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IDF confiscates 10,000 Hezbollah weapons, intercepts drone from Yemen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

IDF intercepts drone from Yemen before it crossed into Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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An IDF missile boat intercepted a drone that was launched from Yemen, the military said Monday morning, adding that the drone had not crossed into Israeli territory. 

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Israel at war: What happened on day 436?

IDF confiscates 10,000 Hezbollah weapons across S. Lebanon • Military, Palestinians clash about whether killed Gazans were terrorists, civilians

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Soldiers from the IDF's 98th Division operate in southern Lebanon, December 15, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Soldiers from the IDF's 98th Division operate in southern Lebanon, December 15, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Ten weeks into the invasion of Lebanon and about three weeks into the ceasefire, the IDF said on Sunday that it confiscated over 10,000 Hezbollah weapons in a large number of different districts of southern Lebanon.

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Israel strikes weapon and missile depots in Syria - report

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Israel has reportedly carried out multiple strikes on missile and weapon depots in the Syrian port city of Tartus, according to Arab media networks on Sunday night.

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Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights

The decision, which was approved unanimously, came just days after the fall of the Assad regime and the IDF retaking the Syrian Hermon.

By SHIR PERETS
CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights (photo credit: REUTERS)
CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights
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The Israeli government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's NIS 40 million plan to encourage demographic growth in the Golan Heights, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Sunday.

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Arab countries condemn Israel's 'opportunistic scheme' for Golan Heights expansion

This comes after the Israeli government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's NIS 40 million plan to encourage demographic growth in the Golan Heights.

By MATHILDA HELLER
 THE ARAB Contact Group on Syria meets in Aqaba, this past Saturday. Those present included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, and the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon.  (photo credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/REUTERS)
THE ARAB Contact Group on Syria meets in Aqaba, this past Saturday. Those present included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, and the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon.
(photo credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/REUTERS)

Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq have condemned Israel's move to expand settlements in the Golan Heights.

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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
  • 100 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.