al-Quds in 2021 and further escalated following October 7, have emboldened settlers to perpetrate the same crimes of genocide as the Israeli occupation Forces are conducting the Gaza Strip [Over 33,000 martyrs] and the same crimes as the Haganah did in 1948.

Two Palestinian youths died this evening, Monday, as a result of their wounds shot by Israeli settlers in Khirbet al-Tawil, east of the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. The mayor of Aqraba, Salah Bani Jaber, said that citizens Abdul Rahman Maher Bani Fadl (30 years old) and Muhammad Ibrahim Bani Jama’a (21 years old) were killed by settlers’ bullets during the attack on Khirbet Al-Tawil. A number of settlers, protected by Israeli army forces, had attacked the citizens earlier this evening while they were on their land in Khirbet al-Tawil and fired live bullets at them, wounding two citizens with bullets whose deaths were later announced, and three others with bruises and fractures as a result of the assault on them. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the injured, left them on the ground bleeding until they died, and detained their bodies.

In recent months, the West Bank has witnessed a disturbing trend: a surge in attacks by settlers targeting Palestinian individuals and villages. While this pattern of aggression is not novel within the context of "Israel's" policy of ethnic cleansing, its intensified manifestation, often concealed under the pretext of incidents such as the disappearance of a settler near Ramallah, underscores the volatile aftermath of Operation al-Aqsa Flood.

Amidst this backdrop, the launch of Operation al-Aqsa Flood emerges as a watershed moment that reaffirms the cause of Palestine as a central Arab and Islamic one, especially amid the existing critical juncture on the global scale. Though carried out by the al-Qassam Brigades, this operation is like a sprout from the deep roots of the ongoing battle for Palestine's freedom, led by what has become known as the Axis of Resistance.

Spanning from the Mashreq to the Maghreb (Orient to the Occident), across the breadth of the Arab and Islamic worlds, the events unfolding in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and throughout occupied Palestine have ignited a widespread response. These developments have set off a chain reaction, leading to escalations not only within the West Bank but also beyond, fueled by "Israel's" "campaigns between wars." This campaign precipitated Iran's remarkable retaliation following an Israeli assault on its consulate in Damascus. Understanding these unfolding events requires contextualizing them within the broader geopolitical landscape, where regional power dynamics intersect with longstanding conflicts and resistance movements.

The Israeli proverb put forward by settlers : "If I don't steal it, someone else is gonna steal it." The killing of Palestinians and the destruction of their homes by settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, is fueling anger among the Palestinian people. This anger is exacerbated by the Israeli occupation government's continuous announcement of new land seizures, extending over dozens of dunums in the West Bank, and even in al-Quds' Sheikh Jarrah. Coupled with widespread detention campaigns, assassinations, military raids, and other oppressive practices, this situation is pushing people toward embracing armed Resistance as the only means to achieve a free Palestine and live with dignity.

It is also important to note that in the West Bank, the Resistance has already begun establishing liberated zones, particularly across the triangle of hell: Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarm. However, recent settler attacks have targeted areas in the Ramallah and Nablus governorates, farther from the refugee camps where the Resistance has garnered strong popular support and found a conducive environment to thrive. This escalation may ignite a widespread intifada across the West Bank, to expand the operation that was launched on October 7, bringing the war to the heart of occupied Palestine. This is especially likely given that the settler attacks are being conducted under the supervision of the IOF who have besieged multiple cities. These aggressions remain ongoing today, 4 days on, without stopping except when the Iranian missiles shook "Israel". The consequences of such an intifada, given its existential nature, may also provoke unrest across the East Bank of the Jordan River, where approximately 80% of the population is Palestinian.

Operational Update - Lebanon

Approximately 62,000 residents of the north are still officially evacuated, in addition to approximately 30,000 residents who evacuated voluntarily, according to the assessment of the heads of authorities. According to a survey conducted at the Tel Hai Academic College's Knowledge Center

• 40% of the evacuees are considering not returning home.
• 38% of those who vacated independently are considering not returning.
• 10% of the rest of the residents of the north who were not evacuated are considering not continuing to live in the area.
• 39% of employed evacuees and 73% of the self-employed reported a worse economic situation since October.
• 27% of the self-employed who were evacuated are considering moving their business activities from the north on a regular basis.

Fighter jets attacked a military building in the Miss Al Jabal area where terrorists of the Hezbollah terrorist organization were staying, alongside another military building of the organization in the Tir Harfa area in southern Lebanon. The IDF force carried out artillery fire to remove a threat in the Sheba area.

Fighter jets attacked Hezbollah military buildings in the areas of Markaba and Majdal Joun in southern Lebanon. Earlier today, the IDF carried out artillery fire to remove a threat in the Jebel Balt and Al Hamra areas. Following the alerts that were activated in the Hanita area, about five missiles were identified that crossed Lebanese territory and landed in open areas, there were no casualties. The IDF forces attacked the source of the fire.

