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Volunteers from United Hatzalah evacuated patients to safety at Hadassah Medical Center’s Mount Scopus campus during Iranian air raids Saturday morning.As alarms sounded across Jerusalem and the whole of Israel, hospital leadership entered emergency protocols, moving patients and staff into protected areas and away from more exposed parts of the facility.United Hatzalah volunteers assisted medical teams in coordinating the transition of patients to safer sections of the hospital. With some departments having already been transferred to underground safe zones, the volunteers were tasked with moving the remaining patients. Continue reading this article on jpost.com

The warhead of an Iranian ballistic missile struck a site just several dozen meters from the Old City of Jerusalem and only several hundred meters from the Western Wall and the Temple Mount on Saturday, February 28, Israeli police announced on Sunday, March 1. An explosion was heard, and smoke was seen rising from just west of the Old City shortly after the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion. The impact site was identified as the Sultan’s Pool outdoor events venue, located just under a kilometer west of the Temple Mount. Police sappers from the Jerusalem District neutralized the warhead at…

Israel’s Mossad hacked traffic cameras in Tehran for years in order to build up an intelligence profile on the movements and patterns of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior regime leaders, The Financial Times reported. The intelligence agency gained access to the city’s traffic cameras, which are often used by the regime to spy on its own citizens, in order to track the movements of senior leaders and their bodyguards. The images from the cameras were encrypted and transmitted to Israel’s intelligence services, the report said, citing two sources familiar with the operation. Continue reading this article on allisraelnews.com

As the rate of Iran’s ballistic missile fire has decreased, the Israeli military assessed Thursday that Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel from Lebanon may increase and called for the evacuation of one of the terror group’s strongholds near Beirut. So far, the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group has launched dozens of rockets and drones at Israel, mainly at the north of the country, but also a handful of projectiles at the center. After attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, Hezbollah launched missiles and drones into Israel Monday for the first time in over a year, and Israel retaliated with strikes…

Israel’s Health Ministry said Monday that nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated to hospitals since fighting with Iran erupted over the weekend. According to ministry data, 960 individuals have been transported to medical centers nationwide since hostilities began last Shabbos. Of those, 150 remain hospitalized, including 12 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units. Four people are listed in serious condition, though officials noted that two of them were not directly wounded by missile strikes. Another 24 patients are classified in moderate condition, while 119 are reported to be in good condition. In addition to those physically injured, the ministry…

The IDF located and dismantled underground tunnel routes in the Beit Hanoun area of Gaza, the IDF announced in a press release on Thursday. The tunnels, about 5 km in total, transited east of the yellow line into Israeli-controlled territory. The tunnels were discovered as part of continuing engineering operations being conducted by the IDF Southern Command, which is using targeted drilling to locate and clear terror infrastructure in IDF-held areas of Gaza. Upon locating the tunnels, IDF soldiers from the Northern Brigade, working together with Yahalom Unit troops, demolished the underground network. Continue reading this article on jpost.com

After holding a working meeting Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered statements to the media at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. “This is an amazing visit with an amazing result,” Netanyahu said at the start of his remarks alongside Modi. “It was short but very productive and moving.” Netanyahu said the two leaders are working on “concrete plans,” adding: “The future belongs to innovators. Israel and India are based on innovation. We are proud of our past, but determined to seize the future and do it better together.” He noted that another meeting between the…

In a targeted operation in the Balata “refugee” camp in Shechem (Nablus), Israeli security forces arrested a wanted suspect suspected of Hamas-inspired terrorist activity. The arrest was carried out by Mista’arvim forces from the Judea and Samaria Border Police, Shin Bet operatives, and soldiers from the Samaria Brigade. The operation was based on precise Shin Bet and Samaria Division intelligence. The Mista’arvim forces arrived at the suspect’s home while undercover and broke into the house complex. During the arrest, a tactical canine was used to assist the forces in subduing the suspect. No Israeli forces were hurt in the operation.…

Several Palestinian terrorists emerged from a tunnel in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, and tried to cross the Yellow Line to reach Hamas-controlled territory on Saturday, i24NEWS understands. A few of the terrorists were eliminated. The IDF released a video showing the identification of the gunmen. The military spokesperson said the incident represented a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire deal. Continue reading this article on i24news.tv

Late on Wednesday night, the IDF struck against Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites across several areas in southern Lebanon. Among the targets struck were weapons storage facilities, missile launchers, and military sites utilized by the Hezbollah terror organization to advance terror attacks against the IDF and the State of Israel. “The presence of these infrastructure sites constitutes a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” an IDF spokesperson stressed. “The IDF will continue to operate to remove any threat against the State of Israel.” Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com