The Israel Air Force allegedly struck one of Iran's secret nuclear research facilities as part of an operation that took place at the end of October, according to an Axios report that cited former and current Israeli officials.
According to the report, the attack caused significant damage to the site in the Parchin military complex, about 20 kilometers southeast of Tehran.
The strike reportedly dealt a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear development efforts, according to Israeli and American officials.
Go to the full article >>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group released another video on Friday of Russian-Israeli hostage Alexander Troufanov, who has remained in captivity since October 7.
Go to the full article >>Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut's southern suburb area on Friday morning and struck a building, Reuters images showed, and witnesses said.
The Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese news channel Al Mayadeen also reported on the strikes in the area.
According to Reuters witnesses, the Israeli strike hit a building near a central park on the edge of Beirut's suburbs.
Go to the full article >>Israel's military killed terrorist Alkaman Abed Elslam Khalil Anbar, who held a significant role in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Gaza City Brigade, the IDF announced on Friday morning.
According to the IDF, Anbar's position in the Islamic Jihad's Gaza City Brigade placed him responsible for the terror group's fire array that directed rockets toward Israeli territory.
Go to the full article >>Defense Minister Israel Katz approved the distribution of 7,000 IDF draft notices to haredi recruits, Israel's Defense Ministry said on Friday morning.
It added that the recruitment notices will be sent out gradually, beginning on Sunday, and based on IDF considerations.
The ministry also said that the goal of the recruitment is to enable the integration of haredim into the IDF to ease the burden on conscripted soldiers and reservists while preserving the Torah world.
Go to the full article >>A man, aged 30, was lightly wounded following rocket sirens that sounded in the Haifa Bay area and Upper Galilee on Friday morning, according to an Army Radio report.
According to the IDF, five rocket launches from Lebanon into Israel were identified. The military added that an impact was detected in the area, while others were intercepted.
This is a developing story.
Go to the full article >>The IDF hit Hezbollah's special force Radwan command centers during strikes in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon on Thursday, Israel's military announced on Friday morning.
A terrorist infrastructure building used by Hezbollah's Bader Unit was among the sites hit in the strikes, the IDF said. It added that the Bader Unit site was used by the terror group to advance attacks against Israel and its military troops.
Go to the full article >>US ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson submitted a draft truce proposal to Lebanon's speaker of parliament Nabih Berri on Thursday, as part of an intense push to end the IDF-Hezbollah war, two political sources told Reuters, without revealing details.
There is agreement on certain elements of a deal, but also sharp disagreements over Israel’s security demand, that the IDF would retain the ability to strike at Hezbollah if necessary to prevent it from rearming.
Lebanese officials say that "direct enforcement" by Israel has not been formally floated to Lebanon, but that it would be rejected by Beirut.
"The idea that Israel can enforce at any time - that is unthinkable," one of the political sources said on Thursday.
Samir Geagea, Hezbollah's fiercest political opponent in Lebanon, told Reuters he opposed granting Israel that option but said Lebanon had little power to stop it, especially if an excuse remained in the form of Hezbollah's armed presence.
Canada's foreign minister on Thursday expressed deep concern about "catastrophic" humanitarian conditions across Gaza and warned about "the life-threatening levels of acute malnutrition."
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly cited a November 8 report by the Famine Review Committee that found a strong likelihood that famine is occurring or imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip. The committee has previously found that 133,000 people in Gaza were facing catastrophic food insecurity.
"This means that civilians - men, women and children - are dying because of the lack of humanitarian assistance allowed into Gaza," she said in a joint statement with International Development Minister Ahmend Hussen.
The statement said not enough aid is reaching those who rely on it for survival and humanitarian agencies and humanitarian workers continue to face preventable impediments.
Go to the full article >>Police officers of the southern District, working alongside the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), recently investigated a serious weapons theft incident. Two magazine machine guns were suspected to have been stolen from an assembly area in the Gaza Strip.
Last week, police arrested two residents of Lakia on suspicion of involvement, but they were later released due to a lack of evidence.
Attorney Eyal Avital, representing one of the released suspects, stated, "My client denies any connection to the theft. These allegations are baseless. His only involvement is that he works in construction near Kibbutz Be'eri."
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