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Times Of Israel military correspondent | BGU alum | hmu: [email protected] | http://mann.ie
The IDF names the second soldier killed in yesterday's building collapse in southern Gaza's Rafah.

He is named as Sgt. First Class. (res.) Alexander Anosov, 26, a squad commander in the Combat Engineering Corps' 7107th Battalion, from Modi'in.
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Two IDF soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.

One of the slain troops is named as Maj. (res.) Moshiko (Maxim) Rozenwald, 35, a company commander in the Combat Engineering Corps' 7107th Battalion, from Modi'in.
December 17, 2024 at 9:24 AM
The IDF says it has recovered the body of hostage Itay Svirski from the Gaza Strip, in a joint operation with the Shin Bet security agency.

Earlier this year, the IDF said that Svirski had been murdered in captivity by Hamas terrorists.
December 4, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The IDF says it carried out a drone strike against a Hezbollah rocket launcher that was spotted in southern Lebanon's Majdal Zoun earlier today.

The launcher "posed a threat to the State of Israel while violating the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the military says.
December 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Defense Minister Israel Katz during a visit to the Tel Nof Airbase says that "there is a chance that this time we can really advance a hostage deal" with Hamas.
December 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM
An Israeli Navy missile boat shot down a drone over the Red Sea a short while ago, the military says.

According to the IDF, the drone was launched at Israel "from the east," a term used to describe attacks from Iraq.
December 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The IDF announces the death of Cpt. Omer Maxim Neutra, 21, who was killed and abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

Neutra, a lone soldier from New York, served as a tank platoon commander in the 7th Armored Brigade's 77th Battalion.
December 2, 2024 at 8:07 AM
An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.

The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Zamir Burke, 20, a heavy equipment squad commander in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, from Beit Shemesh.
November 30, 2024 at 6:32 PM
The Hamas terror group has released a propaganda video showing signs of life from hostage Edan Alexander, 20, in the first video of its kind in months.
November 30, 2024 at 3:21 PM

Additionally, a short while ago, the IDF says fighter jets carried out an airstrike against a Hezbollah facility near Sidon, upon identifying activity there. According to the military, the site was used to store rocket launchers.
November 30, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Earlier today, the military says it identified a group of gunmen in southern Lebanon, as they were loading a car up with RPGs, ammunition boxes, and other military equipment. A drone then targeted the vehicle.
November 30, 2024 at 1:29 PM
As part of the ceasefire agreement, the Lebanese Army says it has begun reinforcing its presence in southern Lebanon.
November 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
The Shin Bet says that it has in recent months identified renewed attempts to smuggle advanced weapons into the West Bank.
November 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
The weapons: 40 "quality" Claymore-type explosive devices and 33 makeshift Claymores, along with remote detonation systems; six RPG launchers and 24 RPGs; three 107mm rockets; two 60mm mortar launchers and 20 mortars; six M16 assault rifles and one M4 rifle; seven sniper rifles; and 37 handguns.
November 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
In a joint operation, the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces captured a shipment of advanced weapons that the agency says were destined for terror operatives in the Jenin area. Later, a site where a large number of weapons from Iran had been buried was uncovered, the Shin Bet says.
November 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
The Shin Bet security agency reveals it recently foiled an attempt by Iran to smuggle large amounts of advanced weapons, including rockets, to terror operatives in the West Bank to be used in attacks on Israeli targets.
November 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Meanwhile, Syria's state news agency SANA says that Israeli warplanes hit the Arida and Dabousiya border crossings with Lebanon, in the Tartus Governorate.
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Israeli airstrikes are reported in Beirut, as well as on the Syria-Lebanon border.
Lebanese media outlets report that an apartment was struck in the capital a short while ago.
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
An IDF soldier was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Tamer Othman, 21, of the Kfir Brigade's Nahshon Battalion, from Kafr Yasif.
November 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Defense Minister Israel Katz is currently approving "the continued IDF offensive operations on the northern front" during an assessment with the military's top brass and other defense officials, his office says.
November 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
The IDF says it has begun an "extensive" wave of airstrikes in Beirut.
A short while ago, the military issued evacuation warnings to 20 buildings in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a Hezbollah stronghold.
November 26, 2024 at 1:20 PM
The photos at the Litani River were taken by one of the IDF's combat photographers.
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Wadi Saluki is located around 10 kilometers from Israel's border, and the Litani River in the eastern sector is around 4km from the northern town of Metula.
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 AM

The chief of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, also visted the Litani River amid the operations.
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 AM
At the Litani River, troops of the Alexandroni Brigade, 769th "Hiram" Regional Brigade, Golani Brigade's reconnaissance unit, and the Israeli Air Force's Shaldag unit, raided numerous Hezbollah sites in the area.
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 AM