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The Israeli military said Thursday afternoon it had begun a wave of strikes against Hezbollah terror infrastructure across Beirut, as fighting with the Iran-backed group intensified. According to reports, strikes were carried out in Beirut’s Dahieh district — a Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of the capital. Reuters reported that one strike occurred in the heart of the city, hitting a building less than a kilometer from the Lebanese government headquarters. Continue reading this article on ynetnews.com

Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded in a Hezbollah missile attack on an Israeli military position in southern Lebanon on Friday afternoon, March 7, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Saturday, March 8. Several anti-tank guided missiles were fired at the position, and the soldiers, who serve in the Givati Brigade, were evacuated to a hospital. The IDF struck the Hezbollah cell responsible within minutes of the attack. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the strike, which targeted the same army post hit a day earlier in an attack that wounded three other troops, including one seriously. In total, 13 IDF soldiers…

Israel experienced a sharp escalation in rocket fire from Lebanon late Wednesday into Thursday. Beginning around 8 p.m., air raid alerts sounded in waves across multiple regions as approximately 200 rockets were launched toward Israeli territory. No injuries were reported. In response, the Israel Defense Forces carried out strikes against several targets in Lebanon. Officials close to Prime Minister Netanyahu are reportedly advocating for an expansion of the buffer zone in southern Lebanon and a stronger IDF presence beyond current lines of contact. A restricted security meeting was held Wednesday evening under the prime minister’s leadership to discuss threats from…

The IDF on Thursday announced that overnight, the Israeli Air Force, guided by IDF intelligence, struck and eliminated the terrorist Ali Muslim Tabaja, a commander of the Iranian Imam Hossein Division. Additional senior commanders were also eliminated. The Imam Hussein Division is a military force used by the Iranian Quds Force to strengthen the Iranian axis and to operate against the IDF and Israeli civilians. The division is composed of thousands of terrorists across the Middle East, and it serves as a force-employment method, providing Hezbollah with significant capabilities. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

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