IAF strikes Hezbollah's Syrian envoy in Damascus, IDF strikes terror cell in Jordan Valley

An Israel Air Force aircraft attacked and eliminated Hezbollah's envoy to the Syrian army, Salman Nimr Jamaa, the IDF announced Tuesday afternoon.

An IDF drone struck a terrorist cell in the Aqaba area in the Jordan Valley, the IDF announced on Tuesday morning.

IDF troops of the 99th Division killed seven Hamas terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre, the military said on Tuesday. 

Nukhba terrorist Abd Alrazak, who was also an engineering operative in the center of the Gaza Strip, was eliminated along with Marzuk Alhur, who was a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated southern Israel on October 7. 

IDF officers from the Northern Command criticized the IDF on Tuesday for not utilizing the opportunity given to it in the ceasefire to patrol villages in southern Lebanon in order to dismantle terror networks and eliminate weapons caches in the area.

"On the first day, it worked," said one Northern Command officer. "Patrols began, and we detained Hezbollah terrorists and Lebanese civilians. At least one individual came out of hiding. The others? They moved from northern to southern Lebanon, exploiting the fact that the Lebanese Army had yet to set up checkpoints or simply bypassed those already in place."

The family of Hamas-held US citizen Keith Siegel announced the passing of his mother in a post on Facebook on Tuesday. 

"My grandmother passed away yesterday morning. My father's mother passed away, and my father couldn't say goodbye to her because he had been a hostage by Hamas for over a year. My father was taken from his home by terrorists about twenty years old and is in dark tunnels, severe hunger, and emotional and physical abuse about an hour drive from Tel Aviv," Keith's daughter, Elan, said in the post.

A document published by the London-based Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Tuesday alleged to show the foundational agreement of the committee that would administer the Gaza Strip after the war.

The committee “administers the Gaza Strip, and its reference is the Palestinian government and is responsible for all fields," the alleged document stated, according to the report.

The Home Front Command will conduct a siren test on Tuesday at 10:05 a.m. in the city of Ariel, the IDF announced on Tuesday morning.

IDF Capt. Omer Neutra, 21, died on October 7 of last year, and his body was taken by Hamas to Gaza, the IDF confirmed on Monday.New intelligence that came to light allowed a special military commission of rabbis, scientists, and lawyers to finally confirm his death around 14 months later, despite long-standing suspicions that he was dead.

Neutra was a lone soldier from New York, serving as a tank platoon commander in the 77th Battalion of the 7th Brigade.