Defense and Security
“We will respond forcefully to anyone who harms us,” said IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin.
Those slain included Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Iranian Security Council, and Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the IRGC.
Bomb disposal units were dispatched to scenes where intercepted fragments were identified.
“There is no coalition and no opposition, only one people and one IDF,” Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid stated.
The narrow waterway is a key export route for the global supply of crude oil.
Other Islamist elements also pose a danger, the National Security Council said.
Some claimed the Hamas-led invasion succeeded because the Gaza border region was unprotected due to the need to protect Jewish “settlers.”
The IDF strike targeted infrastructure of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
Undercover Border Police operatives operated alongside IDF soldiers in what police described as a targeted operation based on Shin Bet intelligence.
Fadi al-Wadiya served as the deputy head of the Iranian-backed terrorist proxy’s military manufacturing unit.
No injuries were reported in the suspected terrorist attack; security forces were searching for the driver.
“Increased movement of security forces may be felt in the area, and gunfire and explosions may be heard,” local residents were told.
