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Israeli ground troops conducted a commando raid overnight Wednesday-Thursday on a Syrian site it had already bombed on the two previous  days, Syrian state media reported, in a major operation said to have included helicopters and fighter jets as well as dozens of ground troops. Israel first struck the site outside Damascus on Tuesday, killing several Syrian soldiers, according to Damascus’s foreign ministry, and bombed it again on Wednesday, according to state television. A Syrian defense ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the site was a former Syrian military base in Tal Maneh, near Kisweh. Following the second attack…

Al-Masira, the official Houthi media outlet, reported on Thursday that Israel struck targets in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. The strikes were conducted during an address by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. According to foreign reports, the strike targeted safe houses where senior Houthi officials were hiding. Hezbollah affiliate al-Mayadeen reported over ten strikes in the capital. The strike would be the second in Yemen this week, after a series of strikes on Houthi targets on Sunday. During Sunday’s attack, 14 fighter jets dropped approximately 40 munitions on Houthi military targets in the Sanaa area. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

Guided by IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF troops continue operational activity against the terrorist organizations throughout the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the IDF struck the launching post from which mortars were fired during the attempted attack against IDF troops by Hamas terrorists on Wednesday. In addition, the IDF struck a launch site in the Deir al Balah area, which had ready-to-launch rockets aimed toward Israeli territory. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

Israel has authorized Indonesia to conduct humanitarian airdrops to Gaza beginning next week, according to a report early Sunday, August 17. While countries typically route approvals through the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, this green light reportedly came via the Prime Minister’s Office. Indonesia does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, though evolving contacts and statements by Jakarta’s leadership suggest potential shifts under certain conditions. The move expands avenues for aid delivery as conflict conditions complicate ground logistics. Officials described the invitation to join airdrop efforts as open to any country willing to help feed civilians. For both…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited and addressed the soldiers of the Gaza Division today (Thursday), and stated that he approved the plans to conquer Gaza City and negotiations on the return of all of the hostages. “We are at the stage of decision-making. I came today to the Gaza Division to approve the plans the IDF presented to me and to the Minister of Defense to take control of Gaza City and defeat Hamas,” Netanyahu stated. He continued: “I deeply appreciate the mobilization of the reserve soldiers, as well as the standing army, for this vital objective.” Continue reading this…

Iran warned on Wednesday that it was prepared for any new Israeli attack, announcing it had developed missiles with greater capabilities than those used during the recent war. “The missiles used in the 12-day war were manufactured… a few years ago,” Defense Minister Aziz Nassirzadeh said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency. “Today, we have manufactured and possess missiles with far greater capabilities than previous missiles, and if the Zionist enemy embarks on the adventure again, we will undoubtedly use them.” Nassirzadeh’s comments came after a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that another…

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…

Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity and risk further Israeli and US attack, or concede and risk a leadership fracture. For now, the Islamic Republic establishment is focusing on immediate survival over longer-term political strategy. A fragile ceasefire ended a 12-day war in June that began with Israeli air strikes, followed by US bunker-busting bombings of three underground Iranian nuclear sites. Both sides declared victory, but the war exposed the military vulnerabilities and punctured the image of deterrence maintained by a major Middle East power and Israel’s arch…

The Israel Defense Forces released on Tuesday a video clip showing terrorists recently posing as members of the humanitarian organization, World Central Kitchen (WCK). “The terrorists deliberately attached the [WCK] emblem and wore yellow vests in an attempt to disguise their activities and avoid being targeted, cynically exploiting the status and trust given to aid organizations,” the IDF stated. The Israeli military further revealed that representatives of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) “verified the information with the WCK, confirming that the vehicle seen in Gaza with the organization’s emblem had no connection to its activities.” Hamas…

Israel’s Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, conducted a field tour in southern Lebanon today, meeting with commanders and troops of the regular and reserve forces, emphasizing the IDF’s continued offensive posture in the northern sector. During the visit, which included Brig. Gen. Yuval Gez, commander of Division 91, and Col. 10, commander of Brigade 769, Zamir praised the operational accomplishments since the recent ceasefire. “The achievements in the northern sector are unprecedented — since the ceasefire, over 240 terrorists have been eliminated and approximately 600 air strikes conducted,” Zamir stated. The Chief of Staff stressed that the IDF…