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The IDF says it targeted a Hezbollah operative in a drone strike in the southern Lebanon town of Hanine this morning.
A Hezbollah operative involved in restoring the terror group's military infrastructure in southern Lebanon was killed in an Israeli drone strike this morning, the military says.
The operative was targeted in the town of Hanin.
The IDF says the operative's activities were a violation of the November 2024 ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon.
The operative was targeted in the town of Hanin.
The IDF says the operative's activities were a violation of the November 2024 ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon.
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Several Israeli settler activists breached the border into Syria overnight, before being located and returned to Israel by IDF troops, the military says.
The IDF says the suspects were caught a few minutes after crossing the border, and were handed over to the police for further questioning.
"The IDF strongly condemns the incident and emphasizes that this is a grave incident that constitutes a criminal offense that endangers civilians and IDF troops," the military adds.
Members of the same group of activists, calling themselves the “Bashan Pioneers” -- after the biblical name for the Golan Heights and southern Syria region -- have crossed into Syria several times in the past year in attempts to establish settlements.
The IDF says the suspects were caught a few minutes after crossing the border, and were handed over to the police for further questioning.
"The IDF strongly condemns the incident and emphasizes that this is a grave incident that constitutes a criminal offense that endangers civilians and IDF troops," the military adds.
Members of the same group of activists, calling themselves the “Bashan Pioneers” -- after the biblical name for the Golan Heights and southern Syria region -- have crossed into Syria several times in the past year in attempts to establish settlements.
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The IDF says it has killed another six Palestinian terror operatives who were holed up in a tunnel in southern Gaza's Rafah, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line, in the past week.
According to the military, troops of the 7th Armored Brigade carried out several "significant actions" in the tunnels in the eastern Rafah area in the past week, "in order to eliminate additional terrorists residing there."
A week ago, the IDF said troops exchanged fire with several gunmen who emerged from a tunnel in the area.
In a new update, the military says that yesterday, during scans of the area, it was confirmed that three gunmen were killed in that exchange of fire, and the bodies of six more operatives were located after they were "eliminated as part of the operations carried out along the tunnel route."
Dozens of Hamas operatives were believed to be trapped underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing some 40 of them in recent months.
The IDF says it is continuing to operate in the area "to eliminate the terrorists in the tunnel routes."
According to the military, troops of the 7th Armored Brigade carried out several "significant actions" in the tunnels in the eastern Rafah area in the past week, "in order to eliminate additional terrorists residing there."
A week ago, the IDF said troops exchanged fire with several gunmen who emerged from a tunnel in the area.
In a new update, the military says that yesterday, during scans of the area, it was confirmed that three gunmen were killed in that exchange of fire, and the bodies of six more operatives were located after they were "eliminated as part of the operations carried out along the tunnel route."
Dozens of Hamas operatives were believed to be trapped underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing some 40 of them in recent months.
The IDF says it is continuing to operate in the area "to eliminate the terrorists in the tunnel routes."
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Speaking to reservist brigade commanders yesterday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Israel is still in a "multi-front campaign, and 2026 will continue to be a year in which we operate at a high operational-offensive tempo, to further weaken the threats and defeat our enemies along the lines of contact."
"I know how much responsibility rests on your shoulders. The war showed all of us just how much the reserve brigades, and within them the reserve battalion and brigade commanders, are a significant part of the operational core of the IDF. It is our responsibility to take care of the servicemembers, address burnout, strengthen the professional foundations, and return to training alongside the continued intensified operational activity," Zamir said, according to remarks provided by the military.
"We are attentive to your needs and to the voices coming from the field, and are working to provide you with the flexibility required for this," he continues.
Zamir also told the officers that he "instructed the closure of all ad hoc forces that were established during the war."
"I salute and appreciate everyone who stepped up and assisted at its outset and throughout, but we must operate in a systematic and professional manner. Units and forces for which there is an operational need will be formally regulated and properly integrated," he added.
"I know how much responsibility rests on your shoulders. The war showed all of us just how much the reserve brigades, and within them the reserve battalion and brigade commanders, are a significant part of the operational core of the IDF. It is our responsibility to take care of the servicemembers, address burnout, strengthen the professional foundations, and return to training alongside the continued intensified operational activity," Zamir said, according to remarks provided by the military.
"We are attentive to your needs and to the voices coming from the field, and are working to provide you with the flexibility required for this," he continues.
Zamir also told the officers that he "instructed the closure of all ad hoc forces that were established during the war."
