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First crash of an IDF Black Hawk helicopter since entering service in 1994 An IDF helicopter crash in Gaza claimed the lives of two soldiers from the IDF Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669, with another six others wounded, the military announced. The names of the two IDF soldiers who were killed were released for publication. They were named as Chief Master-Sgt (res.) Daniel Alloush (37) from Tel Aviv-Yafo, and Chief Master Sgt. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom (38) from Nes Harim. “Overnight, an Israeli Air Force ‘Yanshuf’ helicopter, which was on a mission to evacuate an injured soldier to a hospital for medical…

Security Cabinet ministers were shown a video recorded by IDF forces, revealing the narrow tunnel where the hostages were held under brutal conditions, too cramped to stand; Video will also be shown to the families to let them decide if it should be released to the public; ‘Extremely tough to watch’ The IDF screened footage from the tunnel where six hostages were found executed by Hamas for security cabinet ministers at its meeting. The footage, recorded by IDF forces and shown to ministers at the direction of the defense minister, revealed the narrow tunnel where the hostages were held. The tunnel,…

Authorities report 5 suspects arrested throughout games, including one minor, for planning to carry out attacks against Israeli targets French authorities thwarted three terrorist attacks during the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics games, including a plot targeting Israeli institutions and representatives, French chief anti-terror prosecutor Olivier Christen revealed. In an interview with French media, Christen said the Israeli sports delegations themselves weren’t specifically marked as targets in the foiled plots. Israel’s Olympic and Paralympic teams traveled to the games in Paris and other French cities under heavy security due to the war in Gaza and threats from Iran and Hezbollah, seeking…

New details about the massive attack in Syria were revealed by Greek journalist Eva Koulouriotis, who investigates Middle East affairs. She relied on the words of a “security source” regarding the operation allegedly carried out by Israeli special forces at around 11:00 pm, during which a number of explosions were reported around Syria. According to Koulouriotis, IDF special forces arrived by helicopters to the military facility located near Masyaf district in Syria, which Israel had often attacked in the past, landed in it and eventually destroyed it from the inside. In parallel, fighter jets attacks roads leading to the facility…

A Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack wounded three Israelis, including a civilian who was seriously hurt and a member of a northern border community’s local security team who was moderately injured, the military and a hospital said. Following the targeting of Kfar Yuval, the civilian, a man in his 40s, was brought to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa by helicopter after initially being taken to Ziv Medical Center in Safed. Ziv Medical Center said the security team member and a third person injured in the attack were in good to moderate condition and were being treated at the hospital. Meanwhile,…

During the IDF, ISA, and Israel Border Police counterterrorism operation in the northern Samaria area, the forces identified a terrorist cell led by Wassem Hazem, the head of the Hamas terrorist organization in Jenin, in a vehicle in the area. Following the identification, Israel Border Police forces, following precise ISA intelligence, encountered and eliminated Hazem. Hazem was involved in carrying out and directing shooting and bombing attacks, and continuously advanced terrorist activities in the Judea and Samaria area. Shortly afterward, an IDF aircraft eliminated two additional terrorists while they attempted to flee from the vehicle that they were inside with…

Opinion: Those who have painted the prime minister as the murderer of the six hostages have been deluding themselves believing that a genuine deal was on the table; It’s hard to blame them – irresponsible voices in the media and government gave them the impression that it was possible, and that Netanyahu was the only obstacle standing in the way of an agreement Even before the official announcement identifying the bodies of the returned hostages, the inflammatory rhetoric had already begun. Wild accusations started circulating, blaming Benjamin Netanyahu for nothing less than the direct murder of the six hostages. In response…

According to a report in Israeli media, the military probe after hostates were found dead in Gaza suggested that Hamas lookouts were watching Israeli soldiers in real time. According to a preliminary investigation conducted by the IDF into the murder of six hostages in a tunnel in Rafah, it appears that the lookouts stationed outside the tunnel identified the incoming Israeli soldiers. The approach likely led, by the Israeli public channel Kan 11, to the execution of six hostages and the escape of the terrorists. The IDF found indications on the ground after the discovery of the bodies of the…

Sabine Taasa, whose husband and son were murdered in Hamas onslaught, describes horrors of massacre to children’s rights panel, urges it to focus on Israeli youth, not just Gazan GENEVA, Switzerland — October 7 survivor Sabine Taasa, who lost her husband and 17-year-old son during the Hamas massacre, urged UN experts to stop blaming Israel for the war and focus on the trauma inflicted on Israeli children. “I need you to stop blaming us,” said Taasa, 48, whose son’s murder was filmed by his killers. Before Hamas terrorists burst into Taasa’s home in the village of Netiv Ha’asara in southern Israel,…

Kiryat Shmona mayor laments destruction of city, says terrorists must be made afraid to fire at Israel; four drones fired, barrage of five rockets launched at north More rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon in August than in any previous month since war broke out almost a year ago, according to data published by the Shin Bet security agency Thursday. The report said that 1,307 rockets were fired at Israel in August from the northern front, meaning Lebanon and Syria, amounting to just over 40 a day on average, with the vast majority coming from Lebanon. July saw 1,091…