Israel-Hamas War day 316: What's happening in Israel and West Bank?
IDF names fallen soldiers • Iran says retaliation for assassination of Ismail Haniyeh 'legitimate'
Former Home Front Defense General: Israel not prepared for massive missile attacks
Former Home Front Defense Ministry chief Dan Ronen warns that Israel is unprepared for a multi-front war, criticizing the fragmented agency to home front defense and the lack of a comprehensive plan.
Israel is not ready for an all-out war on multiple fronts, retired Assistant-Chief Dan Ronen, the former director-general of the now-closed Home Front Defense Ministry, told the unofficial civilian October 7 probe on Sunday. He also criticized the division of responsibilities for caring for the home front between different official bodies.
Go to the full article >>Hezbollah’s escalation strategy: Threats without full-scale war
Hezbollah's recent threats against Israel are part of a strategic approach to escalate tensions without triggering a full-scale war by keeping Israel on high alert and expanding its attacks.
For two weeks, Hezbollah has been threatening to widen the war with Israel. Hezbollah joined Iran in this endeavor, hoping to prepare the way for a possible escalation against Israel. However, Hezbollah has learned that threatening Israel with escalation, may be as good as the escalation itself. This is because it creates a sense of alert in Israel, and Hezbollah doesn’t have to lose anything or spend any capital in return.
Go to the full article >>West Bank terrorist attacks Israeli with hammer, IDF launches manhunt
United Hatzalah said the victim, who was seriously wounded in the assault, had been likely attacked by a hammer.
A terrorist attacked an Israeli citizen and stole his weapon near Kedumim in the West Bank, the Israeli military said on Sunday.
Go to the full article >>Netanyahu, Blinken to meet at 11 a.m. on Monday
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are set to meet at 11 a.m. on Monday in Jerusalem, the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday.
Go to the full article >>IDF soldier seriously wounded in southern Gaza
An IDF soldier from the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade was seriously wounded in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the military said.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: Hamas official storms off CNN after being pressed on Oct. 7, responsibility for Gazan deaths
CNN Anchor Jim Sciutto asked Hamas official Osama Hamdan multiple times “Does Hamas today regret the October 7 terror attacks?” which led to the official storming out.
CNN Anchor Jim Sciutto was interviewing senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan but, when the exchange got heated, Hamdan stormed off.
Go to the full article >>IDF kills 20 Hamas terrorists in Rafah, destroys rocket launchers aimed at Israel
Israel Air Force fighter jets struck targets in the area from which the projectiles were launched into the Nirim area on Friday.
Nahal Brigade soldiers killed over 20 terrorists, targeted terrorist infrastructure, and found weapons, including a machine gun, Kalashnikov rifles, grenades, and military equipment in the Rafah area.
Go to the full article >>A phone call led Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr to his death, says Hezbollah official - WSJ
Hezbollah and Iran are still investigating the intelligence failure, however, the official believes that Israel's technology and hacking were better than Hezbollah’s countersurveillance.
On the last day of Fuad Shukr’s life, he was in his office on the second floor of a Beirut residential building when he received a phone call in which he was told to go to his apartment on the seventh floor, where he was killed.
Go to the full article >>Haniyeh's son claims Hamas leader was killed by guided missile that tracked his cell phone
Haniyeh revealed that his father had been using his phone constantly and even used it at 10:15 p.m. the same night he was killed.
Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a guided missile that tracked his cell phone, his son Abdussalam Haniyeh told Saudi Arabia state media Al Arabiya Friday from Doha, Qatar, in an interview.
Go to the full article >>IDF announces Maj. (Res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled killed in central Gaza Strip
He fell in combat in Gaza on Saturday.
Major (Maj.) (Res.) Yotam Itzhak Peled, 34, from Rosh Haayin, fell in combat in the central Gaza Strip, the IDF announced Saturday evening.
Go to the full article >>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 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 115 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says