Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 267?
Iran threatens wider war • US sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs over course of war • Houthis claim attack on seven ships
IDF soldiers Yair Avitan, Yakir Tatelbaum fall in battle in Gaza
Avitan fell in battle in Shejaia and Tatelbaum fell in northern Gaza.
Staff-Sergeant Yair Avitan and Sergeant-Major (Res.) Yakir Shmuel Tatelbaum were killed in battle while fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the IDF announced Saturday evening.
Go to the full article >>No progress in Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel, says Hamas official
The Palestinian terrorist group is still ready to "deal positively" with any ceasefire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.
A senior official of the Islamist terror group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, said on Saturday there had been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the Gaza war.
The Palestinian terrorist group is still ready to "deal positively" with any ceasefire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.
Hamdan also detailed the needs of Gazan civilians during the war, including at least 500 aid trucks per day, and accused Israel of "preventing the entry of aid" and placing the Gaza Strip in "a state of great famine."
Go to the full article >>Saudi embassy in Lebanon calls on citizens to leave the country
The Saudi embassy in Lebanon called on its citizens in the country to leave and advised against traveling there, Maariv reported on Saturday evening.
The embassy noted that the reason was recent developments in Lebanon.
WATCH: 'Because of Arnon, we are here': Noa Argamani thanks IDF, urges return of Hamas hostages
"I mourn with the family of Arnon Zamora, who fell during the rescue operation of myself and three other hostages. My heart is with his family," she says.
"Because of Arnon, we are here," Noa Argamani said in a video released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Saturday evening.
In the video, Argamani thanked the IDF, and urged the return of the remaining 120 individuals in Hamas captivity.
"I am Noa Argamani, I was kidnapped to Gaza on the seventh of October. I was in Hamas captivity for eight months before being rescued by the security forces on June 8," Argamani began.
Go to the full article >>Anti-tank missile targets Metulla - report
An anti-tank missile was fired at the northern Israeli community of Metulla, Maariv reported on Saturday evening.
Searches are underway at the site to locate the impact.
Go to the full article >>IDF paratroopers operate in Shejaia, Gaza
IDF eliminates dozens of terrorists, locates weapons near school, clinic in Shejaia
In the morning, the IDF announced that over the past day, soldiers had located a weapons storage facility also within a school compound in Shejaia.
IDF Division 98 forces operating in Shejaia in the last several days have eliminated dozens of terrorists, the military stated on Saturday evening.
The forces also located observation posts, weapons, drones, and a long-range rocket launcher near a school and a clinic in the area.
Israeli troops have been engaged in close-quarters combat with terrorists in the area and have directed strikes by Israeli air force aircraft on a number of terror targets, the IDF added.
Go to the full article >>Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah terrorists, infrastructure in Houla area of Lebanon
After IDF soldiers discovered Hezbollah terrorists entering a military structure in the Houla area of southern Lebanon, the Israel Air Force attacked the building, the IDF reported on Saturday afternoon.
The IAF also targeted another Hezbollah structure in southern Lebanon, the military stated, adding that an additional Hezbollah terrorist in the Houla area was eliminated.
'The resistance is doing its duty': Lebanon PM Mikati pushes Israel to cease activities
UNSC Resolution 1701 calls for a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line on Israel's border and the areas of Lebanon south of the Litani River.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Saturday that Israel must stop its campaign in Gaza and cease attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported.
"We are always advocates of peace, and our choice is peace and the implementation of Resolution 1701. Israel must stop its repeated attacks on Lebanon and stop the war in Gaza," the Lebanese prime minister stated. "And everyone must implement International Resolution No. 2735."
"We are with our people," Mikati continued. "The resistance is doing its duty, the Lebanese government is doing its duty, and our goal is to protect the country in every sense of the word.”
Go to the full article >>Police officer guarding Israeli embassy in Serbia hit by an arrow, shoots attacker dead
A local security guard of the Israeli embassy in Serbia killed an unknown man who attacked him with a bow and arrow.
Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, announced on Saturday around 11:00 a.m. that an unknown person fired a bow at the gendarmerie officer who was on duty to secure the Israeli embassy.
"The 34-year-old policeman used a weapon in self-defense and neutralized the assailant, who died as a result of his wounds," it was reported, "the policeman was transferred to an emergency center conscious, where surgery will be performed to remove the arrow from the neck. All the circumstances of the attack and possible motives are being investigated," Minister Dacic said.
Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 120 hostages remain in Gaza
- 43 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says