IDF airstrikes in Lebanon killed Ali Jamal Aldin Jawad, a senior Hezbollah commander, significantly impacting the terrorist group's ability to conduct terror activities on the northern border.
Go to the full article >>The Hostage and Missing Families Forum criticized the reported decision to return the bodies of 80 Gazans to the Gaza Strip, the Forum announced in a statement on Monday.
"How is it possible that the State of Israel gives back 80 bodies and receives 0 in return."
"How is it possible that the State of Israel, under the leadership of Netanyahu, is returning bodies that are not part of a deal? What about our family members, how long will they be held captive by Hamas in Gaza?" the families stated.
Go to the full article >>CNN report: Hamas battalions in central Gaza are far from being finished, and Israel is struggling to finish the job as it believes that is where most of the hostages are being held.
Go to the full article >>Iran has issued a NOTAM (flight operations notice) for the center, west, and northwest of the country, advising aircraft to change their routes.
Go to the full article >>One person was lightly wounded after a barrage of rockets crossed into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, Magen David Adom said on Monday.
Some 15 projectiles crossed into the area of the Gaza border communities from Gaza, following the alerts that sounded in the area, the military said.
The military added that the IDF had successfully intercepted some of them while some crashed in the Re'im and Geha interchange area.
Go to the full article >>"What is today called the country of Gaza is definitely a part of the land of Israel," former education minister, Rabbi Yitzhak Levy, who also chairs the Gush Katif Heritage Center, said at the 10th Katif Conference for National Responsibility held Monday.
"Today, Gaza is at the heart of the discourse in Israel. Who will rule there?" Levy added, saying that for those who were evacuated in the disengagement, the feelings surrounding the situation in Gaza today and discourse around it are complex.
"Returning to abandoned places. A destroyed school, a destroyed synagogue. None of this would have happened if we had stayed where we were," he said.
Go to the full article >>Against the backdrop of the blow Iran suffered with the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran and the damage to its dignity, the assessments in Israel are that Iran is planning and coordinating its response with its partners.
These include Hezbollah, whose commander Fuad Shukr was eliminated in the heart of Beirut; the Houthis in Yemen, whose Hodeidah port was attacked and left only with a single crane for unloading goods from ships out of four and suffered tremendous damage to fuel depots; the Shiite militias in Syria and Iraq, and the Hamas headquarters abroad; which was hit hard with the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri in the heart of Beirut.
However, despite the incessant threats against Israel, it can be estimated that the Iranians will carefully consider the scope and strength of the military response since disproportionate attacks, especially after it has been hinted that Haniyeh was eliminated with an explosive device, may lead to IDF attacks deep inside the territory of Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen.
Go to the full article >>Two anti-tank missiles were fired at Kibbutz Baram in the Upper Galilee on Monday morning, but alarms were not activated in the area, Army Radio reported.
No casualties were reported.
Go to the full article >>Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
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Avraham Soumichi was named as the second person who was killed in the Holon terror attack on Sunday, Israeli media reported on Monday.
Soumichi, in his 80s, left behind two children and five grandchildren.
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