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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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 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…

Parcels Online link indicates the possibility of sending packages to the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Yemen — but not Israel; Somalia, Ukraine and Russia also do not appear on list Post Office UK has apologized after one of its links for sending parcels abroad omitted Israel from a list of around 230 countries and territories. The Parcels Online link indicates the possibility of sending packages to the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Yemen – but not Israel. Somalia, Ukraine and Russia are also omitted from the list. “We work with a number of partners who provide parcel delivery services, and on our…