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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…

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…