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The IDF said it killed in the Gaza Strip Muawiya Suleiman Zakar Aidi, a platoon commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Aidi entered Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. Also killed was Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Nimrouti, a Hamas platoon commander, who held several Israeli hostages. Throughout the war, Nimrouti took part in holding many hostages in Hamas tunnel captivity. In another strike in central Gaza,

UCL in Britain says it is ending the role of Anthony Orkin, who led its antisemitism program and supported Jewish students. Responsibility for the work will reportedly move to Adil Khan, who was also involved with an organization accused of fundraising tied to Hamas.

Germany’s federal prosecutor said investigators found a pre-recorded claim-of-responsibility video among the belongings of a suspect tied to a Hamas network in Europe. Investigators believe it points to a major attack planned for the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

UNRWA says it has dismissed 70 employees in the Gaza Strip over their ties to Hamas. Monitoring group UN Watch welcomed the move, but argued that thousands of additional staffers identified with the organization are still employed by the agency.

An indictment was filed in the Haifa District Court against 18-year-old Yousef Ghazawi of I'billin. According to the Shin Bet and police investigation, he searched for materials on weapons use and bomb-making, and tried to obtain weapons in order to target a Jewish community near his home.

Greek police arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian man on suspicion of ties to Hamas and involvement in planning a terror attack. According to local reports, authorities are examining whether a possible target was an Israeli cruise ship expected to arrive in Crete.

New details have emerged about a plan to topple Iran's ayatollah regime: Israel and the United States prepared an outline under which thousands of Kurdish fighters from Iraq were supposed to cross into Iranian territory. As part of the preparations, the Mossad supplied the Kurds with weapons and ammunition confiscated from Hamas and Hezbollah.

In a joint operation by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, senior figures in Hamas’s general security apparatus were killed in northern Gaza, including the deputy head of the unit.

Israel’s High Court ruled that Red Cross teams must be allowed to visit terrorists held in Israeli prisons, including *Nukhba* terrorists. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir responded: "A disgraceful decision by disconnected judges."

After a joint investigation by the Shin Bet and Lahav 433’s international crimes unit, an indictment is expected against a Hamas terrorist who held the body of Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, of blessed memory, for nearly a decade. In his interrogation, he revealed details about where the body was hidden and his role in the case.

The IDF said it killed in Gaza a terrorist involved in the abduction to Gaza of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, of blessed memory, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel, and Or Levy. The four were kidnapped from the shelter at Re’im Junction.

A prosecutor’s declaration was filed in court in Be’er Sheva announcing plans to indict Hamas terrorist Ibrahim Hilo, who held the body of fallen soldier Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, of blessed memory, in Gaza for nearly a decade.

A 21-year-old East Jerusalem resident who worked at a hotel in the capital allegedly passed Hamas information about activity at the hotel and other locations in Jerusalem. He also reportedly shared details about a group of Israeli Air Force school students scheduled to stay there, who were allegedly being considered as targets for a suicide attack.

The IDF said last night it had targeted a building in northern Gaza where two senior Hamas figures were staying. This morning, a security official confirmed the operation in northern Gaza succeeded and that the two officials — Hamas Gaza Brigade commander Izz al-Din Beik and his deputy Imad Aslim — were killed.

Board of Peace officials requested IDF approval for a Gaza visit despite Hamas disarmament, funding and postwar plans still stalled

The attacker had taken cover last week inside a church building in one of the villages in southern Lebanon and opened fire on a Maglan unit. Maj. Itamar Sapir, z"l, was killed in the attack. The IDF now says the attacker was located and eliminated. The military also carried out strikes tonight in the Tyre area.

Muhammad Oudeh, who took over the terror group’s military wing just 10 days ago after Izz al-Din Haddad was killed, was reportedly eliminated last night in a safe apartment in Gaza. At the same time, a senior Hamas intelligence official was struck and critically wounded.

“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

Mohammed Oudeh, Hamas’s military intelligence chief, has been appointed commander of the group’s military wing. He is described as the last remaining senior Hamas figure involved in planning and carrying out the October 7, 2023 massacre in the communities near Gaza.

Fatah’s general conference convened in Ramallah and selected new members for the movement’s governing body. Among those chosen was Yasser Abbas, the son of Mahmoud Abbas. Also elected was Zakaria Zubeidi, the former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Jenin, who was released from Israeli prison in the most recent hostage deal.