Israel-Hamas War day 282: What is going on in Gaza, Lebanon?

DF soldiers conduct exercises in complex terrain scenarios in order to prepare for a war with Hezbollah in the North.

Nobel laureate and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai called for an “urgent” ceasefire in Gaza in an interview with AFP on Friday.

"It is horrifying how many schools have been bombed in Gaza, even more recently the four schools," she said, referring to four schools that were hit by Israeli air strikes this week, AFP noted.

"It is deeply concerning because we know that children do not have a future when they're living under a war, when their schools and homes are destroyed," Yousafzai continued.

The Nobel laureate did not condemn Hamas’s use of schools as bases of terrorism or their use for stockpiling weapons. 

Multiple hostile aircraft intrusion alerts sounded in northern Israel on Sunday.

The alerts, which began at around 12:05 p.m., sounded in various localities in the Upper Galilee.

The IDF later said that it had successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that had crossed from Lebanon. No injuries were reported following the incident.

The military added that Israel Air Force jets had struck overnight Hezbollah terror infrastructure in the Ramyeh area in southern Lebanon.  

Border Police officers arrested in the West Bank on Sunday a suspect who planned to carry out an attack against a security officer in the area, the police said. 

The 37-year-old woman, who arrived at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron with her two children, was found with a knife in her possession.

The knife found on the suspect at the Cave of the Patriarchs. July 14, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

According to the police, during the search,  the woman stated she was the wife of a Hamas operative currently in Israeli prison and that she had planned to attack a specific security officer. 

The woman was arrested and transferred to the police for further examination. 

Residents of and evacuees from Israel's North protested outside of a government meeting Sunday morning, calling for a war in the North and protesting an agreement with Hezbollah. Hundreds of protesters were present, according to organizers.

Participants, active in the Fighting for the North protest organization, lay in sleeping bags on the road to block the entrance to the meeting and make the point that they have been "abandoned in the street" by Israel's government.

The protest was part of a day of "the war for the North," which included additional protests and activities.

Following the strike that targeted Mohammad Deif, University of Haifa Prof. Amatzia Baram estimated Hezbollah terrorists would not change their modus operandi in the North.

"Despite the attempted assassination, Hezbollah will not operate in a more significant way than it is currently. It will continue with the usual method of operation - and will not increase the fire," he asserted.

"In the past, we killed senior commanders in Gaza, and Hezbollah never responded to their assassinations."

Mohammad Deif is "fine" after Israel's Saturday's strike targeting the leader, a Hamas official told AFP.

The sources reportedly added that the hostage deal negotiations were set to "halt."

This is a developing story.

IDF troops of the Nahal Brigade, in a joint operation with the Israel Air Force (IAF), struck in Rafah an anti-tank missile launcher that was used to fire at the forces, the military said on Sunday.

The military also targeted a terror cell in the area. In addition, forces of the 401st Brigade demolished several underground shafts and terror infrastructure, the IDF said. 

In Gaza City, forces of the Alexandroni Brigade eliminated several terrorists in close-quarter combat. During one of the operations, the IDF noted that a terror cell was identified moving in the sector and attempting to bury an explosive device near the forces. The IDF said the cell was subsequently struck and eliminated. 

Following the interception of two unmanned aerial aircrafts (UAVs) that had been launched from Syrian territory towards Eilat early Sunday morning, the IDF said it had struck a Syrian military command center, military infrastructure sites, and targets of the Syrian Aerial Defense Unit.

A Syrian soldier was killed in the strike, and three other people were wounded, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the Syrian military. 

Mossad chief David Barnea is set to travel to Qatar this week for the hostage deal negotiations, according to KAN news on Sunday, citing a diplomatic source involved in the negotations. 

The report comes amid the IDF strike on Saturday targeting Hamas's Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades chief, Mohammad Deif.