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In an annual report published on Tuesday, December 31, summarizing its activities over the past year, the Shin Bet said it interrogated more than 650 suspects from the Gaza Strip, thwarted 1,040 major terror attacks in Judea and Samaria, and Jerusalem, busted 20 terror cells among Arab Israeli citizens and foiled a record 13 Iranian espionage plots. The internal security agency also said it assisted in several missions to rescue hostages from Gaza and unveiled audio from the rescue of Cpl. Ori Megidish last October. Additionally, the agency said it helped thwart hundreds of cyberattacks on Israel; secure hundreds of…

The body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, 53, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, was recovered by the Israeli military from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday. Members of Ziyadne’s family said that the military had informed them that the body of his son, Hamza Ziyadne, 22, was also recovered from Gaza, though the IDF said that this was not yet confirmed. Youssef was abducted by Hamas terrorists during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, along with three of his children, Hamza, Bilal, 18, and Aisha, 17,…

At the start of the new year, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released updated casualty figures among the Israeli forces for the past two years, as the longest war in Israel’s history continues with no end in sight. In 2024, 363 regular, professional, and reserve IDF soldiers died while fulfilling their duties, compared to 558 the year before. In addition, 5,569 were wounded to varying degrees. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the IDF said that 891 soldiers have fallen. This includes 329 who died during the Hamas invasion, and the bloody and confused fighting that followed to stem the tide and…

According to the initial investigation, the terrorist exited a vehicle and waved a knife at a security officer that was passing by. A suspected stabbing attack occurred in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood near the Hizma checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Monday, the police said. According to the initial investigation, the terrorist exited a vehicle and brandished a knife at a passing security officer, the police reported. Terrorist thwarted The terrorist was subsequently shot by the security personnel and additional civilians who had arrived on site. Continue reading this article on jpost.com

Israeli forces also found maps of Israeli communities that bordered the Palestinian enclave. The IDF destroyed three tunnel routes that, when combined, ran a length of 7.5 kilometers in the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Friday, the military announced. The tunnel routes were first identified by the IDF’s Kfir Brigade under the command of its 162nd Division, along with engineering troops and soldiers from the military’s Yahalom Unit. The tunnels also reached dozens of meters in depth, the IDF update noted, and soldiers found military equipment that was captured by Hamas terrorists on October 7 of last year. Forces also discovered…

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday, December 15, that Israel will be shutting its embassy in Ireland, citing the “extreme anti-Israel policy of the Irish government.” “The antisemitic actions and rhetoric that Ireland is taking against Israel are based on delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state and on double standards,” said Sa’ar in a statement. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris called the decision “deeply regrettable.” “I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel,” Harris wrote on X following Sa’ar’s announcement. “Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-international law.” Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the two countries…

Prime minister says group is last Iranian proxy still standing; Katz warns rebels ‘the long arm of Israel will reach you’ Hours after the Israel Defense Forces carried out intense airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel’s operations are protecting not just itself from the Iran-backed rebel group but the entire world. “They are not only attacking us,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. “They are attacking the entire world. They are attacking international shipping and trade routes.” Dozens of planes struck Houthi targets along Yemen’s western coast and, for the first time,…

The IDF has imposed new restrictions on civilians in the regions near the Syrian border following the fall of the Assad regime. Druze students from Buq’ata, Ein Qiniyye, Mas’ade, and Majdal Shams in the northern Golan Heights will shift to online studies, while kindergartens operate as usual. Elsewhere in the Golan, school continues normally. The IDF decided to enforce a closed military zone in agricultural areas between Merom Golan-Ein Zivan and Buq’ata-Khirbat Ein Hura following a situational assessment. Farmer entry is limited to specific zones according to military needs, for several hours and in full coordination with the 474th Brigade.…

WSJ says terror group has submitted list of hostages it will release, and Israel has agreed to gradual withdrawal from Philadelphi; Mossad chief meets Qatari PM in Doha After more than a year of objections, Hamas has given in to an Israeli demand that the IDF remain in Gaza temporarily under a potential ceasefire-hostage deal, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Arab mediators. Hamas had for long months insisted that it would not agree to a deal unless it included a permanent end to the war in Gaza and a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Strip. However, the…

During IDF activity along the western border in southern Lebanon, troops locate, destroy, rocket launcher aimed at Israel. The 146th Division, including forces of the 300th and 226th Brigades, are deployed along the western border in southern Lebanon. These forces continue to operate to defend Israeli communities near the border in coordination with local defense units. During their operations, the troops located and destroyed launchers aimed at Israeli territory, as well as a truck equipped with a missile launcher, mortars, dozens of rockets, crates of ammunition, and Kalashnikov (AK-47) rifles. “The IDF operates in southern Lebanon in accordance with the…