IDF rescues Israeli-Bedouin hostage, Israeli airstrike hits military equipment in northeast Lebanon
US military official says Hezbollah attack lowers risk of regional war • Hamas rejects 'new' ceasefire conditions
Israeli drone strikes in northeastern Lebanon - report
An Israeli airstrike struck a pickup truck carrying military equipment in northeast Lebanon, amid rising tensions with Hezbollah.
An Israeli air strike hit a pickup truck traveling in northeast Lebanon late on Tuesday, two security sources told Reuters, with one of the sources saying it carried military equipment.
The two sources said the strike hit a pickup near Chaat, a remote area of Lebanon near the Syrian border, but that the driver survived.
One of the sources said it was likely the military equipment being transported was a damaged rocket launcher on the way to be repaired.
Two days earlier, the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and the Israeli military engaged in one of the most intense exchanges of fire between them over the last 10 months amid fears that Israel's war in Gaza would become a wider regional conflict.
Hezbollah fired drones and rockets at Israel early on Sunday to avenge a top military commander killed by Israel last month.
Israel's statement
Israel has said its strikes on Lebanon on Sunday destroyed Hezbollah rocket launch sites and prevented a wider attack by the group. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the attack had gone as planned and that Israeli strikes afterwards had damaged some Hezbollah launch sites.
On Tuesday, a UN peacekeeping force told Reuters that it had detected a rocket launch from near one of its positions in southern Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>Israeli negotiating team to head to Doha for Gaza hostage talks
The US has hoped that a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, would a wider IDF war with Hezbollah and would thwart a direct Iranian war with Israel.
A professional-level team of Israeli negotiators is expected to head to Doha on Wednesday to continue talks for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal in the aftermath of the dramatic rescue of one of the captives Qaid Farhan Alkadi.
Go to the full article >>Khamenei hints at willingness to cooperate with West, while maintaining stance on terrorism
Ayatollah Khamenei hinted at a potential shift to a softer foreign policy, while emphasizing no trust in the West and a firm stance on terrorism.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hinted toward a possible shift to a softer foreign policy that includes a willingness to cooperate with the West in a meeting on Tuesday, according to the Iranian news outlet Iran International.
Go to the full article >>WATCH IDF publishes new footage from the resuce operation of Qaid Farhan Alkadi
The IDF released footage from body-cams of soldiers on the ground and from the Helicopter during the moments of the rescue of former hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi.
Who is rescued hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi? - explainer
Alkadi is the father of 11, the youngest of whom is only six months old, according to online hostage story project Coming Soon.
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held hostage by Hamas for over 300 days after being taken hostage from Kibbutz Magen, is from the southern Bedouin city of Rahat, and a father of 11.
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IDF rescues Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from Hamas captivity in southern Gaza
The IDF said they had already gathered some intelligence from Alkadi, both in the field and at Soroka Medical Center.
The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday early afternoon rescued Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from southern Gaza, who was held by Hamas since October 7 from Mivtachim in the South.
Go to the full article >>'Better than a child being born': Family, politicians react to rescue of hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi
Al-Qadi's brother said, "We are very happy to receive this news. It is better than having a new child. Thank you so much, everyone. We look forward to seeing him in good health."
Family members, members of Knesset, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, and beachgoers celebrated the rescue of Israeli-Bedoiun hostage Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Tuesday.
Go to the full article >>Gaza death toll since Oct. 7 reaches 40,476, Hamas-run Gaza health min. says
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry stated on Tuesday that the death toll in Gaza has reached 40,476 since the war started on October 7 of last year.
A further 93,647 have thus far been wounded in the conflict, the Gazan ministry added.
The number has not been independently verified, and the ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its toll.
The Hamas-run ministry has also been repeatedly criticized for distorting casualty figures.
In May, departing from Hamas’s reported figures, the UN halved the number of women and children it had previously reported had been killed thus far in the war.
Israeli strikes pound targets across Gaza Strip - Arab media reports
Israeli strikes attacked targets across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, Arab media sources reported.
According to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen and the Hamas-affiliated Safa News, Israeli artillery fired on targets in the area of al-Rashid Street in the Sheikh Ajlin neighborhood west of Gaza City.
The outlets also reported that individuals had been wounded by shelling in Khan Yunis, with Safa adding that a vehicle had been struck north of Rafah, in the southern portion of Gaza.
Go to the full article >>Hostages' families block southern Ayalon Highway, call for deal
Relatives of hostages and protesters belonging to the Women's Protest for the Return of the Hostages blocked part of the southern Ayalon Highway on Tuesday in a call for a hostage deal.
Shortly after, the protest ended on the Ayalon Highway.
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
- 109 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says