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IDF forces identified Hezbollah operatives overnight in a security zone in southern Lebanon and eliminated them. A combat officer was moderately wounded during the encounter, while military operations in the area continue.

The IDF killed two Hamas operatives, including a Hamas Nukhba cell commander who took part in the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz. A large-scale operation in Samaria included arrests, questioning and extensive searches.

After eight months of operational activity in southern Lebanon, the 401 Brigade Combat Team has completed its mission. During the operation, terror infrastructure was destroyed, weapons were located, and Hezbollah terrorists were killed.

As a Hamas delegation meets with local officials in Egypt, reports say the terrorist organization is considering approving a plan for the complete dismantling of its weapons and tunnel network. The key condition: the weapons would be transferred to Palestinian entities, not Israel.

The IDF says it struck southern Gaza and killed Ahmed Hasham Mahmoud Louh, the leader of a Hamas sniper cell in the Nuseirat Battalion. In a separate strike, it said it killed Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud Taroush, a military-wing platoon commander who took part in the October 7 attack on Israeli communities near Gaza.

The IDF said it struck and destroyed several Hamas weapons depots in central and northern Gaza. One of the destroyed caches was set up inside a mosque in northern Gaza, while IDF troops also located long-range rocket launch sites.

An indictment has been filed against an Israeli citizen who served in both regular and reserve duty in a classified unit. He is accused of attempting to pass information to an Iranian intelligence operative. His attorney: "The facts do not establish the elements of the offenses attributed to my client, and we will prove that."

IDF soldiers located Kalashnikov rifles, RPG rockets, explosive devices, grenades, magazines, and additional combat equipment. Troops fired at a suspect who posed a threat to the forces.

Over the past week, IDF forces carried out a large-scale operation in villages along the seam zone, targeting networks that allegedly help Palestinians enter Israel illegally. At the same time, police continue making arrests in communities across the country and shutting down businesses accused of employing undocumented Palestinians.

The IDF said it killed two senior operatives in Gaza over the weekend, including a *Nukhba* militant from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and a commander in Hamas police. According to the military, both were involved in advancing terror plans against Israel.

For the first time since the IDF withdrew from the pilot areas in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army has reportedly uncovered a Hezbollah weapons cache there. Diplomatic sources are calling it an early test of the coordination mechanism—and of Lebanon’s ability to assert sovereignty.

The two aircraft were intercepted near the border before entering Israeli territory. The IDF is still investigating where they were launched from. As of now, no group has claimed responsibility.

After a sustained intelligence and operational effort by the IDF, Shin Bet, and police, all those involved in the attack on a soldier in Susiya and the theft of his weapon have been apprehended. The weapon was found early in the manhunt, and the final suspect turned himself in to Civil Administration forces.

The IDF said it killed the commander of a Hamas drone unit in the central camps of the Gaza Strip. According to the military, the operative was responsible for producing drones and had been trying to rebuild the group’s aerial capabilities.

Major Yuval Ezra, who was killed in a terror attack near Shechem, was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Beit Dagan. Through tears, his family said goodbye and spoke about the man and officer he was.

Israel’s security cabinet approved the entry of an international force, a “Peace Council,” and a technocratic government into Gaza. A reconstruction pilot is set to begin in Rafah, subject to continued IDF control of the Yellow Line and strict restrictions.

With security tensions mounting on multiple fronts, the government is expected to extend the nationwide "special situation on the home front" through August 11. It is also set to renew an order allowing, if needed, the mobilization of up to 240,000 reservists. The order will remain in effect until after the Tishrei holidays.

Palestinian reports said Wael al-Dadawi, commander of Hamas’s Internal Security apparatus in the central camps district, was killed in an IDF drone strike. His deputy was also killed in the attack. The IDF also confirmed that it killed the head of a section in Hamas’s production headquarters earlier this week.

The family of Alon Shamriz, who was mistakenly shot and killed in Gaza by IDF soldiers while escaping Hamas captivity, asked that he be recognized as a fallen IDF soldier. The justices rejected the request, saying Shamriz “does not meet the formal criterion for classification.”

The IDF said it carried out a strike in central Gaza and killed Mohand Asaad Mahmoud Abu Gazal, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander. In additional strikes, the military said it destroyed terror infrastructure and weapons storage sites used by the organization.