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2024-03-30

Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah claimed to have struck Israel's Ramim ridge, near the Lebanese border, on Saturday morning after Lebanese media reported that the IDF carried out three strikes in the southern village of Taybeh. Local residents reported that a rocket fell in the northern border town of Margaliot later on Saturday, with no siren sounding prior. According to Walla, the locals observed a "louder explosion than usual." Lebanon's National News Agency further reported that were observed flying over the Iqlim al-Tuffah and Nabatieh regions. One Israeli drone strike reportedly hit a vehicle carrying United Nations observers outside the southern Lebanese border town of Rmeish, two security sources told Reuters. IDF (Israel Defense Force) Artillery Corps seen firing into Lebanon, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, on August 6, 2021. (credit: BASEL AWIDAT/FLASH90) According to Lebanese reports, four people were injured in the strike. There was no immediate comment from the UN peacekeeper mission in southern Lebanon , which accompanies technical observers monitoring the Blue Line, which delineates the border between Lebanon and Israel. This is a developing story. ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-03-06

The IDF operated in the Khan Yunis area in the Gaza Strip, where troops killed Nukhba forces and other terrorists who were involved in the Nir Yitzhak massacre on October 7, reported on Wednesday. In Beit Hanoun, an fighter jet eliminated terrorists who fled to a nearby military building. The IAF worked in coordination with the Northern Brigade of the Gaza Division to complete the operation.  Fighter jets attacked two terrorists complicit in the massacre of Nir Yitzhak on October 7 who hid in a military structure. The IDF was successful in killing two platoon commanders and a squad commander from the Nukhba Force, Hamas's elite unit.  Troops from the Nahal Brigade operated in the central Gaza Strip and killed approximately 20 terrorists in the last day through sniper fire, remotely manned aircraft, and IAF fighter jets.  In one particular attack, as part of a sniper ambush initiated by IDF, troops killed 15 terrorists. In another, the brigade's fire complex, alongside the IAF and guided by military intelligence, attacked terrorist infrastructure from which terrorists launched anti-aircraft fire at IDF troops. After this operation, explosions were seen, indicating that large amounts of ammunition were stored in the area, the military noted. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade operated in the Hamad neighborhood in Khan Yunis, where they identified several terrorists that were promptly eliminated by a combat helicopter. Later, troops identified a terrorist approaching them, who was killed. IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Additionally, soldiers from the IDF Commando Brigade continued to search the buildings of the Hamad neighborhood and eliminate terrorists. On one such search, troops found weapons caches containing Kalashnikovs and cartridges. While searching the same neighborhood, soldiers from the 7th Brigade found more weapons and military equipment.  During an ambush, soldiers from the Bislach Brigade identified five armed terrorists and killed them with short-range fire.  In other developments, IDF troops arrested Hamas terrorists who took part in the October 7 massacre, who were handed over for investigation by security officials, Walla! reported. One such terrorist was complicit on October 7, who had entered Kibbutz Kfar Aza and managed to escape back to the Gaza Strip.  According to military sources, Israel holds approximately 230 Hamas terrorists suspected of taking part in the October 7 attacks. Fifty have completed the investigation and are defined as "participants in the massacre" who will undergo criminal investigation. Another 140 are currently under investigation, and the rest are at varying stages of investigation, Walla! stated.  There are rising questions of who would be given the task of indictment and prosecution, the military or the civilian judicial system, with rising criticisms about the under-preparedness of the IDF in dealing with the task. A possible hostage deal would also raise issues in relation to a prisoner exchange.  ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-03-05

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's (Bezeq-Walla case) resumed on Tuesday morning. National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi testified concerning his position as acting Communications Minister between June 2016 and May 2017. In case 4000, the prime minister was accused of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Hanebi's testimony was already submitted to the prosecutor's office, as opposed to a preliminary investigation, and with the consent of the parties involved, Maariv reported. He went on the stand for cross-examination by Netanyahu's defense attorneys and businessman Shaul Elovich, who was the chairman of Bezeq and the owner of the "Walla" news site. As part of the police testimony submitted to the court, was asked about the objections that the Communications Ministry had to the policies of Shlomo Filber, who was the director-general of the ministry at the time and served as its head on the issue of canceling the structural separations of the Bezeq telecommunications company. "Filber preferred not to fight with the media companies; he believed it was an effective way to promote things," Hanegbi said when asked about the relationship between Filber and Elovich. The structural separation was supposed to bring with it a large financial gain for Elovich, who controls Bezeq. The structural separation made it impossible to offer customers joint packages within the framework that Bezeq knew how to provide television through Yes and internet infrastructure. National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi attends the Herzliya Conference, on May 23, 2023. (credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90) Hanegbi explained that his time serving under Netanyahu in the , "under the Prime Minister's decision, when he was in a conflict of interest due to his friendship with Elovich. "Netanyahu made a decision to give up his ministerial authority in a series of laws following the conclusion," Hanegbi continued. When asked if these were laws related to Bezeq, Hanegbi said that it wan't just the telecommunications company, but also in areas that Elovich is responsible for, such as Walla and Yes. "I made decisions without the Prime Minister being informed," he said and also informed about Filber: "I took a temporary position. He was before me, and I knew he would also remain after me. He was the dominant figure throughout the period and had already formulated his policy. He consulted and brought me information but knew I intended to leave and would not go into details. I did the minimal things, nothing more." ...قراءة المزيد

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