July 9, 2026: A day in the life of the Jewish News of Northern California during the war in the Middle East

July 9, 2026

Here’s some of what happened on July 9th. From Drop Site Daily:

“Over the last 24 hours, eight Palestinians were killed, one due to wounds sustained in earlier attacks, and 17 were injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 73,118 killed, with 173,615 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,092 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 3,507, while 799 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble. Israeli attacks on Gaza continue on Thursday”

When reading the above statistics it should be remembered that Israel estimated the size of the entire fighting force of Hamas, at its height, to be 30,000 fighters. “According to the IDF, before the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack, Hamas had some 30,000 fighters in the Gaza Strip, split into five regional brigades, 24 battalions, and some 140 companies.(The Times of Israel, 21 October 2025)

Continuing with Drop Site Daily:

“An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians and wounded several others west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Thursday, WAFA reported. Another Palestinian was also killed in a drone strike on a vehicle west of Gaza City. Israeli attacks kill at least eight Palestinians on Wednesday: Israeli attacks across Gaza on Wednesday killed at least eight Palestinians, including multiple children, including an employee of the World Central Kitchen.

Israeli forces killed a driver working for a World Central Kitchen partner logistics company, the charity announced on Wednesday, while he was transporting aid from the Kerem Shalom crossing to a WCK warehouse in Gaza. An Israeli airstrike on Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood killed two, while a strike on a vehicle west of Gaza City on Wednesday evening killed one Palestinian and wounded several others, WAFA reported.

Israeli court rejects imprisoned physician’s plea: The Israeli government responded on Wednesday to a High Court petition over the detention of Gaza physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, saying he has been examined several times since being transferred to the underground Rakefet detention facility, following reports of severe abuse by Israeli forces.

The government also asked the court to dismiss, without a hearing, PHRI’s petition seeking the release of 14 Gaza doctors, including Dr. Abu Safiya, held without charge. Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) argued that the state failed to explain why the examinations were necessary, what they found, or to respond to allegations from his lawyer that he suffered severe injuries and repeated loss of consciousness. The group said the decision raises additional questions about Dr. Safiya’s well-being.

Israeli forces demolish homes in Hadatha, bomb Houla in south Lebanon: Israeli forces carried out a demolition operation targeting several houses in the town of Hadatha in the Bint Jbeil district, the National News Agency (NNA) reported Thursday, despite a U.S.-backed “ceasefire” signed with Lebanon. Israeli forces also bombed the town of Houla in the Marjayoun district, according to NNA. The Israeli army also carried out a series of demolitions overnight and at dawn in the towns of Khiam and Taybeh in Marjayoun.

Israel’s “Crimson Thread” barrier cuts off Palestinian farms in Jordan Valley: Israeli forces are constructing a 22-kilometer separation wall and military road through the Al-Forat farm near Tubas in the northern West Bank, part of a planned 500-kilometer “Crimson Thread” barrier that would seal off the Jordan Valley from the rest of Palestine, Drop Site reports.

Farmer Muad Abdelreziq told Drop Site that Israel had cut water access to 400 dunams of farmland for five days and destroyed irrigation pipelines, and a January petition by Tubas residents estimating $200 million in annual economic damage led to a court injunction that Israel’s military successfully rescinded days after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran on March 3.”

On July 9th The Jewish News of Northern California, informally known as “J”, had these headlines:

“Latke vodka pizza and shofar blast but no challah launcher: Jewish Heritage Night with the Giants — The San Francisco Giants’ Jewish Heritage Night was a swing and a hit: Tuesday night, as hundreds of Jewish community members came to Oracle Park to cheer on the home team, grab a slice of latke vodka pizza and hear a shofar.”

“Rachel Bloom talks abortion, Jewish identity and being honored by the S.F. Jewish Film Festival”

“Emmy-winning actor, writer and chanteuse Rachel Bloom will receive the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 Freedom of Expression Award. How crazy is that?”

“How Bavarian Jewish immigrants helped shape San Francisco — On Sept. 17, 1849, 16 Jewish businessmen gathered in a makeshift storeroom on Jackson Street in San Francisco to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Most were emigrants from Bavaria, now the largest land, or state, in Germany, covering much of the country’s southeast.”

I regret to report that there was no mention of the Holocaust happening in Palestine. To give a little more context, here are more headlines:

“Israel Daily News — July 9, 2026 | War Explodes In The Middle East — On today’s episode of ILTV Israel Daily: War explodes again as the U.S. escalates strikes on Iran, while Tehran retaliates against American targets across the region and Israel goes on high alert. Plus, Washington moves to remove sanctions on Syria despite Israeli concerns, and Defense Minister Israel Katz rejects claims that the IDF is preparing to leave southern Lebanon.”

Democracy Now — July 9, 2026

• Israel Kills School Principal, Her Mother and Two Other Civilians in Lebanon Strike
• Israeli Soldier Shares Evidence of Torture on Social Media — Human rights groups say a photo apparently taken by an Israeli soldier and shared on social media corroborates widespread reports of torture. The image shows a man stripped to his underwear, blindfolded and bound facedown to a pole, with his arms tied painfully behind his back. The soldier captioned the photo “Good Morning” in Hebrew, and later deleted the post.

There is good reason for J to be reporting on all this because “The United States has provided Israel with more foreign aid than any other country, totaling over $300 billion since 1948. The U.S. currently sends about $3.8 billion annually in baseline military and defense assistance, with tens of billions in additional emergency aid added during recent conflicts.” (Council on Foreign Relation, October 11, 2025)

That’s $300 billion in US taxpayers dollars. All American news outlets should be interested in how this money is being spent. There’s no mention of the above cited July 9 events in the San Francisco Chronicle or the SF Examiner either, but those publishers are not avowed Zionists. J has a special obligation to report on the Israeli perpetrated Holocaust now taking place in the Middle East and no amount of talking about Jewish food can take the place of that obligation.