Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah plans for ‘imminent’ attack

Israel launched heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah positions across Lebanon after detecting the terror group was at readiness for an imminent attack on Israeli civilians, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning. Read more

Orthodox Israelis clash at army office

Hundreds of Haredim — Orthodox Jewish Israelis — clashed with police outside an army recruiting centre in the Tel Aviv area on Monday after the military sent notices to 1,200 men ordering them to report for enlistment. Read more

‘Serious failures’ led Israel to strike aid workers

Serious errors, exacerbated by confirmation bias, led Israel to launch an airstrike on a humanitarian convoy that killed an Australian aid worker and six colleagues, government advice has found. Read more

Israel strikes terrorists hiding in UN school

Israeli jets struck several Hamas terrorists using a United Nations school in the central Gaza town of Nuseirat, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Sunday. Read more

Internal IDF probe: ‘Serious’ errors let Hamas infiltrate kibbutz on Oct. 7

Nearly 350 Hamas terrorists, including 100 members of the terror group’s elite Nukhba Force, managed to infiltrate Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel on Oct. 7 due to catastrophic failures by the Israel Defence Forces in their readiness and response, according to the first part of the IDF’s internal probe of the attacks. Read more

60% of Hamas terrorists killed or injured, says Israeli defence minister

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday that the Israel Defence Forces have killed or injured 60% of Hamas’s terrorists. Read more

Israel strikes UNRWA facility taken over by Hamas

The Israeli military struck buildings used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that previously served as headquarters for the UN Relief and Works Agency in northern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more

‘Shameless’: Israelis heap scorn on The Hague’s Rafah ruling

Israelis heaped scorn on the International Court of Justice for apparently ruling on Friday that Israel must scale back or end its military operations in Rafah. Read more

Israel forces operating in eastern Rafah and other Gaza areas

Israel military forces continued operating in eastern Rafah, as well as in the northern Gaza areas of Jabaliya and Zeitoun, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more

Israel begins evacuating Palestinians from Rafah

The Israel Defence Forces began evacuating Palestinians in parts of Rafah today, ahead of an expected military advance on the city. Read more

Rockets in Gaza kill three IDF soldiers

Three soldiers were killed and 11 injured in a rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing. Read more

Israeli aircraft strike more than 30 Hamas targets

Israeli aircraft have struck more than 30 Hamas targets across Gaza over the last 24 hours, including terror squads, weapons storage facilities, military structures, and other terror infrastructure, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday morning. Read more

Netanyahu slams proposed sanctions on Israeli military

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will fight sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations after media reports said Washington was planning such a step. Read more

Israel: ‘We intercepted 99% of the threats’

Providing the first statistics from Iran’s overnight attack, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning that of the more 320 drones and missiles launched by Iran, 99% were intercepted. Read more

Iron Dome’s naval brother makes its first operational intercept

C-Dome, the naval version of Israel’s better-known Iron Dome defence system, made its first operational intercept on Monday night, shooting down a hostile drone over the Gulf of Aqaba, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday. Read more

Double amputee joins Israel army, fulfilling dream alongside twin sister

In a moment of unity and determination, Emanuel Olgin, a double amputee with cognitive learning disabilities, realised her lifelong dream of joining the Israel Defence Forces alongside her twin sister, Maayan. Read more

Fallen Israeli soldier’s organs save five patients

The organs of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza were donated to five different people, the National Transplant Centre said on Tuesday. Read more

Nadav Cohen: 600th IDF soldier to fall since Oct 7

The Israel Defence Forces announced on Monday the death of the 600th soldier to fall since October 7. Read more

Australian aid worker killed: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade requests a meeting with Israel’s ambassador

Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, has been requested for a call-in by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the death of Zomi Frankcom. Read more

Israel’s Supreme Court orders stop to yeshivah funding for haredim required to enlist in IDF

Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued an interim order prohibiting the government from providing stipends to some haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish men who do not serve in the Israel Defence Forces. Read more

‘Storm over ultra-Orthodox recruitment won’t topple Netanyahu’

The issue of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) army enlistment reached a boiling point this week as the Netanyahu government failed, despite feverish efforts, to draft legislation to address the issue before a High Court-mandated Wednesday deadline. Read more

IDF begins isolating Rafah, orders 40,000 tents

The Israel Defence Forces has begun isolating Rafah in southern Gaza and has started taking steps to evacuate the city’s civilian population, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday. Read more

Hamas is weakening, but the campaign against it will be lengthy

While the Israel Defence Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers. Read more

Hamas rejects offer of two-month ceasefire for release of all hostages

Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the staged release of the 136 remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, a senior Egyptian official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more

Israel: Gaza goals unchanged after 24 troops killed

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military says, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, Khan Younis. Read more

Israeli barmitzvah boy forgoes party, treats 200 soldiers to dinner

Amichai Jackson, a bar mitzvah boy from the Gush Etzion community of Elazar, decided that in lieu of a party to mark the milestone event, his parents should use the money to treat Israeli soldiers to dinner. Read more

Hamas man wanted to sell IDF soldier’s head for $10,000

A Hamas terrorist admitted to Israeli interrogators that he tried to sell the decapitated head of an IDF soldier for $10,000. That soldier was the son of David Tahar of Jerusalem. Read more

IDF: two journalists killed in Gaza were senior terrorists

The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that two people in Gaza who were killed by its forces and alleged to be journalists were, in fact senior ranking terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more

Israeli forces find weapons and inciting games for children

Weapons and games designed to incite children to violence were discovered in a Hamas commander’s home in the outskirts of Khan Yunis as Israeli forces battled a Hamas terror squad holed up in a nearby school, the Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday. Read more

Israeli forces battle Hamas’s Daraj Tuffah Battalion in Gaza City

Israeli ground, aerial and naval forces continued operations across the Gaza Strip as the war against the Hamas terror group entered its 83rd day on Thursday. Read more

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