IDF
Violent unrest rocks Judea and Samaria as thousands take to the streets in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.
The suspect, apparently a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was killed when the explosives he was carrying detonated.
Israeli warplanes strike 40 targets in southern Gaza, including the homes of several Hamas commanders, and destroy seven miles of the terror group’s “Metro” tunnel system.
Israeli military downs hostile UAV over northern Israel; IAF unleashes fourth wave of strikes against Hamas’s “Metro” tunnel system.
All news staff was able to evacuate the building safely before the strike.
They were arrested in the Mount Gilboa area in northern Israel as they were walking near Road 6666.
Israeli aircraft also hit the residences of the head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, and of his brother, Muhammad Sinwar.
The military believes that the incident was an organized attempt to penetrate Israeli territory for the purpose of carrying out a terror attack in the Metula area.
“I want to thank President [Joe] Biden for his unequivocal support. You cannot equate a democracy that values life with a terror organization that glorifies death,” says the Israeli prime minister in a televised address.
Shortly after midnight on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces appeared to give the impression that a ground offensive was underway, sending Hamas operatives into tunnels and the direct path of a massive wave of Israeli airstrikes.
As the current firepower of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad demonstrates, Gaza’s factions have not been resting on their laurels in recent years, exploiting a period of quiet to create a domestic industry of weapons production.
Anticipating a response by Hamas, the military ordered Israelis living within four kilometers of the border to remain in their bomb shelters.
