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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…

Gadi Mozes, 80, maintained a morning walking routine and kept a journal, while the IDF lookouts refrained from eating leavened food on Passover and fasted on Yom Kippur. Keith Siegel, a vegetarian, was forced to eat meat due to food shortages. Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon were held in cages during their first days in captivity, while Emily Damari, after being shot twice, was transferred to a UNRWA facility without medical care. These are some of the first testimonies emerging after the release of 13 Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals, who spent over 15 months in Hamas captivity. Siegel…

The Shin Bet security agency announced on Thursday that it thwarted a bus bombing in Jerusalem, in coordination with the Israel Defense Forces. The terror cell, consisting of five terrorists affiliated with both the Hamas and Fatah movements, was arrested in the Ramallah area between November and December of last year. The cell planned to reach the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, and to detonate an explosive charge that would allow it to infiltrate the country, echoing the events of October 7 on a smaller scale. The terror cell would then plant and detonate an explosive charge…

Hamas officially confirmed Thursday that its military commander, Mohammed Deif, was killed during the war, nearly six months after the IDF announced his elimination. Hamas spokesperson Abu Ubaida also confirmed the deaths of Deif’s deputy, Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa Salama, as well as senior operatives Marwan Issa, Ghazi Abu Tama’a, Raad Thabet, Ahmed Ghandour and Ayman Nofal. Deif, the architect of Hamas’ military capabilities and mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis on July 13, according to an earlier IDF statement. For weeks after the strike, Israeli intelligence gathered evidence to confirm…

The IDF said another Hamas terrorist who participated in the killing and abduction of female surveillance soldiers at the Nahal Oz post on October 7 was killed in a separate strike a month ago, shortly before the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect. Abu Aseed, a member of Hamas’s Shati Battalion, was involved in the attack on the Nahal Oz post and was seen abducting Levy who was released last week. The IDF said he was killed in a September strike. Video footage of the abduction showed Aseed dragging a bound and bleeding Levy by her hair from the…

Hamas terrorists on Thursday, January 23, reportedly executed several individuals accused of being “collaborators” with Israel in the Gaza Strip, as shown in a video on a Telegram account. According to a report in Israeli media, the video, posted to Gaza Now’s Telegram account, depicts more than a dozen armed Hamas terrorists, many wearing uniforms, firing on three men who are lying on the ground. The accompanying caption reads: “The moment of punishing the agents of the Zionist occupation who caused the killing of thousands of our Palestinian people in Gaza.” The authenticity of the video has not yet been…