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Multiple rocket barrages pour over Israel's North, six wounded

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 The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit houses and cars in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, September 22, 2024 (photo credit: FLASH90)
The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit houses and cars in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, September 22, 2024
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IDF postpones enlistment day and first call-ups in Haifa and Tiberias

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Following a situational assessment, the IDF announced the cancellation of Sunday’s enlistment day and the postponement of first call-ups for those designated for military service in Haifa and Tiberias, the military announced early Sunday morning. 

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Home Front Command makes changes to guidelines for northern Israel

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The Home Front Command has updated its guidelines regarding educational activities, gatherings, services, and workplace operations in northern Israel from Sunday at 6 AM to Monday at 6 PM.

Following a situational assessment, the changes were applied to northern Golan Heights, Confrontation Line, southern Golan Heights, Upper Galilee, Central Galilee, Lower Galilee, Haifa Bay (HaMifratz), and the Valleys (HaAmakim).

 Home Front Command guidelines (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Home Front Command guidelines (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

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Classes cancelled in most schools in Golan, Galilee

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Regional councils in multiple areas of Northern Israel decided to cancel school classes on Sunday following multiple rocket barrages from Lebanon on Sunday night, KAN reported.

These include Migdal Ha'Emek, Acre, Julis, Safed, Ma'alot Tarshikha, Nahariya, Meta Asher, Marom Golan, Jordan Valley, Tiberias, and Kiryat Bialik.

The municipality of Haifa announced that all classes, including special education, will be held remotely. 

Some classes will take place in Kiryat Ata, Hatzor Haglilit, and Emek Jezreel; the rest will be via Zoom.

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Beit She’arim faces direct hit in third round of attacks from Lebanon, killing several cows

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A barn was struck in Beit She'arim, in the lower Galilee, resulting in the deaths of several cows, according to Israeli media on Sunday morning.

The hit followed a third round of launches from Lebanon on Sunday morning, all targeting areas in the Jezreel Valley. No human casualties were reported.

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IDF confirms assassination of Ibrahim Aqil, names 15 Hezbollah commanders killed in strike

These Hezbollah commanders have been orchestrating attacks against Israel for years.

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 Hezbollah commanders in the Radwan Force killed in the IDF September 20 strike on Beirut, September 21, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Hezbollah commanders in the Radwan Force killed in the IDF September 20 strike on Beirut, September 21, 2024.
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Israel Air Force jets, guided by the Intelligence Directorate, killed Ibrahim Aqil, in addition to 15 other Hezbollah  Radwan Force commanders, during a meeting in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut on Friday evening, the IDF confirmed in a statement issued Saturday afternoon.

Among the terrorists killed was Abu Hassan Samir, who served as the head of the Radwan Force training unit.

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IDF: Possible attacks on Israel within 24 hours, new restrictions on Haifa and North

The Home Front Command (HFC) has issued new restrictions in light of recent escalations with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with possible major attack in the next 24 hours.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses top IDF officials after the Israeli military eliminated Hezbollah Operations Division Head and Radwan Force Commander Ibrahim Aqil. September 20, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses top IDF officials after the Israeli military eliminated Hezbollah Operations Division Head and Radwan Force Commander Ibrahim Aqil. September 20, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

The IDF on Saturday night issued new home front restrictions on Haifa and any part of the country northward in anticipation of a potential large Hezbollah attack, following Israel’s attacks over the weekend against over 400 Hezbollah rocket launchers and many thousands of rockets.

Since Thursday, the military has carried out at least three major waves of attacks, each of which destroyed a hundred or more rocket launchers, including one over Thursday-Friday and two on Saturday.

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Israel-Hamas war: 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