Gaza

An IDF attack helicopter operating over southern Lebanon evaded a Hezbollah surface-to-air missile. In Gaza, the IDF struck an armed Hamas cell near the yellow line.

After months of reserve combat in Gaza, Eliran Mizrahi z"l came home changed. His mother, Jenny, now fights to save soldiers living with severe PTSD—"It’s an injury like losing a limb. Nothing will bring back my son, but I want to save others."

For the first time since the Gaza ceasefire took effect, Washington officials reportedly sat down with Hamas in Cairo. The sticking point: Israel wants a disarmament pledge; Hamas says that sidelines other commitments.

Israel says an IDF–Shin Bet strike in central Gaza killed members of a Hamas cell, including an operative linked to the abductions of Hersh Goldberg-Polin HY"D, Alon Ohel, Elia Cohen, and Or Levi from a shelter in Re'im; others had held Avinatan Or in Hamas captivity.

The IDF and the Shin Bet said they eliminated Abd al-Rahman Ammar Hassan Khoudri, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative who took part in the October 7 raid on Nir Oz. In Lebanon, Maher Qassem Hamdan, commander of the 'Lebanese Brigades,' was killed near Sidon.

The IDF says Southern Command troops killed Muhammad Samir Muhammad Washah, a key figure in Hamas's rocket and weapons production who planned attacks and posed an immediate threat to forces on the ground.

The IDF says it eliminated Hamza Ibrahim Rakhin, deputy commander of Unit 1800, along with the unit's operations chief; more than 100 Hezbollah-linked towers across Beirut were also destroyed.

IDF troops from the Samaria Brigade demolished the Nablus apartment of the driver who killed Staff Sgt. Einbar Avraham Kab, HY"D, in a September 28, 2025 ramming at the Jit Junction; the assailant was killed during the attack. Arab media also reported a targeted strike in western Khan Younis that killed six terrorists, as Hamas vows it will not disarm.

The IDF spokesperson says internal Hamas documents recovered in Gaza detail a coordinated partnership with Hezbollah—directed by Iran. The files indicate Hamas was given the green light to build infrastructure and entrench itself inside Lebanon, without any involvement by the Lebanese state.

Overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, the IDF struck a group of armed Hamas Nukhba operatives during a training exercise in central Gaza. The military said the operatives had recently held multiple drills and posed a threat; Southern Command forces remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement.

IDF troops killed a terrorist who posed an immediate threat near the 'yellow line' in the Strip. Palestinians reported a targeted IDF strike in the Nuseirat camp; four Hamas members traveling in a police vehicle were killed.