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Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 321?

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 IDF soldiers operate in Rafah, Gaza Strip, August 23, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operate in Rafah, Gaza Strip, August 23, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Explosive factories, 14 hours, and 40 arrested: IDF completes operations in Tulkarm

The IDF worked in cooperation with the Border Police and Shin Bet to arrest wanted individuals and destroy laboratories for creating explosives.

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 Security forces operate in Tulkarm, May 7, 2024.  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Security forces operate in Tulkarm, May 7, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Three terrorists were killed, and laboratories producing explosives were destroyed by the IDF over the course of a 14-hour operation in Tulkarm, the military said on Thursday. 

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IDF announces Sergeant Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya killed in southern Gaza

Sergeant Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, from Ashkelon, served in the 46th Battalion in the 401st Brigade. 

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 Sergeant Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya.  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Sergeant Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Sergeant Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya was killed in battle while fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Thursday.

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State Comptroller releases subjects intended for probe regarding IDF conduct on Oct. 7

The publication was part of a document sent to the High Court in which the state comptroller asserted the interim order which bars his office from examining the IDF and Shin Bet should be removed.

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 STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman condemned the assignment of female cadets in the IDF officers’ course to guard terrorists who committed violent acts of sexual assault and murder on October 7, the writer notes.  (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)
STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman condemned the assignment of female cadets in the IDF officers’ course to guard terrorists who committed violent acts of sexual assault and murder on October 7, the writer notes.
(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman published a list on Thursday of the subjects his office intends to probe regarding the October 7 massacre and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Shin Bet chief to Netanyahu: Jewish terror in West Bank on brink of disaster

He accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and other coalition members of sometimes indirectly and sometimes almost explicitly encouraging the phenomenon.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023.  (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023.
(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)

Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar on Thursday sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that recent Jewish terror actions, such as the massive attack on the northern West Bank Palestinian village of Jit, have put the country on the brink of disaster, said a Channel 12 report.

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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
  • 109 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says