The IDF carried out coordinated airstrikes in southern Lebanon, hitting Hezbollah launch sites, a weapons warehouse, and multiple terror infrastructures in response to ongoing violations along the border.
Since the November 2024 ceasefire, IDF forces have carried out roughly 1,200 targeted operations across Lebanon, eliminating more than 370 Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian terrorists.
Hamas has long relied on kidnapping and hostages as a weapon—using innocent lives as bargaining chips to stir violence, gain leverage, and extract Palestinian prisoner releases.
Over the past week, IDF forces in eastern Rafah struck hard—killing more than 20 terrorists, arresting eight others fleeing the tunnels, and wiping out a four-man cell hiding in a targeted structure after a pinpoint airstrike.
In the ‘Magen Oz’ exercise, IDF forces across all branches test their readiness for a range of intense scenarios, sharpening command response, defense and attack coordination, and rapid reaction to emerging threats.
IDF forces are sweeping through Rafah, rooting out Hamas terrorists hiding in tunnels, eliminating some, capturing others, and securing the last underground positions.
After an 18-month manhunt, IDF soldiers killed the terrorist behind the 2024 Nablus car-ramming attack that took the lives of Sgt. Elia Hillel and Sgt. Diego Gabriel.
Israeli forces closed in on Rafah’s remaining tunnel hubs, destroyed major terror infrastructure, struck over 60 targets, seized Hamas weapons, and eliminated or captured terrorists.
The IDF announced it had eliminated Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, in an airstrike near Beirut, who oversaw its operations in Syria, directed its war against Israel, and led efforts to rebuild and rearm the terror organization.
After surviving 417 days following the heroic rescue attempt that cost him his life, Yona Brief’s bravery and spirit forged an unbreakable bond between two families and left a lasting legacy of love, resilience, and sacrifice.
IDF commandos undergo intense, lessons-from-war training that drops them into chaotic, October-7–style battles where they must think fast, operate deep behind enemy lines, and adapt under pressure to reclaim control with minimal support.
Hamas converted entire neighborhoods into massive terror bases with dozens of interconnected tunnel entrances and shafts that conceal terrorists, weapons, and command centers used to fight the IDF.
IDF forces uncovered a 7‑kilometer, 25‑meter‑deep tunnel in southern Rafah holding Hadar Goldin’s body and 80 rooms used by senior Hamas commanders to store weapons and plan attacks.
IDF forces within the ‘Yellow Line’ uncovered an 8-barrel rocket launcher loaded with four rockets, along with Kalashnikovs, grenades, explosives, ammunition, and military uniforms.
The IDF struck multiple targets in southern Lebanon following evacuation warnings, destroying Hezbollah infrastructure and weapons, as evidenced by the secondary explosions.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, accompanied by other defense officials, toured the buffer zone on the Syrian border, responded to questions from stationed IDF soldiers, and spoke with regional commanders.
Israel has developed some of the world’s most elite special forces—each with unique skills and missions.
The IDF exposed and dismantled Hamas-linked rocket cells in Judea and Samaria, revealing how a significant strategic threat had been developing just meters from Israeli communities.
IDF forces have been running continuous operations to stop a surge in drone-based smuggling, using intelligence and advanced electronic warfare to intercept dozens of attempts.
IDF forces demolished Hezbollah terror infrastructure, destroyed weapons caches, and—together with Air Force strikes—eliminated multiple terrorists across several southern Lebanese villages.
