The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, marked a major triumph for Israel. But Israeli leaders are also seeking to lock in strategic gains that go beyond military victories – to reshape the regional landscape in Israel's favor and shield its borders from any future attacks, sources familiar with their thinking say.
Go to the full article >>Mahmoud Hamdan, the Hamas commander responsible for guarding Yahya Sinwar and overseeing the six hostages murdered in the Tel al-Sultan area, was eliminated by the IDF on Friday.
Hamdan, the commander of Hamas’ Tel al-Sultan Battalion, was initially believed to have been killed several weeks ago based on intelligence assessments. However, it was later revealed that this intelligence was insufficient, and Hamdan continued his role of guarding Sinwar.
Go to the full article >>Approximately 75 projectiles fired by Hezbollah crossed into Israel on Friday, while IDF soldiers eliminated around 60 terrorists and dismantled key Hezbollah military infrastructure and weapons in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Friday.
Go to the full article >>For an entire year, the IDF has been relentlessly targeting Hamas and other factions in the Gaza Strip, and the effort is bearing fruit. Even before the elimination of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's military wing was a broken and dismantled entity, no longer capable of carrying out large-scale raids or fighting as a unified body with a central command and clear hierarchy.
However, Hamas is not just a fighting force; it is also an authoritarian ruling movement governing two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. After a year of fighting, it is time to assess its governance—and here, we find a surprise.
Go to the full article >>Hamas’s military structure has been decimated to the point where it is no longer possible for the terror group in Gaza to carry out another October 7-style attack, US National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby told reporters during a virtual briefing on Friday.
“They are absolutely incapable, as you and I are speaking here today, of conducting another attack on the scale of October 7,” Kirby said.
Go to the full article >>In recent weeks, IDF soldiers from the Gaza Division and the Shin Bet (ISA) operated in the southern Rafah region of the Gaza Strip, the military said on Friday. These operations led to the elimination of Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar.
Go to the full article >>The United Nations humanitarian office on Friday denounced Israel's use of what it described as "war-like" tactics against Palestinians in the West Bank, saying nine Palestinians had been killed there in a week.
Go to the full article >>IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued warnings to residents of some southern Lebanese villages to evacuate to areas north of the Awali river in a post to X/Twitter on Friday.
Go to the full article >>US President Joe Biden called for the Gaza war to end and for hostages to be freed as he confirmed that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would visit Israel next week to discuss the new geopolitical reality created by the IDF’s assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Go to the full article >>Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF, Hamas official Basem Naim confirmed on Friday, Israeli media reported.
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