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Zachary Baumel was one of three Israeli soldiers whose remains were never found in the aftermath of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub between Israel and Syria in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
An additional raid in the Ramallah suburb of Beitunia led to the arrest of a Hamas terror group co-founder and Palestinian Authority lawmaker, Hassan Yousef.
When IDF commanders confiscated personal items, including flags and personalized gun straps, the soldiers refused to take part.
It is wholly possible that the main reason for Israel’s perceived failure in deterrence is due to Hamas’s dissatisfaction with the status quo, even though the terror group is fully aware of its military inferiority compared to Israel.
Avigdor Kahalani, who was awarded Israel’s highest military medal for defending the Golan Heights from the Syrians in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, recounts those heroic war efforts.
The two main scenarios appear to be either a broader Israeli military campaign in response to a new Hamas escalation or a long-term truce that will see Gaza receive large-scale international funds and infrastructure development programs, thereby saving the Hamas regime.
A handful of Hebrew University professors came out against a new training program for Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers in the university’s Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Syrian news reported airstrikes on several bases near the airport in the city of Aleppo, and said the attacks were conducted by Israel.
The new system will reduce the number of Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers necessary to fight using artillery, and will include mobile cannons, rockets, radars, missile units, training simulators and remote-operated aircraft.
Officials warn that any Gazan who relays information about the location of its forces or launching pads risks being charged with treason.
The IDF reported targeting Hamas’s secret military intelligence headquarters and striking military bases, entrances to tunnels, observation posts and rocket launchpads.
“We have just started striking Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip,” the IDF Spokesperson Unit wrote on Twitter.
