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IDF soldiers in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood discovered and demolished six terror tunnels that included weapons and valuable troves of intelligence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Tuesday on a report in the New York Times that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is low on ammunition and prepared to seek a ceasefire in Gaza that allows Hamas to survive.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Monday that soldiers had discovered and destroyed a large tunnel underneath central Gaza, one kilometer long, that had been used to transport terrorists and weapons in a key strategic area.

Israel is in a political uproar on Monday after authorities released Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which Hamas and other terror groups used as a base, including for smuggling or killing hostages.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” denied Wednesday that its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist — but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) produced a photo of him in uniform.

Israel slammed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” as the humanitarian organization mourned the death of its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya, who was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist and was killed in Gaza.

Israel’s Supreme Court held unanimously on Tuesday that religious students must be drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), dividing Israelis and inadvertently making Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s case for judicial reform.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told soldiers on Sunday night in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, that they have nearly succeeded in dismantling Hamas’s remaining battalions in the area.

Staffers at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Lebanon on Sunday blew the whistle on Hezbollah for putting their lives in danger by stockpiling smuggled Iranian weapons at the civilian facility.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant left Israel on Saturday night to convince the Biden administration to release the shipments of arms and ammunition that Israel says it needs and the White House has claimed it is not withholding.

Reports have documented what appears to be an online campaign in Lebanon against Pepsi, prompted by images of its blue-and-white bottle caps.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Friday that there had been a “great slowdown” in U.S. arms and ammunition shipments, and said he publicly criticized the White House after months of quiet frustration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at President Joe Biden on Thursday after the White House attacked him over his claim that the administration is holding back arms and ammunition necessary for Israel’s war.

In light of the recent dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held by Palestinian civilians, a legal expert and military specialist are urging a reevaluation of use of the term “Palestinian civilian,” arguing that those participating in hostilities, such as hostage-taking and other Hamas crimes, lose their civilian status under international law.

Israel reiterated Thursday that its goals for the war in Gaza include the “dismantling of Hamas’s governmental and military capabilities,” after a controversy over a military spokesman’s comments.

New York Times columnist Thomas L. “Tom” Friedman, a close associate of President Joe Biden, writes in his latest column that the U.S should force Israel to give up the war against Hamas in Gaza and let the terror group claim “victory.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has officially approved plans for an “offensive in Lebanon” against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group illegally occupying southern Lebanon that has been firing at northern Israel since October.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday that it had destroyed half of Hamas’s terrorist forces in the city of Rafah, and that the rest of the operation would take two more weeks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sunday that it will observe a daytime pause in fighting along a route in southern Gaza for aid deliveries, together with Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

Israel’s military lessons learned from battling Hamas in Gaza, amid diverse modern warfare challenges, are set to significantly improve U.S. military readiness and “save American lives,” according to retired United States Army major and urban and subterranean warfare expert John Spencer, who highlighted the strategic importance of adapting such insights to enhance American tactical responses and training protocols.

A Druze Arab Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officer, Captain Wassem Mahmoud, was killed Saturday in Rafah, in southern Gaza, along with seven other soldiers, when their armored personnel carrier was hit by an explosive device.

Israeli agents — including women — infiltrated into the city of Nuseirat in central Gaza and gathered intelligence for weeks before the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a successful raid on Saturday to rescue four Israeli hostages.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly says that there were 104 Palestinians killed in Saturday’s successful hostage rescue in Nusierat, Gaza — all of whom were combatants.

A viral video shows Israeli troops using a trebuchet to lob fireballs over the border fence separating Israel and Lebanon.

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist illegally occupying southern Lebanon, fired hundreds of rockets at Israel overnight into Wednesday morning after an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strike on a senior Hezbollah commander.

The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israel may have committed war crimes when it rescued four hostages from Hamas.

The BBC is facing significant backlash for suggesting the Israeli military should have warned Palestinians before rescuing four hostages.

NBC News on Monday quoted four current and former senior U.S. officials who said the Biden administration has been working on a “unilateral deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held hostage in Gaza.”

The Israel Police released dramatic helmet camera footage Monday of the daring hostage rescue on Saturday that saw Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, freed and returned to Israel.

Thousands of mourners gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery Sunday to pay tribute to the fallen hero, Israel Police Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, who died in Saturday’s daring hostage rescue in Gaza.

Australian actor Guy Pearce has responded to Israel’s successful rescue of four hostages from Hamas terrorists by declaring all of those taken prisoner on October 7 last year could have been rescued “months ago.”

Israel released photographs Saturday of the happy reunions of four rescued hostages with their families after a daring special forces raid in Nuseirat, in central Gaza — and a photograph of one of the Israeli soldiers who was killed in the operation.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Friday that it had eliminated Hamas terrorists in an airstrike on a shipping container located on the grounds of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Gaza.

Half of all the Hamas terrorists in Gaza have been killed during the war, according to Reuters, citing U.S. officials Thursday, and most of the remaining ones are holed up in the town of Rafah, where Israel has been advancing slowly.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Thursday that it had found an entrance to a Hamas terror tunnel inside a child’s room during operations in Rafah.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that Israel was reaching the “decision” point on whether to go to war in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah.