IDF says it downed over 100 Yemeni drones, kills Hamas commanders
Defense Minister Katz warns of potential war in West Bank • Police arrest resident of North planning suicide attack in Israel
Defense Minister warns of potential war in West Bank, recommends IDF response measures
In the meeting with local authorities, Katz discussed that Hamas originally planned to include West Bank communities in their October 7 attacks.
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the West Bank may be on the brink of war in a meeting with local authorities on Tuesday, N12 reported.
According to N12, in the meeting attended by Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth and Major General Ghassan Alian, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Katz discussed that Hamas originally planned to include West Bank communities in their October 7 attacks.
Following the terror attack that took place in the West Bank on Monday, Katz wrote in a post on X/Twitter that Israel would “not tolerate a Gaza-like reality in the West Bank.”
Go to the full article >>Police arrest resident of North planning suicide attack in Israel
Mahmud Hassin Muhammed Bushkar, 37, intended to create an explosive belt in order to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, the police said.
A resident of Kabul in northern Israel was arrested on suspicion that he had planned to carry out a suicide attack in Israel, the police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday.
During the police investigation of Mahmud Hassin Muhammed Bushkar, 37, it was revealed that he had watched content explaining how to create explosive devices and had bought various materials to experiment with the creation of acetone peroxide, among other things.
He also intended to create an explosive belt in order to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, the police said.
Go to the full article >>Ramping up criticism of Israel, Pope calls situation in Gaza 'shameful'
In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter cold in Gaza.
Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation "very serious and shameful."
In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter cold in Gaza.
"We cannot in any way accept the bombing of civilians," the text said.
Go to the full article >>Islamic Republic suffered severe defeat in Syria, Iranian general says - report
“We were defeated and defeated very badly, we took a very big blow, and it’s been very difficult,” Esbati noted.
The Islamic Republic suffered a significant defeat in Syria in the aftermath of former Syrian president Basha al-Assad's toppling, Iranian Brig.-Gen. Behrouz Esbati said in a speech last week in Tehran, according to The New York Times, citing local Iranian media.
“We were defeated and defeated very badly, we took a very big blow, and it’s been very difficult,” Esbati noted, according to the report, adding, “I don’t consider losing Syria something to be proud of.”
Go to the full article >>IDF continues targeting Syrian military capabilities in fresh attacks
Since December, the IDF has been less public about any moves on the attack, mostly keeping a quiet defensive watch over the new buffer zone with Syria.
The IDF on Thursday made a surprising announcement that it is continuing some attack missions against Syrian military capabilities and not merely holding onto buffer zones, which it seized in early December when the Assad regime suddenly fell.
In early December, the IDF announced it had massively attacked Syria's chemical weapons, air force, long-range missiles, navy, and other dangerous items to avoid them falling into the hands of the incoming Syrian regime led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Julani.
However, since then, it has been less public about any moves on the attack, mostly keeping a quiet defensive watch over the new buffer zone with Syria.
Go to the full article >>Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border area
Rocket sirens sounded in Magen and Ein Habesor in the Gaza border area, starting at 10:12 a.m., local time.
The sirens were later determined to be a false alarm, the military said.
Israel planned to strike Beirut airport if Iranian funds had reached Hezbollah, report claims
The Islamic Republic was reportedly planning on transferring sums to Hezbollah via an Air Mahan flight from Tehran to the Lebanese capital.
Israel planned to bomb the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in the event that the funds transported on an Iranian Air Mahan flight had been transferred to the Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, the state-owned Saudi news outlet Al Arabiya claimed on Tuesday, citing a security source.
Go to the full article >>Body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne found in Gaza
The IDF confirmed Ziyadne was discovered in an underground tunnel in Rafah adding that it discovered "findings relating to Youssef's son."
Israeli security forces have discovered the body of hostage Youssef al-Ziyadne, 53, in the Gaza Strip, his family was told on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF announces fallen soldiers Matityahu Perel and Kenew Kasa, killed in the northern Gaza Strip
The IDF has said that it recognizes the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), marking the fifth soldier killed by IEDs this week.
Staff Sergeants Matityahu Ya’akov Perel and Kenew Kasa were killed fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF: From now on, nearly all soldiers will be blurred in media interviews
From now on, almost all soldiers will be blurred in interviews with the media, the IDF announced on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>Israel at 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
- 99 hostages remain in Gaza
- 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
- The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30
- The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.