"I salute and appreciate everyone who stepped up and assisted at its outset and throughout, but we must operate in a systematic and professional manner. Units and forces for which there is an operational need will be formally regulated and properly integrated," he added.
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Israel plans to afford Hamas a 60-day period to disarm, and if it does not, the Israeli military will go back to war in the Gaza Strip, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-netanyahu-aide-hamas-will-have-60-days-to-disarm-or-idf-will-complete-mission/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-netanyahu-aide-hamas-will-have-60-days-to-disarm-or-idf-will-complete-mission/
The Times of Israel
Top Netanyahu aide: Hamas will have 60 days to disarm or IDF will ‘complete’ mission
Cabinet secretary does not specify start date for 2-month period, echoes PM in saying Hamas must give up AK-47 rifles; IDF: Troops kill 6 more terrorists from Rafah tunnels
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Hamas used a sequence of emojis sent to its operatives’ phones as a coded signal to prepare to launch the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught.
It is believed that the sequence of emojis was used to instruct members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force to equip their phones with Israeli SIM cards to be used in Israeli territory, to gather at various staging grounds — including in homes, mosques, and tunnels — and to prepare their weapons for the attack.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-used-emojis-to-signal-operatives-to-prepare-for-oct-7-assault/ via @timesofisrael
It is believed that the sequence of emojis was used to instruct members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force to equip their phones with Israeli SIM cards to be used in Israeli territory, to gather at various staging grounds — including in homes, mosques, and tunnels — and to prepare their weapons for the attack.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-used-emojis-to-signal-operatives-to-prepare-for-oct-7-assault/ via @timesofisrael
The Times of Israel
Hamas used emojis to signal operatives to prepare for Oct. 7 assault
IDF investigation finds same string of pictograms was sent to phones of terrorists on two prior instances when Hamas had intended to launch onslaught
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The IDF says it struck a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Tallouseh a short while ago.
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The IDF says it struck a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Tallouseh a short while ago.
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A Hezbollah operative involved in restoring the terror group's infrastructure was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanon town of Tallouseh this evening, the military says.
The IDF says the operative served "as a local representative of the Hezbollah terror organization in the village," and was actively "engaged in attempts to restore military infrastructure."
As part of his role, he was responsible for liaising between the terror group and the residents of Tallouseh "on economic and military matters," according to the military.
The IDF says the operative also "acted to seize private property for terror purposes."
His actions were a violation of the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the military adds.
The IDF says the operative served "as a local representative of the Hezbollah terror organization in the village," and was actively "engaged in attempts to restore military infrastructure."
As part of his role, he was responsible for liaising between the terror group and the residents of Tallouseh "on economic and military matters," according to the military.
The IDF says the operative also "acted to seize private property for terror purposes."
His actions were a violation of the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the military adds.
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The Defense Ministry says it foiled an "unusual" attempt to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of tobacco into the Gaza Strip earlier today.
The tobacco was hidden inside cans of vine leaves that were being imported into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the ministry says.
Members of the ministry's Crossing Points Authority and the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza located the contraband during a routine inspection of the goods at the crossing.
According to the ministry, the truck was carrying a shipment of food purchased by an Israeli company that had been approved under a mechanism for the entry of aid by the private sector.
"Following the smuggling attempt, the truck and all of its contents were confiscated and transferred for further handling by customs and other authorities," the ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories says.
COGAT chief Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy also ordered "the immediate suspension of the company's approval to bring aid into the Gaza Strip until further notice."
"The decision was made in light of the severity of the case and in order to preserve the integrity of the aid entry mechanism, while preventing its exploitation for prohibited purposes," COGAT adds.
Israel has banned the entry of cigarettes and other tobacco products into Gaza during the war, with officials saying that such products, when smuggled illegally, are sold for high prices on the black market and heavily taxed by Hamas.
The tobacco was hidden inside cans of vine leaves that were being imported into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the ministry says.
Members of the ministry's Crossing Points Authority and the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza located the contraband during a routine inspection of the goods at the crossing.
According to the ministry, the truck was carrying a shipment of food purchased by an Israeli company that had been approved under a mechanism for the entry of aid by the private sector.
"Following the smuggling attempt, the truck and all of its contents were confiscated and transferred for further handling by customs and other authorities," the ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories says.
COGAT chief Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy also ordered "the immediate suspension of the company's approval to bring aid into the Gaza Strip until further notice."
"The decision was made in light of the severity of the case and in order to preserve the integrity of the aid entry mechanism, while preventing its exploitation for prohibited purposes," COGAT adds.
