The IDF is preparing for various scenarios as the ceasefire deal with Hamas deteriorates, formulating battle plans based on ground, air, and naval forces, in addition to its other capabilities. Israeli forces have already been reinforced, with more reserve troops called up and left suspended in the Southern Command until further notice. There are no changes in the Home Front instructions, besides a memorial tree-planning event in the south that was canceled. Two IDF divisions are currently in charge of defending Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip—the 162nd and 143rd. Since Monday, the area has been reinforced with regular forces…
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With five rounds of hostage-prisoner releases completed in the ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal, there are 17 Israeli hostages still supposed to be set free in the first phase. The three latest hostages who were released from Gaza after 491 days of captivity are suffering from severe physical and mental deterioration, including malnutrition, decreased muscle mass, heart disorders, and prolonged infection, according to health officials quoted by Hebrew media on Sunday. Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami, and Eli Sharabi were released by the Hamas terror group Saturday looking gaunt and unsteady on their feet, 16 months after they were kidnapped from…
Yemen’s Houthis will immediately take military action if the US and Israel try to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, the Iran-backed group’s leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. An Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza’s devastating 15-month-old war took effect on January 19 but has appeared close to collapse this week amid mutual accusations of violations. US President Donald Trump has infuriated the Arab world by presenting a plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and take over the enclave to turn it into a beach resort. Continue reading this article on jpost.com
Hamas forced the former Israeli hostage Daniella Gilboa to stage and film her own death, her mother Orly revealed in an interview on Wednesday with Israeli Channel 12. Gilboa was one of several female IDF soldiers who were brutally kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from their military base Nahal Oz close to the Gaza border on Oct. 7, 2023. “One of the captors simply came with a camera and told her: ‘Today we’re filming you dead.’ She begged for her life and asked him not to do it,” Orly recalled. “When she saw me and my husband for the first time,…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that Tehran’s enemies may be able to strike the country’s nuclear centers but they cannot deprive it of its ability to build new ones. He made his comments following a Washington Post report that U.S. intelligence believes Israel may launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in Fordow and Natanz by mid-year, aiming to exploit damage to Iranian air defenses from an IDF attack in October. “They threaten us that they will hit nuclear facilities … If you (the enemy) strike a hundred of those we will build a thousand other ones…
A rocket was fired at Israel from Gaza the IDF announced. The projectile fell short of Israeli territory and landed inside Gaza. “A few minutes ago, a rocket launch was identified in the Gaza Strip. The rocket fell inside the Gaza Strip,” the IDF stated. “The IDF is committed to fully implementing the conditions of the agreement for the return of the hostages,” the military stated. At the same time, a 14-year-old boy was reportedly killed in what has been described as a rocket explosion in central Gaza. A short time later the IDF updated that it struck the launcher…
Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas were transferred Saturday morning, February 1, by the Hamas terror organization to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, and joined up with IDF forces, who brought them to a reception point in Re’im. Two hours later, Keith Siegel was released from Gaza Port. He ascended the stage briefly, wearing a hat and waving to the crowd. At the transfer point, Hamas gave him two bags. Reports said that one of them was for his wife, Avivah, who was freed in a November 2023 prisoner swap deal. He was later transferred to the IDF and crossed…
On October 7, 2023, when IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi left his house to go to IDF military headquarters, it was not a foregone conclusion that his destination should be Tel Aviv. Rather, Halevi had a strong inclination to travel straight to the Gaza border to personally manage the fight against Hamas’s invasion up close. After all, Halevi spent his career in the special forces in hairy and complex combat situations, specifically in Gaza during the 2008-09 invasion, and always preferred being close to the action to feel the pulse of his troops and of the enemy. Continue reading this…
Since the start of the Gaza war on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s enemies have launched a multifront attack, all supported by Iranian-backed terror proxies. And now, a new Iranian threat has emerged – this time from the sea. On Thursday, Iran launched a new drone carrier vessel, which will be integrated into its Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval force. The new carrier is designed to assist Iran in launching drones from a shorter range, making it harder for enemies to detect the launch. Iran’s news agency Tasnim reported, “The Shahid Beheshti, a former container vessel, is equipped with a 180-meter (590-foot)…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip and allow Gaza residents to leave voluntarily, calling it “the first good idea that I’ve heard.” In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Netanyahu expressed support for Trump’s proposal, while attempting to clarify some media misrepresentations of the idea. “The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave to leave – I mean, what’s wrong with that?” Netanyahu asked. The prime minister also countered reports that Trump was calling for the forced displacement of Gaza residents. “They…