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IDF confirms rare airstrike on Syria-Lebanon border, killing 3 PIJ terrorists Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern border. His office announced this visit several hours after he had left the area, which has been subjected to constant Hezbollah fire since last October. After a situation assessment with Northern Command OC Maj.-Gen. Uri Gordin regarding the aftermath of Sunday’s Israeli strikes that prevented a large-scale attack by Hezbollah, Netanyahu visited a kibbutz in Upper Galilee. There he met with soldiers and commanders of Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, who he praised for their “great work.” Calling the strikes against Hezbollah “a great…

The BBC has come under fire for describing a series of Hamas suicide bomb attacks that killed Israeli civilians as “military operations.” A media monitoring group has criticized the news site after it reportedly referred to attacks organized by Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, which claimed the lives of 93 people, including 80 civilians aged 13 to 83, as “military operations.” Deif was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month, but under his command Hamas carried out dozens of suicide bombings against Israelis on buses and at cafes since the 1990s. In a story following his death, BBC Arabic reportedly…

IDF soldier lightly wounded by drone, Israel allegedly strikes deep within Lebanon Following the pre-emptive strikes on some 270 Hezbollah targets carried out by Israel Defense Forces, the terror group is still assessing the damage, IDF Colonel Anan Abbas told the Maariv newspaper. While the terror group resumed its daily attacks on Israel, since then, the number of attacks has been significantly lower than in the weeks leading up to escalation. Abbas, the Head of Control at the IDF’s Northern Command central operations room, stated: “They’re trying to comprehend the extent of the damage inflicted on them, and they’ll fully understand it…

Since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolved to renew its peacekeeping mandate in southern Lebanon, US and Israeli officials have criticized the resolution for failing to condemn Hezbollah by name. The resolution renewed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is tasked, in part, with upholding UN Resolution 1701. This resolution is intended to prevent any armed forces, other than those of the Lebanese state, from operating in southern Lebanon. UN Resolution 1701—which was approved by the United Nations, Lebanon and Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War—does specifically name Hezbollah. American and Israeli officials, however,…

Environment ministry says 145,000 tons of dry vegetation went up in flames between October 7 and July 30, much of it caused by rocket fire from Lebanon and Gaza Around 146 square kilometers (56 square miles) of vegetation in northern Israel and eight square kilometers (three square miles) along the Gaza border have been incinerated during the war that broke out following the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, with most of the blazes sparked by terror groups’ rocket fire, the Environmental Protection Ministry said Thursday. The former represents a fivefold increase in the average surface area that has…

The IDF and ISA completed a counterterrorism operation in the area of Far’a in the Jordan Valley with the objective of foiling terror, exposing terrorist infrastructure and eliminating armed terrorists in the area. The IDF and ISA completed a counterterrorism operation in the area of Far’a in the Jordan Valley with the objective of foiling terror, exposing terrorist infrastructure and eliminating armed terrorists in the area. At the beginning of the operation, the soldiers arrived in an IAF helicopter and operated to encircle the area. During the counterterrorism operation, an IAF aircraft struck and eliminated an armed terrorist cell inside…

The Cairo trip comes amid debate about Netanyahu’s firm stance that the IDF must maintain a presence in the Philadelphi Corridor. An Israeli team is in Cairo for negotiations on the hostage deal, while the security cabinet met in Tel Aviv and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani is expected to head to Iran. Cairo talks come amid a stiff debate about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s firm stance that the IDF must maintain a presence in the Philadelphi Corridor. He has stressed that he will not accept any hostage deal that calls for Israel to withdraw from that corridor. Hamas in turn has…

Three drones launched by Hezbollah infiltrated the western part of the Galilee, with two of them exploding, seriously wounding two Israelis, according to media reports. “Several suspicious aerial targets were identified crossing over from the territory of Lebanon, the air defense fighters successfully intercepted some of them, while some fell in the area of Ya’ara,” the IDF stated. Ynet News reported that one drone was intercepted, while the other two caused injuries: one Israeli was critically wounded, another sustained serious injuries, and three others were lightly hurt. Hezbollah said the attack targeted an IDF base in Ya’ara and was in…

Military uncovers over 50 tunnel shafts in the area with some crossing the into Egypt along the Philadelphi Corridor while officials in Cairo continue to deny claims tunnels exist despite proof The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported efforts to dismantle tunnels in the Philadelphi Corridor are continuing, with dozens of shafts already being put out of commission. “Approximately 50 Tunnels were destroyed in the last week; the engineering forces of the 162nd Division continue to locate and destroy underground infrastructure in Rafah,” the military said. “The soldiers of the Yahalom Unit and the 605th Battalion have been operating for the past…

Attacks follow day of rockets raining on Katzrin in Golan, wounding 1 and causing heavy damage; visiting site, Ben Gvir demands response ‘in most unequivocal, clearest way’ The IDF said that it carried out “extensive” airstrikes against Hezbollah terror group sites in southern Lebanon overnight, as the spiraling violence between the two sides showed no sign of losing momentum. Attacks carried out by fighter jets targeted weapon depots, buildings used by Hezbollah and a rocket launcher, in 10 areas of southern Lebanon, according to an update from the military. The widespread strikes come in response to a Hezbollah barrage of…