Israel at War day 606: What happened in Israel and Gaza?
Israeli hostage deal negotiators will not travel to Qatar for talks • US-Iran deal will not allow uranium enrichment • IDF intercepts Houthi missile
IDF arrests 20 terror suspects, including 'key' arms dealers in West Bank operations
Israeli security forces conducted counterterrorism operations across the West Bank, where they arrested 20 wanted individuals and confiscated weapons, the military said on Tuesday.
Soldiers operated in the Ramallah area, where they arrested four terrorists who were "key" arms dealers. The terrorists were transferred for further processing and investigation.
Go to the full article >>Israel will not send delegation to Qatar after Hamas's request to change Witkoff proposal
An Israeli official said, however, that "negotiations have not stopped, efforts of the mediators still continue."
Israel will not send a delegation to Qatar after Hamas requested changes to the US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff's outline for a hostage deal, Israeli media reported Tuesday.
Go to the full article >>IDF fires at suspects who advanced towards them at aid distribution site
The military said it is aware of reports regarding casualties, and the details of the incident are being looked into.
The IDF shot at several suspects who advanced towards troops about half a kilometer from the aid distribution site of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation after initially firing warning shots on Tuesday, the military said.
Go to the full article >>IDF announces deaths of three soldiers in northern Gaza
The three, St.-Sgt. Lior Steinberg, St.-Sgt. Ofek Barhana, and St.-Sgt. Omer Van Gelder, were killed in battle in Gaza.
The IDF announced that three soldiers, St.-Sgt. Lior Steinberg, St.-Sgt. Ofek Barhana, and St.-Sgt. Omer Van Gelder, were killed in battle in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
Go to the full article >>'A painful morning': Israeli politicians mourn the three soldiers killed in Jabalya
The three soldiers were killed in Jabalya when the Hummer vehicle they were riding on was damaged after it hit an explosive device.
Politicians across the political spectrum mourned the three soldiers, St.-Sgt. Lior Steinberg, St.-Sgt. Ofek Barhana, and St.-Sgt. Omer Van Gelder, killed in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
Go to the full article >>Biden official Matthew Miller: Israel ‘without a doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza
Miller shared that Western pressure on Israel, pushes for a Palestinian state, and pro-Palestinian protests likely led Hamas to hold out on a deal.
Matthew Miller, a senior official in the Biden administration, claimed that Israel “without a doubt” had committed war crimes in Gaza in a Sky News interview, published on Monday.
During the interview, Miller admitted, "I don't think it's a genocide, but I think it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes."
Go to the full article >>IDF intercepts Houthi missile launched from Yemen, sirens sound in central Israel
Israel's emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said that there were no reports of casualties or injuries.
The IDF identified and intercepted a missile launched from the Houthis in Yemen towards Israeli territory, the military said on Monday evening.
Israeli air force defense systems operated to intercept the threat, the IDF stated, noting that sirens sounded in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the West Bank area, according to protocol.
Go to the full article >>Trump clarifies US nuclear agreement with Iran would not allow any uranium enrichment
Trump said on Truth Social that under the US agreement, they would not allow Iran any enrichment of uranium.
The US nuclear deal proposal that was allegedly given to Iran will not allow any enrichment of uranium, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social, after reports previously came out that stated the US would allow limited and low-level uranium enrichment.
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Some Egyptian news outlets paint connection between Colorado attacker and Muslim Brotherhood
US President Donald Trump echoed the theme on Truth Social, writing that the attack showed why “the Muslim Brotherhood must stay banned and its sympathisers removed.”
Egyptian news outlets have seized on Sunday’s arson attack in Boulder, Colorado, to revive allegations against the Muslim Brotherhood, branding the Egyptian-born suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, as a supporter of the outlawed movement even though US investigators have provided no such finding.
Soliman, 45, is accused of hurling Molotov cocktails and blasting a makeshift flamethrower at elderly participants in a weekly walk on Pearl Street that calls for the release of 58 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Go to the full article >>Rubio and Saudi foreign minister discuss Ukraine and Gaza, State Department says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud spoke on Monday about Ukraine and Russia talks, stabilization in Syria and the situation in Gaza, the State Department said.
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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.
- 58 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.