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Israel-Hamas war day 324: What's happening in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

IDF investigates suspected kidnapping in northern West Bank

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)

The IDF is investigating a report of suspected kidnapping in the northern West Bank.

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White House says hostage talks ongoing, Israeli team to fly to Cairo later this week

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Qatari Minister of State Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi, in Doha, this week. The time has come to reach a hostage deal under the terms laid out in the current negotiations, says the writer.  (photo credit: KEVIN MOHATT/REUTERS)
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Qatari Minister of State Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi, in Doha, this week. The time has come to reach a hostage deal under the terms laid out in the current negotiations, says the writer.
(photo credit: KEVIN MOHATT/REUTERS)

White House says hostage talks ongoing and the Israeli team will fly to Cairo later this week.

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Nasrallah’s ‘Downfall’ moment is rhetoric vs reality - comment

If a major military attack is severely depleted due to the enemy striking first, one would be far-stretched to state that it went “as planned.”

By ALEX WINSTON
  People watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised address, as they sit at a cafe in Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)
People watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised address, as they sit at a cafe in Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's attempt to spin the terror group's severely reduced attack on Israel as a successful operation shows that his time in an underground bunker is disconnecting him from reality.

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IDF: 90% of Hezbollah's rockets fired from civilian areas

90% of all rockets fired at Israel from Hezbollah have been launched from civilian areas, IDF announced Monday.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month (photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)
HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month
(photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)

90% of Hezbollah rockets are fired within civilian areas, IDF announces.

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Netanyahu's office says IDF isn't reducing forces in Philaldelphi as talks continue 

Hamas said Israel has backtracked on a commitment to withdraw troops from the Corridor and put forward other new conditions.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
 View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.  (photo credit: Oren Cohen/Flash90)
View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.
(photo credit: Oren Cohen/Flash90)

The Prime Minister’s Office rejected media reports that Israel had agreed to reduce its forces in the Philadelphi Corridor in order to finalize a Gaza hostage and ceasefire agreement.

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Gallant to Brown: We need to be ready to act to stop nuclear Iran

Military continues low-grade skirmishes in Gaza, destroys cell which fired on Rishon LeZion

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on May 15, 2024. (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on May 15, 2024.
(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown that both countries need to prevent a nuclear Iran. New IDF Intelligence Chief Shlomi Binder joined the meetings, having just been sworn in.

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IDF discovers Ammunition, missiles and knives - all next to a baby's cradle in Gaza

The military also stated that a 700-meter tunnel constructed by the terrorist organization underground was destroyed by the IDF's Yahalom Unit and forces from the 603rd Battalion.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Weapons discovered by a baby's crib by Israeli forces in Deir-al Balah in Gaza on August 26, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Weapons discovered by a baby's crib by Israeli forces in Deir-al Balah in Gaza on August 26, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

The IDF's 202nd Battalion found, next to a baby crib, anti-tank missiles, military vests, munitions, and knives in a residential apartment in Deir-al Balah in the Gaza Strip on Monday.

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Houthis praised Hezbollah's rocket attacks on Israel, promise further action

In response to Hezbollah's recent rocket attack, Yemen's Houthi group expressed their solidarity and pledged their support.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Tribesmen loyal to the Houthis march on U.S. and Israeli flags during a military parade for new tribal recruits amid escalating tensions with the U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea, in Bani Hushaish, Yemen January 22, 2024. (photo credit: KHALED ABDULLAH/REUTERS)
Tribesmen loyal to the Houthis march on U.S. and Israeli flags during a military parade for new tribal recruits amid escalating tensions with the U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea, in Bani Hushaish, Yemen January 22, 2024.
(photo credit: KHALED ABDULLAH/REUTERS)

Yemen's Houthis group praised Hezbollah's attack on northern Israel and vowed to take action themselves.

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Hamas, other terror groups turn to boobytraps and explosives to attack Israel - analysis

Hamas has reverted to this method as a way to fight the IDF without confronting the IDF using armed fighters.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. August 26, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. August 26, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Terror groups are increasingly using improvised explosive devices and booby traps in Gaza and the West Bank, posing a growing threat to IDF soldiers and civilians as the conflict escalates.
 

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Israeli withdrawal from Philadelphi Corridor may pave the way for hostage deal - Al-Ahkbar

Among what officials call "concessions," is included "Israel's gradual withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor during the first phase of the agreement."

By MAARIV
 View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.  (photo credit: Oren Cohen/Flash90)
View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.
(photo credit: Oren Cohen/Flash90)

Sunday's hostage deal negotiation talks focused on the "concessions on Israel's side which the mediators believe may lead Hamas to agree to a deal," according to a Monday report by the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, citing sources familiar with the subject. 

Among what officials call "concessions" are "Israel's gradual [partial] withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor during the first phase of the agreement," alongside "a promise that no construction work will be carried out on the corridor or attempts to change the existing situation." 

At the same time, a "land corridor" will allow the IDF troops to move and reach the area quickly.

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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