Israel eliminates senior Hamas October 7 architect
The Prime Minister’s Office described him as ‘one of the architects of the October 7 massacre.’
The Prime Minister’s Office described him as ‘one of the architects of the October 7 massacre.’
The IDF received its first delivery of the state-of-the-art KC-46 tanker aircraft, named Gideon, replacing the aging Boeing 707s that long served the Israeli Air Force, with five more aircraft on the way.
The upgrade represents the most significant enhancement to Israel’s early‑warning network since the nationwide Tzeva Adom system was deployed in 2007.
In two separate incidents, the IDF took out a Hezbollah drone operator in south Lebanon moments after picking up his aircraft and another later airstrike eliminated a drone operator responsible for killing Maj. Itamar Sapir last week.
Teams worked around the clock to produce deployable prototypes within 36 hours.
The malfunction reportedly affected both navigation and fuel‑management systems, leaving the jet unable to determine its precise location while rapidly losing fuel over western Iran.
Given the precedents, any diplomatic breakthrough benefiting Iran or progress in Lebanese‑Israeli negotiations could embolden Hizbullah and increase the likelihood of a similar confrontation with the government of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
