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The IDF released new details on Monday, November 9, about the operations that brought Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains back to Israel, one year after his return and more than 11 years after Hamas killed and abducted him. The disclosure covers the 10-kilometer tunnel in which Hamas kept Goldin’s remains and the efforts to retrieve him. Goldin was killed in battle in Rafah on August 1, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, when Hamas violated a ceasefire and seized his body. He left behind his parents, a sister, two brothers, and his fiancée. Goldin’s remains were returned on November 9, 2025, and…

Troops of the IDF’s 91st Division operating in the Security Zone of southern Lebanon have uncovered Hezbollah weapons stockpiles and a military apartment sitting within a few hundred meters of United Nations positions, the IDF announced on Sunday, November 8. In the Meiss El Jabal area, the Oded (9th) Brigade Combat Team found two stockpiles of weapons and equipment. One was hidden in a civilian home roughly 200 meters from a UN post; the other was in a storage facility about 100 meters from a UN post. Continue reading this article on vfinews.com

The IDF announced that it had eliminated three members of Hamas’ elite Nukhba force in separate airstrikes across the Gaza Strip last week, including an operative accused of participating in the October 7, 2023, abductions of Israeli civilians. Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Baraka was eliminated Thursday in an airstrike in southern Gaza, according to the IDF. The military identified Baraka as a member of Hamas’ Nukhba force, the elite unit that played a central role in the October 7 attacks on southern Israel. According to the IDF, Baraka was among the Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the…

Israel is preparing for one of the most complex legal undertakings in its history: prosecuting hundreds of Hamas “Nukhba” (“Elite” in Arabic) Force terrorists accused of participating in the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack. More than 400 suspects are expected to face indictments following ongoing investigations by the IDF and Shin Bet, although the exact number in custody has not been publicly disclosed. The cases are expected to involve enormous volumes of evidence, including footage of atrocities filmed by the attackers themselves, witness testimony, victims’ accounts and other investigative materials. Former chief military prosecutor Zana Modzgvrishvili has been appointed to…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to the scene of the deadly terrorist attack near Hebron on Friday, October 23, in which Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem were murdered. Standing at the site, he announced that the IDF had prepared plans for a sweeping operation in Judea and Samaria “unlike anything carried out since the Six-Day War.” “It’s coming,” he emphasized. The Judea and Samaria operation is not the only front the prime minister has pointed to. He has also made clear his intention to lead Israel into another round of war with Iran, and he…

Suspicions are growing that an Egyptian national who infiltrated Israeli territory overnight on Monday near Nitzana had planned to carry out a terrorist attack. According to preliminary findings of the Shin Bet investigation, the suspect crossed the border unarmed, but his motives were nationalist. The circumstances of the incident and further details remain under investigation. Earlier this morning, the IDF reported that its surveillance identified an Egyptian civilian who crossed the border fence from Egyptian territory into Israeli territory near Nitzana. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

The IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced Tuesday that they had eliminated a senior official in Hamas’s General Security Mechanism in an airstrike in Gaza City. The terrorist, identified as Akram Bassam Shaaban Yassin, was eliminated in an intelligence-guided operation carried out by the IDF and Shin Bet. According to the military, Yassin held a senior position in Hamas’s General Security Mechanism, a covert apparatus responsible for protecting the terrorist organization’s senior leadership. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said they don’t want to see a renewal of the war against Iran – but they are issuing stark public warnings to Tehran that could bring the simmering conflict to a boil. Trump endorsed Netanyahu for Prime Minister on Sunday, explaining that his leadership was critical to any renewed Iran campaign. A third US aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the Middle East soon, amid signs that Washington is preparing for a possible resumption of hostilities, even though Israel’s Oct. 27 election and the American midterms on Nov. 3 are looming. Continue reading…

Israeli forces eliminated a Hamas cell commander and two other Hamas operatives in a series of targeted strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 17, 2026, the IDF announced on Monday, October 19, 2026. In the Tuffah area of northern Gaza, the IDF struck Mohammed Khamis Jaber, a member of Hamas’s military wing who “played a significant role in the functioning of Hamas’ production headquarters.” In further strikes in the same area that day, Israeli forces eliminated Majed Ahmed Mustafa Sabbagh, a cell commander in Hamas’s military wing. In Jabalya, the IDF eliminated Amer Bashir Mohammed Khourani, a member…

The IDF on Monday revealed what it said was an internal Hamas document outlining a plan to plant explosives near camps housing displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of creating panic among civilians to help Hamas terrorists escape advancing Israeli forces. According to the military, the document, written in April 2024 by Hamas’ engineering department and disclosed for the first time, proposed placing explosive devices around displacement camps and detonating them as Israeli troops approached. The resulting chaos would serve as a distraction, allowing Hamas leaders and terrorists hiding nearby to flee. The proposal also called for…