Bibi, Gallant vow to defend North, IDF official: We're in new phase of Hezbollah war
IDF kills Radwan force chief in Beirut strike • Hezbollah rockets cause fire in playground and across North
IDF strike kills Hezbollah Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut - report
The IDF noted that the Home Front Command's defensive guidelines for Israeli residents are currently unchanged.
The IDF conducted a targeted strike in Beirut, the military announced on Friday afternoon. Media reports named the primary target of the strike as Radwan Force commander and head of Hezbollah Operations, Ibrahim Aqil.
AFP, citing a source close to Hezbollah, reported that Aqil perished in the strike.
The Lebanese Health Ministry claimed that eight had been killed in the strike and that another 59 were wounded.
Go to the full article >>Fire breaks out on playground in North as Hezbollah fires roughly 140 rockets
Fires erupted in the area of Safed following the barrage that set off sirens throughout northern Israel.
A playground in the northern Israel city of Safed was hit by a rocket during a barrage of over 100 rockets that targetted Israel's North on Friday, Israeli media reported, noting that fires were ignited in the area as a result of the barrage.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: Israel strikes Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure in southern Lebanon
Complex terrain and low visibility: Report into Rafah helicopter crash revealed
As a result of the crash, Warrant Officer (res.) Daniel Alloush, and Warr. Ofc. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom, both serving in Unit 669, were killed.
The findings of an interim report into the crash of the 'Owl' helicopter in Gaza last week were published by the IDF spokesman on Friday.
The incident, which was investigated by a team of experts, led to the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of others.
Go to the full article >>Fires break out in Safed area following rocket barrage in Israel's North
Fires broke out in the area of Safed following a rocket barrage that set off sirens throughout northern Israel on Friday, Israeli media reported shortly afterward.
One man in the Golan was lightly wounded from the shrapnel of a rocket, according to a YNet report.
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IDF launches wave of strikes in southern Lebanon - report
The IDF launched a wave of strikes in the southern Lebanon area of Meiss Ej Jabal on Friday, according to Israeli media reports citing the Lebanese news channel Al-Mayadeen.
Go to the full article >>IDF eliminates West Bank terror leader Shadi Zakarneh
The IAF strike targeted the vehicle that the Zakarneh and two additional terrorists were in and killed the three of them simultaneously.
The IDF and Shin Bet killed the leader of a terror group in the West Bank, Shadi Zakarneh, among other terrorists, during Thursday operations, Israel's military announced on Friday.
Zakarneh was the leader of a terror group in Qabatiya and held a role that made him responsible for orchestrating and executing attacks in northern Samaria, the IDF noted.
Go to the full article >>UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge immediate de-escalation
The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged de-escalation on Friday after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire for almost a year.
The UNIFIL force had witnessed "a heavy intensification of the hostilities across the Blue Line," and throughout its area of operations, spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told Reuters.
"We are concerned at the increased escalation across the Blue Line and urge all actors to immediately de-escalate," he said.
The Blue Line refers to the frontier between Lebanon and Israel.
Late on Thursday, Israeli warplanes carried out their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon of the conflict.
It followed attacks this week that blew up thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, killing at least 37 people and wounding thousands more.
Go to the full article >>Bulgaria's security agency says no pagers used in Lebanon attack were made in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's state security agency DANS said on Friday that no pagers used in Lebanon attack were imported to, exported from, or made in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian authorities said on Thursday that its interior ministry and state security services had opened an investigation into a company's possible link to the sale of pagers to Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah that exploded this week in a coordinated attack.
Go to the full article >>At least one killed in vehicle attack near Damascus airport in Syria - report
At least one person was killed in a vehicle attack around the area of the Damasucs airport in Syria on Friday, according to Israeli media reports.
This is a developing story.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas War, Hezbollah conflict: All 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
- 101 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says