What happened on day Day 557 of the war?
Gov't seeks to cancel order preventing it from firing Shin Bet head • IDF tells reserve doctors to remove signatures from petition to end Gaza war • Katz details Israel's Gaza aid policy
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to participate in call with Netanyahu over hostage deal negotiations
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and deputy director "M" are expected to participate in a conference call convened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding negotiations for a hostage deal.
Go to the full article >>IDF chief medical officer tells reserve doctors to remove signatures from petition
The IDF claimed that they are not trying to immediately expel the doctors but rather get them to remove their names from the petitions.
The IDF chief medical officer’s headquarters requested on Wednesday that reservist medical officers who signed a letter calling for the end of the ongoing war and the return of the hostages remove their signatures, emphasizing that “there is no place for politics in the army.”
The letter was signed by 208 reserve doctors and sent to Defense Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the night of Passover. Since then, about a hundred more signatures have been added.
Go to the full article >>Gov't seeks to cancel interim order preventing it from firing Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar
The order was issued a week ago following the end of the hearing on the petitions in the High Court, which prohibited firing Bar.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government submitted a statement to the High Court on Wednesday announcing that they are seeking to cancel the interim order prohibiting the government from dismissing Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Israeli media reported.
The order, which was issued a week ago at the end of the hearing on the petitions in the High Court, stated that the government can continue to interview other candidates for the position but is prohibited from firing Bar.
The government’s position was submitted as an appendix to the position presented by attorney Yehuda Puah, who represents Boaz Miran, the brother of kidnapped soldier Omri Miran, who is held in Gaza and a member of the Tikva Forum.
Go to the full article >>IDF destroys home of terrorist who killed Capt. Alon Sacgiu and injured 16 soldiers
The IDF destroyed the home of the terrorist Hamam Hashash on Wednesday, who took part in the murder of Captain Alon Sacgiu and wounded 16 soldiers while operating in Jenin in the West Bank, the military said.
IDF soldiers from the Kfir Brigade, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and the Border Police operated in the northern West Bank and, as part of operations, destroyed Hashash's home.
Go to the full article >>Three Israeli civilians cross into Gaza Strip, returned to Israeli territory by IDF
IDF soldiers who operated in the area were dispatched to the scene and returned the civilians to Israeli territory.
Three Israeli civilians crossed the border from Israeli territory into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the military said.
IDF soldiers who operated in the area were dispatched to the scene and returned the civilians to Israeli territory.
Go to the full article >>PIJ publishes video of unidentified hostage
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group on Wednesday published a video of an unidentified hostage.
The hostage's family has not granted permission to publish the video's contents.
This is a developing story.
Go to the full article >>IDF: There is no timeline to finishing Gaza war, Hamas police have lost control - analysis
The IDF said on Wednesday it has attacked 1,200 targets and killed 350 Hamas fighters since renewed hostilities on March 18-19.
The IDF said on Wednesday that there is no timeline for concluding the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza.
Pressed over and over again, IDF sources said that their focuses were to pressure Hamas into a hostage deal and to try to defeat it completely, but provided no concrete method or timeframe for achieving this or why the current renewed invasion would eliminate the terror group after nearly 18 months of fighting have not.
All questions about whether Israel needs a permanent security perimeter, who will run Gaza instead of Hamas, and how diplomacy will ensure that military achievements are held onto long-term were deferred to the political echelon, when it is well-known that currently the government has no operative plan.
Go to the full article >>IDF, Shin Bet kill third terrorist behind January's al-Funduq terror attack
In a joint operation in the northern West Bank, security forces located Zakharana, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad member from Kabatiya.
The IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Israel Police announced the killing of Muhammad Zakharana, the third terrorist involved in the January 6 attack in the Palestinian village of al-Funduq that killed three Israeli civilians, the police confirmed on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>Palestinian stone-throwing terrorists wound two US citizens
Palestinian terrorists threw stones and a paint bottle at a bus filled with tourists near Burka, injuring two US citizens on Wednesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon
An Israel Air Force aircraft struck and killed a terrorist belonging to Hezbollah's Radwan Forces during a strike in Qantara in southern Lebanon, the military said 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 Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
59 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 a.m.
Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.