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IDF says Khan Younis strike killed Nukhba operative tied to Steinberg's death
The military says Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Qandil, who it says crossed into Israel on October 7, 2023, was killed in a strike in southern Gaza on Monday.
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Drone sirens sound in Galilee Panhandle, then declared a false identification
Netanyahu visits Mount Hermon inside Syria; Damascus calls it illegal
Israeli sentenced to 13 years for killing Aisha Rabi with a thrown stone
IDF says it arrested three PA police officers over Beitunia roadblock assault
Netanyahu announces libel suit against Haaretz over warning report
IDF chief: Israel's sixth submarine to reach Haifa within days
CENTCOM says five Iranian tankers destroyed in response to attacks on US ships
Foreign worker in serious condition after Jerusalem building site injury
Israel says three Gaza weapons depots and a rocket launch pit destroyed
IDF chief Eyal Zamir visits wounded soldiers at Sheba before Rosh Hashanah
Jordan says it downed 18 of 20 Iranian missiles, reports no casualties
Netanyahu presents reserved Likud candidates before list deadline
Israeli troops kill armed Palestinian man during Aqraba raid, IDF says
Israel's military runs surprise "Breaking Dawn 2.0" multi-front drill
IDF says strikes killed two operatives who planted bombs in Gaza
IDF says munition was steered off target mid-strike over Gaza civilians
Wounded man in Usarin stabbing named as Netanel Yaakovs, 19
Golani reconnaissance troops named in Beaufort area firefight, IDF says
Israel says airstrike in Gaza City killed Hamas Nukhba company commander
IDF strikes Hezbollah sites in Lebanon after two drones aimed at troops
IDF strikes Hamas sites after bomb hits engineering vehicle at Yellow Line
Amazon cargo plane overruns Miami runway and catches fire, five killed
Netanyahu tells cabinet Rosh Hashanah toast Iran's regime is faltering
Five injured in Route 99 crash near Snir, including a girl of 10
Bennett and Lapid unveil final joint B'Yachad slate in Tel Aviv
Strikes on Nabatieh continue into afternoon, Israeli channels report
Israeli forces say rocket found and 10 Hamas suspects held in Aqqaba raid
Zamir cites tense period across all arenas as IDF drill runs
IDF confirms it struck disused south Lebanon hospital it calls Hezbollah post
Israel to fund 15,000 security rooms within 9 km of Lebanon border
Putin tells US envoys Russia will achieve its aims in Ukraine
Israel's Foreign Ministry and Huckabee criticise UK's Miliband over Gaza video
Netanya gunman shot dead by police was a Border Police fighter
Man, 47, taken to Soroka hospital after violent incident in Rahat
Israeli interceptor fired at Gaza border after false target identification
IDF details Lebanon strikes as Lebanese reports give casualty tolls
Erdan pulls Unity party out of Israel's election after talks fail
Netanyahu says forces destroyed dozens of weapons lathes in Samaria
Israeli commandos detain five in Qabatiya over alleged attack plan
Israel says Nukhba commander who led Sufa outpost raid killed in Khan Younis
IDF says it destroyed 30 weapons-making lathes in Nablus raid
IDF reports fire toward troops east of Yellow Line in northern Gaza
IDF says it has cleared Hezbollah tunnel routes on Ali al-Taher Ridge
IDF chief calls for a larger army and a wider pool of those serving
Israeli troops kill two who crossed Gaza's Yellow Line, military says
Netanyahu tells IDF General Staff Iran's rulers are 'fighting for its life'
Israeli airstrike kills man who crossed Gaza's Yellow Line, military says
Nazareth man shot dead after jumping from cliff to escape gunmen
IDF's 210th Division wraps up readiness exercise in the Golan Heights
Two Palestinians killed as IDF secures livestock return near Ramallah
IDF says 26 km of Gaza tunnels disabled since ceasefire took effect
Netanyahu visits Gaza outpost: 'We are not withdrawing' from Yellow Line
IDF says strike killed Hamas military security commander in Gaza City
Hezbollah sends two explosive drones at Israeli troops on Ali al-Taher Ridge
Interceptors fired at northern Israel target the IDF now calls a false identification
IDF says it struck a Hamas commander in Jabalia, citing ceasefire violations
IDF says it struck several Gaza targets to remove threats to troops
Woman fatally stabbed in Times Square; attacker shot dead by police
Sara Netanyahu's Channel 14 remarks on Yair Golan draw threatened lawsuit
Ada Yonath, Nobel chemistry laureate and ribosome pioneer, dies
IDF says strike in Gaza City's Sabra killed Hamas weapons supply commander
Iran names its price to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump says he can wait.
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