Live Updates

Israel-Hamas War Day 364: What's going on in Lebanon, Gaza?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operating in Hezbollah-controlled villages in southern Lebanon. Uploaded on 4-Oct-2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
IDF soldiers operating in Hezbollah-controlled villages in southern Lebanon. Uploaded on 4-Oct-2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Recent IDF casualties shows deadly drone threat from Iraq, Yemen is increasing - analysis

The Iranian-backed drone programs that proliferated in the Middle East in recent years have become increasingly deadly.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
A drone is seen ahead of the international "BLUE GUARDIAN" drone drill held in Israel. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
A drone is seen ahead of the international "BLUE GUARDIAN" drone drill held in Israel.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Two Israeli soldiers were killed by a drone attack from Iraq. The soldiers, members of the Golani Brigade’s 13th battalion, were killed by a drone launched from Iraq on October 3. Their deaths were announced on Friday. The attack involved two drones, one of which was downed by Israel. Soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Iraqi drone kills two IDF soldiers, wounds several others

Mixed reports by Israeli media state that up to 21 soldiers were lightly wounded in the same drone attack.

By DARCIE GRUNBLATT
 Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer,19, and Corporal Tal Dror, 19, fell in combat in northern Israel, October 4, 2024. (illustration) (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer,19, and Corporal Tal Dror, 19, fell in combat in northern Israel, October 4, 2024. (illustration)
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer, 19, and Corporal Tal Dror, 19, were killed in a drone attack from Iraq in northern Israel on Thursday, the IDF announced Friday evening. 

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Hezbollah launches over 100 rockets into Israel by 3 p.m. on Friday

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets from Lebanon into Israel by 3 p.m., the IDF reported on Friday.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Israeli air force destroys 3.5 km. Lebanon-Syria Hezbollah smuggling tunnel

The tunnel was operated by the Lebanese terrorist organization’s 4400 Unit, which is responsible for the transportation of weaponry from Iran to Hezbollah.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli air strike in the Lebanese village of Jibal el Botm, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on September 23, 2024. (photo credit: KAWNAT HAJU/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli air strike in the Lebanese village of Jibal el Botm, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on September 23, 2024.
(photo credit: KAWNAT HAJU/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Air Force fighter jets struck a 3.5-kilometer-long underground tunnel on Thursday, which crossed from Lebanon into Syria and was used for smuggling and storing large quantities of weapons, the IDF reported the following day.

According to the IDF, the tunnel was operated by Hezbollah's 4400 Unit, which is responsible for the transportation of weaponry from Iran to Hezbollah.

The IAF strike on the tunnel was conducted according to intelligence provided by the IDF Intelligence Directorate and succeeded in destroying terror infrastructure and weapons storage facilities, the military stated.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Hezbollah comms. chief Mohammad Rashid Sakafi confirmed killed

Sakafi was eliminated during an intelligence-based Israel Air Force strike in Beirut on Thursday.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb on October 3, 2024. (photo credit: FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb on October 3, 2024.
(photo credit: FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)

The IDF confirmed on Friday the elimination of Hezbollah communications network head Mohammad Rashid Sakafi.

Sakafi was eliminated during an intelligence-based Israel Air Force strike on Beirut on Thursday.

Appointed head of Hezbollah's communications network in 2000, Sakafi was a long-time member of the terrorist organization and was closely connected to senior Hezbollah officials, the IDF noted.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

Tuesday missile attack was 'minimal punishment', claims Khamenei

By MAARIV
 breaking news (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
breaking news
(photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

Iran's Tuesday ballistic missile attack on Israel was "the minimal punishment" the country has exacted on the Jewish state, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during the funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday.

Khamenei also referred to the "enemies of the Islamic nation," mentioning several Arab countries, including Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq as part of the Islamic nation.

The Iranian autocrat did not mention Saudi Arabia among these countries.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

IAF strikes in Marj Ayoun in southern Lebanon - report

By AMIR BOHBOT
  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

The Israel Air Force allegedly attacked Marj Ayoun in southern Lebanon, according to local media reports.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less

WATCH: IDF soldiers locate abandoned Hezbollah combat equipment in Lebanon

By IDF SPOKESPERSON OFFICE
IDF soldiers find weapons in evacuated residential buildings in southern Lebanon (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Show More
Show Less

WATCH: IDF Aerial Defense Array intercepts Hezbollah rockets over Lebanon-Israel border

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
IDF Aerial Defense Array intercepts Hezbollah rockets fired at Sasa, northern Israel, over the Israel-Lebanon border. October 4, 2024. (Credit: Seth J. Frantzman))
Show More
Show Less

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lands in Beirut, set to speak with Lebanese Prime Minister

Esmael Baghaei posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “a package of 10 tons of foodstuff and medicine will also be delivered as part of our humanitarian assistance to [Lebanon].”

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.  (photo credit: REUTERS/LEONHARD FOEGER/FILE PHOTO)
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.
(photo credit: REUTERS/LEONHARD FOEGER/FILE PHOTO)

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, accompanied by Iranian officials, landed in Beirut on Friday, according to Lebanese state media.

A Reuters live broadcast showed an Iranian-flagged plane landing at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport just hours after air strikes hit outside the airport perimeter overnight.

Go to the full article >>
Show More
Show Less
1
2
3

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