Israel has banned the entry of cigarettes and other tobacco products into Gaza during the war, with officials saying that such products, when smuggled illegally, are sold for high prices on the black market and heavily taxed by Hamas.
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IDF troops located a cache of weapons belonging to Hamas operatives amid mop-up operations in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line, the military says.
The IDF says the find was made yesterday by troops of the 7th Armored Brigade during efforts to demolish Hamas tunnels in the area.
The troops located a "large number" of assault rifles, an RPG, and an explosive device, the military says, adding that the weapons were intended to be used by Hamas to attack Israeli forces in the area.
The IDF says the find was made yesterday by troops of the 7th Armored Brigade during efforts to demolish Hamas tunnels in the area.
The troops located a "large number" of assault rifles, an RPG, and an explosive device, the military says, adding that the weapons were intended to be used by Hamas to attack Israeli forces in the area.
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The military says a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip's north earlier today was killed in an airstrike.
According to the IDF, the terror operative crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the Gaza Division's Northern Brigade "in a manner that posed an immediate threat."
The Israeli Air Force then struck and "eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat," the army says.
According to the IDF, the terror operative crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the Gaza Division's Northern Brigade "in a manner that posed an immediate threat."
The Israeli Air Force then struck and "eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat," the army says.
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A Palestinian child was killed and two others were injured by a blast caused by previously unexploded IDF ordnance near a military shooting range in the Jordan Valley a short while ago, according to preliminary reports received by the army.
The IDF says troops were dispatched to the scene and provided medical attention to the Palestinians who were injured.
The military says that the children were playing with the ammunition. "The IDF emphasizes that this area is a firing zone and entry into it is strictly prohibited and highly dangerous," the army adds.
The IDF says troops were dispatched to the scene and provided medical attention to the Palestinians who were injured.
The military says that the children were playing with the ammunition. "The IDF emphasizes that this area is a firing zone and entry into it is strictly prohibited and highly dangerous," the army adds.
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The IDF says it carried out an airstrike targeting members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in the Lebanese town of Majdal Anjar.
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Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives who were en route to crossing the border from Lebanon into Syria on Sunday night were killed in an Israeli airstrike, the military says.
The strike took place near the village of Majdal Anjar, which is located in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, on a road leading from Damascus to Beirut, some 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) north of Israel’s border.
According to Lebanon's health ministry, the strike killed four.
The IDF says it targeted the Islamic Jihad operatives while they were attempting to cross the border from Lebanon into Syria, "after in recent months they had been working to advance terror activities against the State of Israel from Lebanese territory."
"The terrorists’ actions posed an immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and to IDF troops operating in the Syrian arena," the army adds.
The strike took place near the village of Majdal Anjar, which is located in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, on a road leading from Damascus to Beirut, some 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) north of Israel’s border.
According to Lebanon's health ministry, the strike killed four.
The IDF says it targeted the Islamic Jihad operatives while they were attempting to cross the border from Lebanon into Syria, "after in recent months they had been working to advance terror activities against the State of Israel from Lebanese territory."
"The terrorists’ actions posed an immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and to IDF troops operating in the Syrian arena," the army adds.
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Islamic State-affiliated jihadists who were suspected of planning a terror attack were captured by Israeli troops and police officers during two separate operations in the West Bank city of Jericho.
Troops of the Lions of the Valley Battalion last week captured three members of the cell in Jericho, and in a separate raid yesterday carried out by Border Police officers, another member was nabbed, the IDF and Israel Police say.
"The terrorists were advancing terror activity and were suspected of intending to carry out an attack," the joint statement says.
All four were handed over to the Shin Bet for questioning.
Troops of the Lions of the Valley Battalion last week captured three members of the cell in Jericho, and in a separate raid yesterday carried out by Border Police officers, another member was nabbed, the IDF and Israel Police say.
"The terrorists were advancing terror activity and were suspected of intending to carry out an attack," the joint statement says.
All four were handed over to the Shin Bet for questioning.
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An IDF soldier was killed in an incident of "friendly fire" in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, the military announces.
The soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe, 21, of the Paratroopers Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit, from HaYogev.
The military says the circumstances under which the soldier was hit by gunfire carried out by other forces is under further investigation.
The soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe, 21, of the Paratroopers Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit, from HaYogev.
The military says the circumstances under which the soldier was hit by gunfire carried out by other forces is under further investigation.
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Israel will grant permits to 10,000 West Bank Palestinians to enter Jerusalem for Friday prayers at the Al‑Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, the Defense Ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories announces.
