Israel at war: What happened on day 387?

CIA Director William Burns is holding talks in Doha on the possibility of a new wide-ranging hostage deal, while Egyptian President Egypt has proposed a mini-agreement to secure the freedom of four of the 101 captives.

“The purpose is to kickstart wider negotiations,” a source told The Jerusalem Post.

The reserve soldiers of the ‘Eagle’ Combat Team (226) - the Northern Paratroopers Brigade, engaged with Hezbollah terrorists, destroyed terror infrastructure above and below ground, and located and seized numerous weapons, maps, and enemy documents. The military announced on Sunday.

The combat team has been conducting ground operations in southern Lebanon since the beginning of the IDF’s offensive.

Israel is under massive international pressure not to approve legislation Monday that would shut down the United Nations Relief and Works Agency operations servicing Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.

Foreign Ministers from Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement expressing their “grave concern” over the shutdown, particularly in light of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza due to the war.

As Israel continues its multi-front war, internal threats steadily rise.

The Israel Air Force eliminated on Friday Ahmed Jafar Maatouk, Hezbollah's commander of the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon, the military said on Sunday. 

The IDF added that it had subsequently killed Maatouk's successor too. 

Both terrorists had led terrorist activities in the Bin Jbeil area against the State of Israel and IDF troop, the military noted. 

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant briefed US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the success of Israel's strikes on Iran and discussed "strategic opportunities" that may have arisen, Gallant's office said on Sunday.

"Gallant discussed initial assessments regarding the success of the strikes against missile manufacturing facilities, surface-to-air missile arrays and Iranian aerial capabilities," it said.

"Minister Gallant also discussed the strategic opportunities that have risen as a result of operational achievements, in both the northern and southern arenas," the statement said, referring to fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the Israeli Air Force struck Iranian missile targets early Saturday morning in a public address he gave at a state ceremony to mourn the fallen soldiers in Israel’s wars on its southern and northern borders in the last year.

“In the early hours of Saturday morning” the IAF “hit areas in Iran, severely harming its defense capabilities and its ability to produce missiles that would be launched at us,” Netanyahu said at the ceremony in Mount Herzl.

Explosions were heard in Sakhnin in northern Israel, the police said on Sunday, following the rocket sirens in the area. 

Police added that its forces were searching that area for debris. 

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Iran is no longer able to effectively use its proxies Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon against Israel.

"Over the past year, the security establishment led by the Israel Defense Forces turned the tide of the war and had unprecedented achievements in all arenas of fighting," he said in remarks to a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.

Gallant said Hamas was no longer functioning as a military network in Gaza, while Hezbollah's senior command and most of its missile capabilities had been wiped out. He said both groups "are no longer an effective tool" to be used by Iran.

Israel's top political and security officials attended the official memorial ceremony for the 898 fallen soldiers in the Israel-Hamas War at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Sunday.

The ceremony began with quotes from soldiers before they fell in battle, including by Sgt. Re'em Batito of the Golani Brigade, who died on October 7, 2023.