Fighter jets recently attacked military buildings of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the areas of Merkaba and Majdal Joun in southern Lebanon. Earlier today, the IDF carried out artillery fire to remove a threat in the Jebel Balt and Al Hamra areas. Following the alerts that were activated in the Hanita area, about five launches were identified that crossed Lebanese territory and fell in open areas, there were no casualties. IDF forces attacked the source of the shooting.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), starting in the morning until noon, a military exercise will take place in the Central and Upper Galilee. During the exercise, a lively movement of aircraft, vehicles and many security forces will be felt in the area. The exercise was planned in advance as part of the IDF's annual training program for 2024, and as part of the IDF's preparedness for the various threats in all sectors.

During the night, warplanes attacked Hezbollah targets, including a launch site, terrorist infrastructures and military buildings in the areas of Tzadikin, Al Matmura, Lavona and Aita al-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon. In addition, IDF forces attacked to remove a threat in the areas of Eyta al-Sha'ab and Bona in southern Lebanon. During an operational activity in the border area in the north of the country tonight, an IDF soldier was seriously injured, two IDF soldiers were moderately injured and another soldier was slightly injured by an explosion of unknown origin. The incident is being investigated. The fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, their families were informed.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - announced that it would continue targeting the Zionist enemy’s soldiers and military sites, in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and in support of their resistance. In its latest operations, the Lebanese Resistance announced in a statement that it had targeted the radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with missile weapons... confirming that it was a direct hit. The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon also targeted the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kafr Shuba, with weapons. They hit him directly.

They targeted a deployment of enemy soldiers in the “Hanita” embass with rocket weapons and artillery shells, confirming that they had directly targeted him. Likewise, the Islamic Resistance Mujahideen targeted a gathering of enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the “Mitat” barracks, killing and wounding its members. In a specific operation, the Resistance Mujahideen detonated a number of explosive devices in a force from the Zionist “Golani” Brigade, when it crossed the Lebanese border. And entering the Tel Ismail area adjacent to the border with occupied Palestine.

The resistance confirmed, in its statement, that it detonated the explosive devices when the Zionist force arrived at the site where they were planted, which led to its members being killed and wounded. The Islamic Resistance indicated that this operation came after careful monitoring and monitoring of the movements of the Zionist enemy forces in the region.

In turn, the Zionist enemy media spoke about the operation, saying: “Hezbollah, in an exceptional manner, claimed responsibility for the incident of placing the explosive devices, in which Golani soldiers were injured.” According to the Zionist newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, “four Zionist soldiers were injured in the operation, while they were conducting a foot patrol near the fence, at a distance ranging between tens and hundreds of meters, inside Lebanese territory.”

Operational Update - Syria / Iraq

Operational Update - Yemen

Maps

All maps are lies. “Not only is it easy to lie with maps, it is essential,” wrote cartographer Mark Monmoneir in his book How to Lie with Maps. He showed that condensing complex, three-dimensional spaces onto a two-dimensional sheet of paper [in old days] is bound to be reductive. But it is impossible to comprehend the war in Gaza without reference to maps, otherwise the entire conflict is reduced to an endless series of meaningless acts of random violence and the suffering of civilians. The first characteristic of guerrilla warfare is the loss of a front line. Evidently, different mappers have different ideas of how to depict the war in Gaza, notably those that seek to depict Israeli progress in the ground campaign. Part of the problem is latency. The news that forms the basis of the maps takes time to filter out to mappers, and the cartographers take time in crafting their maps, and it takes time to curate them. These processes are uneven among mappers, so their maps may differ in detail. Probably there is some ideological bias, or at least thematic apperception, which is understandable in wartime. It may come as no surprise that al-Jazeera maps depict rather less Israeli territorial progress than other sources. Finally, there remains the epistemological question of just exactly what are the colored in areas depicting. Naively, this might be understood as areas of Israeli control, that are no longer contested by the HAMAS. Or possibly these are areas of Israeli presence, in many of which the possibility of an RPG-wielding HAMAS militant popping out of a tunnel unexpectedly remains a live possibility. With the "zero-range" combat characterized by small unit tactics on both sides, maps may be prey to a fallacy of misplaced concreteness.

Bystanders

Axis of Resistance

Allied for Democracy

Israeli Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Galant, after the police began preparations to dismantle a settlement outpost in the West Bank. Ben Gvir considered that " Gallant's decision to evacuate and destroy the buildings on the Gal Yosef farm where 14-year-old Benjamin Asheimer was killed, even during the week of mourning, represents terrible dullness, moral confusion, security foolishness, and a violation of the dignity of the dead," he said. He added: “Instead of establishing and approving more farms and expanding settlement , we surrender to the enemy,” considering that “the time has come for the Prime Minister to consider replacing Minister Gallant.”

