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One hostage’s body remains in Gaza, Ran Gvili, after the body of Thai worker Suthdisak Rinthalak was returned to Israel last night.  Rinthalak, who was abducted and killed on October 7, was formally identified by forensic teams, leaving Gvili as the final murdered hostage whose remains have yet to be recovered. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in the southern Gaza Strip. During an operation in eastern Rafah, a Golani Patrol unit came under attack when armed militants emerged from an underground tunnel. One IDF soldier was seriously wounded, and four others sustained moderate injuries. In the north of Gaza, IDF reservists…

On Sunday, November 30, the IDF reported a focused series of strikes on terror infrastructure in the Rafah area, describing destroyed tunnels, bunkers, and weapons depots tied to remaining Hamas cells. Military briefings said intelligence cues drove the sorties and ground raids, part of a strategy to prevent militants from regrouping under the cover of the fragile ceasefire. Officials emphasized that targeted actions would continue against operatives attempting to reconstitute command-and-control nodes near the Yellow Line buffer while talks proceed over demilitarization and governance. The army said preliminary assessments indicated that several Hamas battalion-level figures were taken out in the…

On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Hamas gunmen fired on Israeli forces near Khan Younis, prompting a wave of retaliatory strikes that focused on Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood and other militant strongholds. Israeli officials said the response was designed to neutralize the immediate threat and reinforce red lines meant to protect troops deployed along the buffer. The military assessed that fire came from positions reactivated after weeks of relative quiet, underlining how quickly armed cells can exploit lulls to reposition. In subsequent updates, the IDF said it eliminated the Zeitoun battalion commander and a senior naval operative associated with past infiltration…

Israeli forces carried out a targeted strike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Sunday, November 23, 2025, eliminating Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff. The military described him as a veteran and central operative who previously led the Radwan Force and oversaw the group’s operations in Syria, later heading Hezbollah’s operations division during the current war. Lebanese authorities reported that the strike damaged multiple floors of a residential building, with a preliminary tally of one person killed and 21 wounded. Officials in Jerusalem framed the operation as part of a broader effort to degrade Hezbollah’s…

Following an air strike, troops from the IDF’s Nahal Brigade conducted a search of a building in eastern Rafah, where they identified one terrorist who had been killed in the strike, along with three additional armed terrorists who the forces subsequently engaged and killed, the IDF announced on Wednesday. “Inside the structure, a terrorist who was eliminated in the strike was identified, along with three additional armed terrorists, who were subsequently eliminated by the troops in a close-quarters encounter,” the IDF said.Two other terrorists were arrested while inside the building. Continue reading this article on jpost.com

Israel’s Northern Command has intensified targeted strikes on Hezbollah assets embedded in southern Lebanon villages, with commanders saying the goal is to keep the organization weak and force a path toward disarmament. In remarks to regional leaders on Thursday, November 6, 2025, Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo underscored a strategy of determined, focused action aimed at degrading operational infrastructure and preventing a renewed threat to communities across the border. Recent sorties and precision strikes have concentrated on areas where intelligence indicates Hezbollah has reconstituted positions or attempted to gather targeting information on Israeli forces. The campaign has unfolded alongside diplomatic efforts to…

The six-year-old boy ran up to a police officer. “There are terrorists,” he sobbed. “My father is dead.” His father, Yonatan Havakuk, was one of three men hacked to death by terrorists with an axe and a knife during an attack just as an Independence Day celebration was ending in central Israel. MAGEN DAVID ADOM, Israel’s emergency services organization, had multiple ambulances on the scene within minutes. Teams of paramedics and EMTs began treating the four other people who had been seriously wounded by the terrorists. Two were critically injured. As soon as the four victims had been stabilized, they…

After Israeli troops operating on the Israeli-controlled side of the Yellow Line came under fire on Wednesday, the IDF struck several sites in the Gaza Strip, targeting senior Hamas military officials. The IDF said the shooting attack on its soldiers “constitutes a violation of the ceasefire agreement.” “IDF forces in the Southern Command are deployed in the area and will continue to act to remove any immediate threat. The IDF will continue to act forcefully to remove any threat to the State of Israel.” The military also said that no soldiers were injured in the attack, and one terrorist was…

The IDF recently tracked multiple drones flying from Egyptian territory directly into Gaza, suspected of ferrying small arms and other contraband to terror groups. Officials say several such flights have been detected in the past month, highlighting an evolving smuggling method aimed at bypassing traditional tunnel and ground routes. To counter the threat, the military is preparing a multi-layered response that includes direct fire on hostile UAVs, dedicated counter-drone units, and wider deployment of sensors and intelligence. A section of the Israel–Egypt frontier has been designated a closed military area to restrict access and give forces greater operational freedom. A…

Following Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s visit to India last September, where the two countries signed an investment protection agreement, Smotrich hosted Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday for a reciprocal visit focused on expanding economic cooperation. Goyal arrived with a large delegation of Indian business leaders as both governments explore a comprehensive free trade agreement that would include financial services. A first formal financial dialogue between the two finance ministries is expected in the coming months. Continue reading this article on i24news.tv