Mirroring last year's criteria, only males aged 55 and older, women at least 50 years old, and children aged 12 and below when accompanied by a first-degree relative, will be permitted to attend prayers at Al‑Aqsa — Islam's third-holiest site, located on the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem.
COGAT says that following a security assessment, Israel's political echelon "accepted the recommendation of the defense establishment regarding the framework for the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the Temple Mount / Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the month of Ramadan."
"This is intended to allow and facilitate freedom of worship and religion for the public, subject to maintaining security stability," the Defense Ministry body says.
COGAT says that "all permits are conditional upon prior security approval by the relevant security authorities," and in addition, "residents traveling to prayers at the Temple Mount will be required to undergo digital documentation at the crossings upon their return to the areas of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) at the conclusion of the prayer day."
Mirroring last year's criteria, only males aged 55 and older, women at least 50 years old, and children aged 12 and below when accompanied by a first-degree relative, will be permitted to attend prayers at Al‑Aqsa — Islam's third-holiest site, located on the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem.
COGAT says that following a security assessment, Israel's political echelon "accepted the recommendation of the defense establishment regarding the framework for the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the Temple Mount / Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the month of Ramadan."
"This is intended to allow and facilitate freedom of worship and religion for the public, subject to maintaining security stability," the Defense Ministry body says.
COGAT says that "all permits are conditional upon prior security approval by the relevant security authorities," and in addition, "residents traveling to prayers at the Temple Mount will be required to undergo digital documentation at the crossings upon their return to the areas of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) at the conclusion of the prayer day."
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IDF troops demolished the home of a Hamas terrorist behind two deadly attacks in the West Bank in 2024, the military says.
Raafat Dawasi, who was killed in a drone strike on August 17, 2024, was a top member of a Hamas terror network in the Jenin area.
The IDF says Dawasi was involved in a roadside bomb attack in Jenin on June 27, 2024, during which Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, was killed and 16 other troops were wounded, as well as a shooting on August 11, 2024 in the Jordan Valley, which killed Yonatan Deutsch, 23, and wounded another man.
The army says troops operated in the town of Silat al-Harithiya last night and demolished Dawasi's home.
Raafat Dawasi, who was killed in a drone strike on August 17, 2024, was a top member of a Hamas terror network in the Jenin area.
The IDF says Dawasi was involved in a roadside bomb attack in Jenin on June 27, 2024, during which Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, was killed and 16 other troops were wounded, as well as a shooting on August 11, 2024 in the Jordan Valley, which killed Yonatan Deutsch, 23, and wounded another man.
The army says troops operated in the town of Silat al-Harithiya last night and demolished Dawasi's home.
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A female naval officer will command one of the Israeli Navy's missile boats for the first time in history, the military says.
Lieutenant Commander "Resh" -- identified only by her rank and first initial in Hebrew -- will assume command over one of the Missile Ship Fleet's Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats in a handover ceremony tomorrow.
The military says the move "constitutes a significant milestone in the operational and command activity" of the Navy, and "reflects the commitment to excellence, professionalism, and equal opportunity" in the IDF.
The missile boat that Resh will command participated in several "complex" operations during the war, the IDF says, including a large-scale operation to destroy the former Syrian regime's naval fleet in December 2024, the elimination of top Hamas official Ismail Barhoum in March 2025, the killing of a top commander in Hezbollah's aerial forces in November 2024, as well as the interception of aerial threats.
Resh joined the military in 2016 as a naval cadet and has served in several roles in the Navy over the years, including deputy commander of a missile boat and commander of a Dvora-class patrol boat in the 916th Patrol Squadron.
Lieutenant Commander "Resh" -- identified only by her rank and first initial in Hebrew -- will assume command over one of the Missile Ship Fleet's Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats in a handover ceremony tomorrow.
The military says the move "constitutes a significant milestone in the operational and command activity" of the Navy, and "reflects the commitment to excellence, professionalism, and equal opportunity" in the IDF.
The missile boat that Resh will command participated in several "complex" operations during the war, the IDF says, including a large-scale operation to destroy the former Syrian regime's naval fleet in December 2024, the elimination of top Hamas official Ismail Barhoum in March 2025, the killing of a top commander in Hezbollah's aerial forces in November 2024, as well as the interception of aerial threats.
Resh joined the military in 2016 as a naval cadet and has served in several roles in the Navy over the years, including deputy commander of a missile boat and commander of a Dvora-class patrol boat in the 916th Patrol Squadron.
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