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The IDF struck Hezbollah terror infrastructure across Lebanon, and, minutes later, conducted a follow-up strike on a terrorist operative in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Thursday. In the earlier attacks, including some which the IDF said were deep inside Lebanon, it struck Hezbollah artillery launch sites, weapons storage facilities, and a military training camp. “As part of the training and education at the camp, the organization’s terrorists underwent shooting drills and additional training in the use of various types of weapons, in order to plan and execute terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel,” the military stated. Continue…

The Israel Defense Forces said a strike in Gaza City on Saturday, December 13, killed top Hamas commander Raad Saad, describing him as a senior figure in Hamas’s military wing. Saad was identified as the head of Hamas’s weapons manufacturing headquarters and as one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, onslaught. The strike was described as an escalatory move during a ceasefire period that Israel said Hamas had violated.Reports indicated the strike hit a vehicle traveling along the coastal Rashid Road on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line. Palestinian reports said multiple people were killed and more…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that he had approved the largest energy deal in Israel’s history, with neighboring Egypt, which is expected to boost Israel’s economy by billions of shekels in the coming years. In a video statement alongside Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Netanyahu said that the natural gas deal with Cairo was worth NIS 112 billion ($34.7 billion), of which NIS 58 billion ($18 billion) would go into public coffers. In the first four years, he said, around NIS 500 million ($155 million) would go to the state yearly, and this was expected to climb to NIS…

A senior reserve IDF intelligence officer who has spent more than a decade supporting families of the fallen and missing described the painstaking work that led to the recovery of long-held remains and the renewed push to return the last captives from Gaza. Reflecting on the emotional moment when Hadar Goldin’s body came home on Saturday, November 8, 2025, he traced the years-long effort of assembling intelligence, creating opportunities, and preparing for precisely timed operations—while counseling families through uncertainty and grief. The officer detailed how lessons from past cases informed current efforts, emphasizing persistence, creativity, and orchestration across units. He…

Israel is preparing to fully deploy the Iron Beam system on December 30, a high-energy laser interceptor designed to neutralize rockets, drones, missiles, and mortars at speed. Defense officials describe the system as a game-changer that will complement existing multi-layered air defenses by delivering precise, low-cost shots against a wide range of aerial threats. After extensive development and wartime testing, the laser will enter operational service to help secure Israel’s skies. Beyond the immediate tactical benefits, Iron Beam is intended to ease the economic strain of missile defense by replacing some costly interceptor launches with laser engagements. Planners expect its…

Hamas leaders swiftly rejected the core demand of President Trump’s Gaza plan—disarmament—signaling they intend to keep their arsenal and continue the fight against Israel. Speaking in Istanbul and Doha, senior figures cast aside any notion of submitting to international oversight in Gaza, framing the ceasefire as merely a pause rather than a step toward lasting peace. Their statements underscored a determination to resist dismantling terror infrastructure or ceding control to any outside authority. Khaled Mashaal’s remarks captured the hard line: he praised the “resistance” and portrayed weapons as a matter of honor, setting the tone for Hamas’s refusal to comply…

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, an activist from Gaza based in the United States, accused Hamas of deliberately worsening the food crisis in Gaza by hiding significant quantities of infant formula and nutritional supplements intended for children. According to him, the organization allegedly stockpiled these products in a warehouse under the authority of the Ministry of Health in Gaza in order to reinforce its narrative of a famine orchestrated by Israel. In a video posted on social media, Alkhatib showed a large building filled with boxes of baby formula and nutritional drinks. He claimed that these supplies were hidden at the height…

NORTHRIDGE, CA (December 3, 2025) — The Middle East is in turmoil. Antisemitism is covering the globe. And Israel is at the center of the worlds’ attention. What does it all mean? God’s Final Solution Revealed, A Call to End Anti-Semitism in the World, a passionate and prophetic 328-page volume, engages these troubling times with a call to the Church to confront antisemitism and embrace God’s sovereign plan for Israel and the Jewish people. With deep theological insight and historical clarity, Hargrave traces a 4,000-year journey from God’s covenant with Abraham to the birth of the Church and into the present…

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…