IDF
Four of the fallen were members of the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion, while one served in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir lauds the Hasmonean Brigade’s efforts as the military begins issuing draft notices to thousands of haredi men this month.
“Today, we recognize Yonatan Netanyahu not only as a military hero, but as a moral landmark in the struggle for a more just and equitable world.”
The operations have led to a 75% drop in stone-throwing attacks.
The request comes as the military is studying the possibility of restoring a permanent Jewish presence at the holy site on the outskirts of Nablus.
The IDF attacks came before U.S. envoy Tom Barrack was due in Beirut to discuss the disarmament of Hezbollah.
The shell wasn’t intercepted due to human error, according to an initial Israeli military probe.
“We paid a price for the state and the country—we were wounded in order to win,” a letter to the prime minister stated.
A new initiative offers anxious Israelis free body-and-mind-healing activities through nature.
The impacts did not cause “functional continuity” for the relevant units, according to the IDF.
The terrorists planned to exploit civilian contractor access as pathway into a base belonging to Israel’s version of the U.S. National Security Agency.
“We really experience this as a direct blow to the security of my residents, their most basic, existential security,” said Ariel Mayor Yair Chetboun.
