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Military says 190 rockets pummel North, three soldiers killed in Gaza Strip

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 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Migrant workers locked inside homes while trying to flee strikes in Lebanon - report  

Lebanese employers abandon migrant workers during Israel-Hezbollah strikes, locking them inside homes.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Israeli soldiers guard in Metula, on the border between Israel and Lebanon, northern Israel, on May 14, 2021, after Lebanese protesters crossed the Israeli border fence. (photo credit: BASEL AWIDAT/FLASH90)
Israeli soldiers guard in Metula, on the border between Israel and Lebanon, northern Israel, on May 14, 2021, after Lebanese protesters crossed the Israeli border fence.
(photo credit: BASEL AWIDAT/FLASH90)

Lebanese employers locked migrant workers inside houses as they escaped strikes from Israel against Hezbollah, denying them access to shelters, the BBC reported on Thursday. 

United Nations officials reported last Friday that nearly all of Lebanon's 900 government-run shelters are filled due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the report noted. 

"We are receiving increasing reports of migrant domestic workers being abandoned by their Lebanese employers, either left on the streets or in their homes as their employers flee," Mathieu Luciano, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) head of office in Lebanon, told a press briefing in Geneva and was cited by the BBC

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WATCH: IDF locates military equipment, loaded Hezbollah missile launcher aimed towards Israel

Soldiers dismantled terrorist infrastructure and destroyed weapons belonging to Hezbollah, as well as engaged in close-quarter combat with terrorists. 

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers under the 91st Division conducted limited ground operations in southern Lebanon, October 10, 2024 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit).

The 91st Division of the IDF conducted limited and localized ground raids in southern Lebanon, the military said on Thursday evening. 

In these operations, soldiers dismantled terrorist infrastructure and destroyed weapons belonging to Hezbollah, as well as engaged in close-quarter combat with terrorists. 

Additionally, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade discovered approximately 800 military vests and hundreds of weapons that included grenades, explosives, AK-47s, and more. 

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IDF says 190 projectiles fired from Hezbollah to Israeli territory on Thursday

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  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

Approximately 190 projectiles were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Israeli territory over the course of the day, the IDF stated on Thursday night. 

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IDF announces three fallen soldiers killed in Gaza Strip

The fallen soldiers were Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Ori Moshe Borenstein, Major (res.) Netanel Hershkovitz and Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Matityahu Marantz Tzvi.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Remembering those who were killed in October 7 terrorist attack (photo credit: Canva)
Remembering those who were killed in October 7 terrorist attack
(photo credit: Canva)

Three soldiers were killed in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Thursday. 

The fallen soldiers were Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Ori Moshe Borenstein, Major (res.) Netanel Hershkovitz and Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Tzvi Matityahu Marantz.

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IAF intercepts drone that crossed into Israel from Lebanon

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  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

The Israel Air Force intercepted a drone that crossed into Israel from Lebanon, the military said on Thursday, following the alerts which sounded in Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot starting at 4:23 p.m. local time. 

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US moved 1,000 citizens out of war-hit Lebanon via Turkey

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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More than 1,000 Americans and their dependents have fled war-hit Lebanon aboard US chartered flights in the last week, arriving in Turkey for a temporary stay, the top US diplomat in Istanbul said on Thursday.

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IDF destroys Hamas training site in Rafah, Gaza Strip

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  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

IDF troops of the Nahal Brigade destroyed a Hamas training site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday. 

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Home Front Command changes directives for Galilee, Golan Heights

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 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
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The Home Front Command changed the directives for central Galilee on Thursday, the military noted. 

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'Post' witness to Hezbollah infrastructure, joins IDF in Lebanon in first since 2006

The Post witnessed several recently created holes in the border fence all along the border to enable IDF troops to invade in a number of areas.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
JPost embeds with IDF soldiers in Lebanon for first time since 2006 (YONAH JEREMY BOB)

A kitchen with advanced Kornet anti-tank missiles, a side room with an anti-aircraft gun, and a storage room with mortars.

These were the sights that The Jerusalem Post saw up close during a trip on Thursday embedding with IDF Division 91 in a village in the eastern part of southern Lebanon, the first such trip for Israeli journalists since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

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IDF kills 12 terrorists in Jabalya, Gaza Strip, some involved in Oct. 7

Guided by precise intelligence information, an Israel Air Force aircraft struck the terrorists who were operating in a command center in Jabalya.

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 The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated 12 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, some of whom partook in the October 7 massacre. October 10, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated 12 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, some of whom partook in the October 7 massacre. October 10, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed 12 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday, noting that some of them had been involved in the October 7 massacre.

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Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says