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A joint investigation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police exposed a large-scale smuggling network that allegedly operated for years. According to investigators, weapons, ammunition, and drugs were brought into Israel through the Egyptian and Jordanian borders.

Two IDF soldiers were wounded, one moderately and one lightly, after an explosive drone detonated in southern Lebanon. Last night, authorities cleared for publication that Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, of Atlit, a maintenance and technology soldier in the 401st Brigade, was killed in an explosive drone strike on an IDF position along the Lebanon border.

The IDF announced that Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, of Atlit, was killed by an explosive drone strike near the Lebanon border.

“It will take time, just as it took time after Munich,” Mossad chief David Barnea said of the campaign targeting Hamas terrorists tied to the massacre

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir met with division commanders and addressed the possibility of renewed fighting with Iran. The IDF also carried out strikes against militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza.

A *Nachal* combat soldier sentenced to military detention for wearing a "Mashiach" patch has petitioned Israel’s High Court, demanding immediate release. Meanwhile, fellow soldiers’ parents are intensifying the fight and threatening protests outside the homes of top IDF officials.

Col. Meir Biderman, commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was seriously wounded in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone strike. In the same incident, a combat officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel was moderately wounded, and a reservist soldier was lightly injured.

Reserve Major Itamar Sapir, 27, who was killed in combat, is being laid to rest in the military section of the cemetery in Ra'anana. Ariel Mayor Yair Shtabon eulogized him: "The city is hurting and in shock. We will make sure his memory is honored in our city in a meaningful way."

IDF officer Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir of Ariel, a company commander in the reserve battalion of the Maglan unit, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is survived by his wife and their year-and-a-half-old son.

Hundreds of kilometers from Israel’s shores, IDF forces began taking control of the Turkish "Sumud" flotilla headed to Gaza. Before the operation, Israel’s Foreign Ministry warned the vessels: "Change course and turn back." Activists who are detained will be taken to a "floating prison" and from there transferred to Ashdod.

A firestorm erupted after Ben-Gurion University’s official website published an article accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. The university says it was a technical error, but soldiers and right-wing groups are furious.

Capt. Maoz Yisrael Rekanti הי"ד was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The officer was killed in combat in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone strike. His mother, Ayelet, said: "You demanded of yourself Torah learning, modesty, to be a man of pure and spotless truth."

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chair MK Boaz Bismuth slammed IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir over a 30-day prison sentence given to a Nahal soldier who wore a "Messiah" patch. Speaking with the soldier’s parents, he said, "The punishment is disproportionate, wrong, and unjust."

In Israel, officials are seeing growing signs that the United States may be nearing a decision on military action against Iran, though the timing remains unclear. The IDF is raising its alert level and maintaining especially close coordination with the United States.

The IDF said it killed Bahaa' Baroud in the Gaza Strip, identifying him as a commander in Hamas's operations headquarters. According to the military, Baroud was involved in planning and advancing numerous terror attacks against IDF forces in Gaza.

The U.S. administration said talks between Israel and Lebanon ended with an agreement to extend the ceasefire by 45 days. Hezbollah responded with drones and explosive UAVs aimed at northern Israel, while the IDF carried out strikes in southern Lebanon.

Capt. Maoz Yisrael Rekanti, 24, of Itamar, a platoon commander in Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is the second soldier from the battalion to fall within 24 hours, and the 20th IDF casualty since the start of the ground maneuver in Lebanon following the launch of Operation "Lion’s Roar."

Ezz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’s military wing and one of the architects of the October 7 massacre, was killed in a strike on his hideout apartment in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered heightened readiness in southern Israel.

In a joint operation, the Shin Bet and Central District Police have exposed an Israeli citizen from Tira who was actively carrying out security missions for Iranian intelligence, including photographing sensitive military sites.

The IDF is pressing its campaign in southern Lebanon and preparing for possible escalation. Newly released footage from a 401st Brigade tank shows a Hezbollah operative eliminated after he watched Israeli troops with observation gear.