The Israeli Protection Forces mentioned Sunday that it positioned “numerous suspicious aerial targets” crossing from Lebanon, prompting Israel to launch a number of interceptors that knocked the targets to the bottom.
In response to a press launch from the IDF, a fall was recognized adjoining to the kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar. This got here after sirens had been heard within the higher Galilee.
The incident reasonably injured an IDF officer and soldier, who had been each transported to a hospital for remedy. The households of the injured have been notified, the IDF mentioned.
Israel Fireplace Companies are working to extinguish a fireplace that was ignited within the space throughout the assault.
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Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaks to the press from The Kirya, which homes the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
The IDF mentioned that, after the sirens that sounded within the areas of Kiryat Shmona and Kfar Giladi, it was decided to be false identification.
IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, mentioned in a press briefing that troops are in a number of areas, together with the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Judea and Samaria, to thwart threats towards Israel.
In Gaza, the IDF is specializing in finding and neutralizing underground infrastructure within the Rafah space and the Philadelphi Hall, Hagari mentioned, including that dozens of tunnels have to date been positioned and are being investigated, neutralized and destroyed by troops.
Hagari mentioned not all of those tunnels are lively, as some are previous and the IDF has already handled them, however that each one the tunnels are being neutralized.
On Sunday morning, two Israeli residents had been killed and two others had been wounded in a stabbing assault within the metropolis of Holon, in line with Hagari. The terrorist was neutralized on the scene by a police officer.
The IDF mentioned dozens of tunnels have to date been positioned and are being investigated, neutralized and destroyed by troops. (Israel Protection Forces )
On Saturday, the IDF and the Israeli Securities Authority ready a response to an alert a couple of terrorist cell within the Tulkarm space within the West Financial institution, Hagari mentioned. The cell was on its approach to perform a terror assault on an axis or in a neighborhood, however an plane eradicated the cell of 5 terrorists who had been inside a automobile, in line with Hagari.
Later that day, a counter-terrorism operation was carried out by the IDF and ISA in Tulkarm, the place an plane killed 4 terrorists who had opened hearth at Israeli forces. Troops additionally assisted from the bottom, Hagari mentioned.
Following the operation, troops positioned giant numbers of firearms, ammunition and navy vests. Hagari mentioned quite a lot of these weapons come to Judea and Samaria from Iran.
“For years, Iran has been arming and financing terrorist organizations across the Middle East, including smuggling explosives into Israeli territory for terror attacks against civilians,” Hagari mentioned. “The IDF and ISA have already thwarted numerous attacks in which Claymore type explosives were smuggled into the country’s territory. We are determined to continue acting against Iranian terrorism wherever it may be.”
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Israeli navy spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari poses subsequent to an Iranian ballistic missile which fell in Israel, throughout a media tour on the Julis navy base close to the southern Israeli metropolis of Kiryat Malachi on April 16, 2024. (Getty Photos)
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This comes after Hamas terrorists’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel, which killed 1,200 folks and roughly 250 others had been kidnapped. Lots of the hostages are nonetheless being held by Hamas.
“This evening, we also remember the 115 hostages held by the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip,” Hagari mentioned. “We are committed to bringing them all home as soon as possible — those who are alive to their families, and those who are no longer alive to burial in Israel. This is our goal, and we will continue to act with great determination to achieve it.”
Greater than 39,000 Palestinians have been killed and greater than 90,000 wounded within the Israel-Hamas struggle in Gaza, in line with the Hamas-run Gaza Well being Ministry, though the rely doesn’t differentiate between civilians and terrorists.
