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Israeli forces tighten control over Khan Yunis, the stronghold of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. Israeli soldiers are strengthening their operational control over Khan Yunis, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. Khan Yunis is Gaza’s second largest city and is regarded as a personal stronghold of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, whose family lives there. Israeli ground forces completed the encirclement of Khan Yunis on Tuesday. Soldiers from the Oz Brigade, also known as the “Commando Brigade” who specialize in urban warfare, eliminated numerous terror squads using sniper fire, precision missiles and tank fire. Four other terrorists were killed in close-quarters…

It will be his life insurance policy, said Jacob Nagel to NBC News. A former Israeli national security adviser believes that Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar will never let all the hostages go in a deal with Israel in order to protect himself, NBC News reported Wednesday. Jacob Nagel, who served in the position for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016-2017, told the media outlet that “He’ll keep some of the hostages forever because this will be his insurance policy that no one will kill him.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Sinwar a “dead man walking,” and Israel has…

IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari on Wednesday evening addressed the issue of the many hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza, saying that the security establishment does not yet have a complete picture of their situation. “We’re exerting all efforts to gather intelligence about the hostages and we adjust our operations based on the intelligence at our disposal,” he said. However, he clarified that “we do not have a complete intelligence picture of the situation of all the hostages,” adding that continuous intelligence efforts are being carried out to try to glean more information. Hagari emphasized that the goal to…

In the main room, a cake with Kfir’s picture is surrounded by sweets and balloons. “It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family members and representatives of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum marked Kfir Bibas’s first birthday in Nir Oz. “It’s my birthday and I am not with my family. It’s my birthday and I don’t get presents. It’s my birthday and I hope that you remember me,” continued Schneider, Shiri Bibas’s cousin. On Oct. 7, Shiri, her husband Yarden, and their two children, Ariel, 4, and Kfir,…

The IDF reports that over 700 Hamas rocket launchers have been destroyed by its troops since the beginning of their operations in the Gaza Strip. Numerous rockets, among them long-range projectiles, have been seized, as well. The collaboration between ground forces and the Israeli Air Force has been pivotal in targeting these launchers, leading to a marked decrease in rocket fire from Gaza in recent weeks, a development military officials attribute to Israel’s effective control on the ground and successful capture of Hamas’s rocket stockpiles and launch sites. The IDF shared footage from the IAF’s intelligence-gathering 100th Squadron, which captured…

Hamas diverted at least 6,000 tons of concrete and 1,800 tons of metal to build the tunnels. Hamas spent tens of millions of dollars, which was intended for the Gaza Strip, building underground terrorist infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday evening, citing intelligence findings. Hamas “opted to invest precious resources in building terrorist infrastructure used to harm Israeli civilians and IDF forces, while cynically exploiting the civilian population in the Gaza Strip,” the military statement said. An analysis of tunnel shafts discovered since the start of Israel’s ground operation in the coastal enclave last year shows that Hamas…

The complaint seeks an injunction to stop Harvard from violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Harvard University graduate students who were caught on film accosting and shoving a Jewish classmate during an anti-Israel “die-in” protest remain in good standing with the school, with one of the assailants avoiding discipline altogether, according to a lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed Wednesday afternoon, accuses the Ivy League institution of failing to combat “outrageous antisemitic conduct” and ignoring “Jewish students’ pleas for protection.” Cited as an example is the Oct. 18 “die-in” protest held outside Harvard Business School,…

Ninety-one days later, Eden is still in Gaza. When her phone died, I said, ‘I hope they shoot her, I hope it’s quick.’ Shani Yerushalmi, 25, from Tel Aviv, told JNS. “I never thought they’d kidnap her.” Hamas terrorists kidnapped Shani’s sister Eden, a 24-year-old Pilates teacher, from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7. On that day, rockets began raining down on Israel at 6:30 a.m. Eden, who was working as a bartender at the festival, phoned her mother to inform her that the event had been stopped and she’d soon be home. An hour later, Eden called again.…

The Israel Defense Forces says it has successfully completed a week-long operation conducted by troops from the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade and the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit. The neighborhood where the mission took place—often referred to as “the towers neighborhood” by the IDF due to its high-rise buildings—served as a hub for various terror activities. According to the IDF, these buildings were utilized by terrorists as positions for anti-tank missiles and machine gun fire. During the course of their operations, IDF troops engaged in battles with and neutralized many Hamas gunmen. Additionally, they discovered several primed rocket launchers, booby-trapped…

The IDF conducted strikes on more than 100 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip within the past day, military officials said Friday. The strikes were carried out using a combination of air, sea, and ground forces and targeted various Hamas facilities, including command centers, launch positions, and weapons depots, among other infrastructure, as reported by the IDF. In central Gaza’s al-Bureij, the Border Defense Corps’ 414th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit identified a group of Hamas operatives attempting to attack an IDF tank. Following the identification, a pursuit ensued as the gunmen used a drone to watch IDF movements. Subsequently, the…