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Benjamin Netanyahu's government had eliminated "Israeli deterrence" in the wake of the unprecedented Iranian response to Tel Aviv's aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus recently, while former Prime Minister Ehud Barak called for holding elections as soon as possible so that During the war on Gaza.

Lapid stated in statements to reporters before a meeting of his “There is a Future” party bloc that “this government, and this prime minister, have become an existential threat to Israel.” He continued, saying, "We have destroyed the Israeli deterrence. Our enemies look at this government, smell its weakness, and raise their heads." Lapid also criticized Netanyahu's government as being responsible for the escalation of settler terrorist attacks, and said, "If we do not get rid of this government, it will bring destruction upon us."

The Israeli opposition leader wrote in a post on the X platform that “Jewish terrorist violence” against Palestinians in the West Bank has become “out of control.” Israeli media reports said that Netanyahu postponed a security briefing on tensions with Iran, which opposition leaders had called for on Monday due to his “crowded agenda.”

On the other hand, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called for early elections to be held as soon as possible, even during the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip for more than 6 months. In a statement to Israeli Army Radio today, Barak renewed his accusations that Netanyahu is moving to serve his own political interests. Barak said that Netanyahu refuses to take the right steps and join hands with US President Joe Biden “for personal considerations related to political survival.”

He continued, "The return of the kidnapped (Israeli prisoners) should be the government's first priority currently, and the negotiating team should be empowered to reach the best possible agreement." Barak also warned that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Israeli Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir want to set the entire Middle East on fire.

The Israeli opposition accuses Netanyahu of working to prolong the aggression in the hope of retaining his position. It also accuses him of failing to achieve the declared goals of the aggression, especially eliminating the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and recovering Israeli prisoners from Gaza.

Fawaz Girgis, professor of international relations at the London Institute of Economics, said that US President Joe Biden is unconsciously dragging Washington into another disastrous war in the Middle East. The American television channel NBC News quoted Girgis as saying: “Biden has failed to achieve his comprehensive goal, which is to prevent the conflict in the Gaza Strip from spreading to neighboring countries.” He added: "The Biden administration's strategy has failed shamefully. Biden is unconsciously dragging the United States into another disastrous war in the Middle East." Gerges pointed out that Biden has no influence on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisions regarding the Gaza Strip or Iran.

Operation Iron Swords - By the Numbers

• 1,900,000 IDPs in Gaza
• 76,465 Gazans injured, 28% adult male
• 70,000 tons of explosives dropped on Gaza
• 70,000 housing units completely destroyed
• 70,000 Israeli IDPs from Lebanon border
• 45,000 bombs dropped in Gaza
• 43,000 Gazans killed, including buried under rubble
• 33,000 Gaza targets attacked
• 33,797 Gazans martyred
• 20,528 Palestinians in Israeli prisons [Haaretz, 20 Mar 2024]
• 15,140 Israelis injured [i24 TV]
• 15,000 rockets launched from Gaza
• 14,520 Gazan children martyred
• 13,000 HAMAS combatants killed [N12]
• 13,000 HAMAS combatants killed [IDF]
• 11,000 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank in 2023
• 10,000 Gazans missing under the rubble
• 9,920 Gazan women martyred
• 9,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons
• 9,000 IDF needing psychological assistance
• 8,365 arrested by Israelis in the West Bank since Oct.7th
• 6,800 IDF officers and soldiers injured [Channel 12]
• 6,000 HAMAS combatants killed [HAMAS]
• 5,500 IDF wounded [reports]
• 4,750 West Bank Palestinians wounded
• 4,700 sites targetted in Lebanon
• 3,484 administrative detainees
• 3,700 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria
• 3,188 IDF wounded [IDF]
• 2,100 Gazan women are missing
• 1,609 terrorists killed on the first day
• 1,600 wanted persons arrested throughout Judea and Samaria affiliated with Hamas
• 1,160 Israelis killed on the first day
• 604 Israeli officers and soldiers killed since the start of the war
• 456 West Bank Palestinians martyred
• 363 people [including fighters] killed in Lebanon
• 260 Israeli officers and soldiers killed in Gaza
• 240 Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon
• 126 people recovered, including 91 Israelis, 11 bodies, and 24 foreign workers
• 116 living hostages in Palestinian custody
• 70 civilians killed in Lebanon
• 29 IDF deaths were caused by "friendly fire"
• 15 Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel

Not every number is reported every day, so sudden jumps generally reflect reporting artifacts rather than actual upticks. Many of these numbers fluctate, up and down, with no apparent explanation. This list records the highest number reliably reported for each matter, under the theory that reality with catch up with reports, as is relentlessly the case.