Israel at war: What happened on day 393?
Eleven Israelis injured from rockets • Lebanon-Syria border temporarily closed • Israeli retaliatory attack damaged Iranian air defenses • IDF captures senior Hezbollah official in northern Lebanon
US to Iran: Avoid strikes or face unrestrained Israeli retaliation - report
A senior US official disclosed to Walla that Washington informed Tehran it would not be able to prevent Israel from reacting to an attack.
The Biden administration recently cautioned Iran against launching another attack on Israel, emphasizing that it could not restrain an Israeli response if provoked again, Walla reported on Saturday evening.
The warning follows Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel, which retaliated against Israeli targeted operations. Israel's response included strikes on military targets but excluded strategic sites like nuclear and oil facilities. These facilities could be potential targets should Iran initiate further attacks.
Go to the full article >>Rockets fired from northern Gaza trigger sirens in border communities
Two rockets were identified crossing into Israeli territory from northern Gaza before falling in an open area, the military said on Saturday evening.
As a result of the rocket launch, sirens sounded in Gaza border communities. No injuries were reported.
Go to the full article >>IDF sees nearly 30 patients, escorts transferred to active hospitals in Gaza
The IDF oversaw the transfer of 29 patients and escorts from the Indonesian and Al-Awda hospitals to the active hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, according to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
COGAT said in a statement that the transfer was coordinated with the IDF and was carried out by the Red Cross and the Red Crescent.
According to the statement, the transfer was carried out per the IDF's request "to safely evacuate the hospitals in the area in order to maintain the security of the residents alongside the humanitarian evacuation routes and the active medical centers in the Gaza Strip."
Go to the full article >>IDF eliminates Hezbollah commander Jaafar Khader Faour, responsible for first rockets on Oct. 8
An Israel Air Force fighter jet, in cooperation with Northern Command, killed Fa'ur in the Jwaya area in southern Lebanon.
The IDF eliminated Jaafar Khader Faour, the commander of the missile and rocket array of Hezbollah’s Nasser unit in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Saturday evening.
An Israel Air Force fighter jet, in cooperation with the Northern Command, killed Faour in the Jouaiyya area of southern Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>Two IDF Givati Brigade soldiers fall in combat in southern Gaza
In the same incident, an additional soldier from the Shaked Battalion was severely wounded.
Staff Sergeant Itay Parizat and Staff Sergeant Yair Hananya, both serving in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade, fell in combat in southern Gaza, the IDF announced on Saturday evening.
Parizat was 20 years old and from Petah Tikva.
Hananya was 22 years old and from Mitzpe Netofa and was a platoon sergeant in the Shaked Battalion.
Some 368 of this number were killed since the start of the military's ground operations in the Strip on October 27.
Go to the full article >>'Fully coordinated with Iran': Iraqi militias seek to ally with Islamic Republic on Israel response
These speculations come after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei promised a "crushing response" to Israel's October 26 attack.
Haidar al-Lami, a member of the political bureau of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi terrorist militia, said that his organization was coordinating with Iran to strike Israel in a Saturday interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
Al-Nujaba, a US-designated terrorist group, is "fully coordinated with Iran to organize the timing and location of this response," al-Lami told the Lebanese news organization.
He also told Al-Ahkbar that "the Islamic Republic has the right to target the Zionist entity from anywhere within Iraq."
He added that "the Islamic Resistance has not ceased its operations targeting critical sites within the entity [Israel].” He predicted that in the next round of blows, “the resistance will use more advanced missiles, in line with the anticipated escalation."
Reuters contributed to this report.
Go to the full article >>IDF intercepts suspicious aerial target over Mediterranean
The IDF intercepted a suspicious aerial target over the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday, the military reported.
The target was reportedly intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory.
Go to the full article >>Air strikes conducted in Dahiyeh, Beirut - report
Air strikes were conducted in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, KAN reported on Saturday evening, citing Lebanese reports.
Go to the full article >>IDF sees nearly 30 patients, escorts transferred to active hospitals in Gaza
The IDF oversaw the transfer of 29 patients and escorts from the Indonesian and Al-Awda hospitals to the active hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, according to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
COGAT said in a statement that the transfer was coordinated with the IDF and was carried out by the Red Cross and the Red Crescent.
According to the statement, the transfer was carried out per the IDF's request "to safely evacuate the hospitals in the area in order to maintain the security of the residents alongside the humanitarian evacuation routes and the active medical centers in the Gaza Strip."
Go to the full article >>Home Front Command permits 2,000-person gatherings in Galilee, Golan, other guidelines unchanged
The Home Front Command updated its defensive guidelines on Saturday evening to allow gatherings of up to 2,000 participants in the Lower Galilee and southern Golan.
The rest of the country's guidelines remain unchanged.
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
- 101 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says