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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…

This follows a situational assessment carried out on Thursday and Friday by the IDF General Staff and Northern Command. It added in its statement on Friday afternoon that the army is prepared for all scenarios, both offensive and defensive. Security meetings The political-security cabinet also announced that it will meet on both Saturday evening and Sunday, Israeli media reported on Friday. Citing sources, Israeli media added that the cabinet will deal “mainly with Syria.” Earlier on Friday, local armed groups were seen clashing with regime forces in Daraa, as well as in Nawa, which is about 13 km from Israel, the report…

Senior IDF officials plan for a multi-front war, focusing on more combat engineering battalions, stronger border defenses and drones to reduce Air Force reliance; tunnel threats, both new and re-excavated, remain key challenge The IDF Ground Forces Command on Thursday reviewed its operations in Gaza and northern Israel, preparing for continued combat against Hamas in the coming years, regardless of potential hostage deals. The briefing highlighted challenges and lessons learned from the fighting in Gaza, which marked the military’s first large-scale maneuver in 17 years. Military officials acknowledged that in the two weeks following Hamas’ October 7 attacks, there was…

The Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that it has begun detailed engineering planning for the construction of a security barrier in part of the Jordanian border. The planning works, amounting to tens of millions of shekels, will include initial marking of the planned obstacle segment, including data collection and computing, mapping of environmental disruptors, measurements, ground surveys, and hydrological surveys. The secretary general of the Defense Ministry, Major General (Res.) Eyal Zamir, has placed the planning task on the Security Fence and Border Administration, headed by Brigadier General Eran Ophir, and the Engineering and Construction Division, which will operate in coordination…

Gulf nation’s Ministry of Interior releases picture of three arrested suspects Turkish security services apprehended three suspects in the killing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in Istanbul, and extradited them to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to reports in Turkish media. The three men, all Uzbek nationals, were arrested by Turkish police in cooperation with the Turkish National Intelligence Agency as they left the airport in Istanbul. The security services tracked the suspects on their flight to Istanbul and later detained them in a taxi. Following their arrest, and based on an official extradition request by the UAE government, the persons of…

The 23-year-old combat medic from from Modi’in-Maccabim-Re’ut was critically wounded as Gazan terrorists invaded southern Israel and spent more than a year in hospital care. The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that Sergeant First Class Yona Betzalel Brief, who was wounded fighting Gazan terrorists on October 7, 2023, had died after succumbing to his wounds. The 23-year-old combat medic from from Modi’in-Maccabim-Re’ut was critically wounded and spent more than a year in hospital care. Continue reading this article on i24news.tv