The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) discovered a bomb-making lab in Tulkarm that contained landmines, explosives, explosive-making materials, and a welding machine last week, the military announced on Tuesday.
The IDF and Shin Bet also arrested 12 wanted individuals in Tammun and Kabatiya over the past 24 hours, the military added. A further 15 wanted individuals were arrested across the West Bank, including confiscating two firearms and other weaponry, the military stated.
Read more…
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Sign up for Counter-IED Report Newsletter
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox.
Related:
- Israel: All living hostages released
October 13, 2025
The second and final group of 13 living Israeli hostages has been transferred from the Red Cross to the Israeli military. A group of seven hostages was released earlier. It means Hamas and its allies in Gaza are not holding any living hostages for the first time in more than two years. Hundreds of people in ...
- Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
October 9, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire plan that will allow for the release of all hostages in Gaza, Israeli withdrawal to an agreed point and the release of some Palestinian prisoners. The ceasefire in Gaza will take effect immediately following the Israeli government’s approval of the deal, which is ...
- Gaza ceasefire talks underway as Israelis mark two years since October 7
October 7, 2025
Negotiations to finalize a deal based on President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan are underway in Egypt. Hamas and Israeli negotiators spent four hours yesterday trying to identify the main obstacles, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to depart for Egypt today and arrive on Wednesday, two ...
- Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa after Houthi drone attack on Eilat
September 25, 2025
The Israeli military said it struck military targets linked to Yemen’s Houthis in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after the group claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Houthi general staff’s control headquarters, security and intelligence compounds, and military camps where among the targets attacked by the Israeli ...
- Israel: Four IDF soldiers killed in an explosion in Rafah
September 18, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday evening that four soldiers were killed and three others wounded, one critically, in a bomb attack in Rafah, southern Gaza. Preliminary findings indicate the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. in the Jenina neighborhood. An armored D9 bulldozer was clearing the road, followed by two Humvee vehicles, when one veered ...
- Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil
September 12, 2025
Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be responded to with force, senior Egyptian officials told Middle East Eye. “Intelligence reports suggest that Israel has been plotting to assassinate Hamas leaders in Cairo for some time, as Egypt had already foiled an earlier ...
- Israel: Two IDF soldiers injured in explosion at Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm
September 11, 2025
Two IDF paratroopers were lightly injured Thursday afternoon by an explosive device that detonated near the Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm in Samaria. A UAV was dispatched to pursue the individual who placed the device, and in parallel, the IDF surrounded Tulkarm. The IDF is examining whether the device was placed on the road and the ...
- Qatar: Israel targets Hamas leadership in attack on Doha
September 9, 2025
The Israeli army says it has carried out an assassination attempt on top Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha, where multiple explosions have been heard. A Hamas source tells Al Jazeera the attack happened as a negotiating team was discussing a Gaza ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States. Qatar condemns the “cowardly” Israeli attack, ...
- Israel: Six dead in shooting attack at Ramot Junction in Jerusalem
September 8, 2025
Six people were murdered and 12 others injured in a Monday morning shooting attack at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem. Twelve of the victims were evacuated to hospitals, among them seven whose condition is serious. Two victims are in moderate condition and three were lightly injured by broken glass. The terrorists opened fire at a Line 62 ...
- Israel: Missile from Yemen was carrying a cluster munition
September 3, 2025
The IDF reported on Wednesday evening that the Houthi missile intercepted in the morning carried a cluster warhead. According to the IDF, a field examination concluded that the Houthi terrorist regime used a cluster surface-to-surface missile. In its statement, the IDF urged the public to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and to be ...
- UNIFIL statement on attack on peacekeepers clearing roadblocks
September 3, 2025
Yesterday morning, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) drones dropped four grenades close to UNIFIL peacekeepers working to clear roadblocks hindering access to a UN position close to the Blue Line. This is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets since the cessation of hostilities agreement of last November. One grenade impacted within 20 ...
- Israel: Seven IDF soldiers injured in Zeitoun neighborhood
August 30, 2025
During an operational activity in the Zeitoun neighborhood near Gaza City, an IDF Namer armored vehicle was damaged after it drove over an explosive device. Seven soldiers were injured in the explosion, one moderately and the rest lightly. All of the soldiers were evacuated by medical teams to receive treatment at a hospital. Read more… Source: Israel National ...
- Israel hits Houthis targets in Sanaa after reports group used missile carrying cluster munitions
August 24, 2025
Israel has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which Israel said carried cluster munitions. The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a fuel depot and power stations. Six people were killed and 86 injured, Houthi officials said. The ...
- Yemen’s Houthis threaten to escalate attacks on ships linked to companies dealing with Israel
July 28, 2025
The rebel Houthi group in Yemen has said it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the next phase of its operations against Israel. The Iran-backed Houthis launched a campaign targeting merchant vessels in response to the Israel-Hamas war ...
- Israel: Golani Brigade officer, soldier killed by bomb in Khan Younis
July 27, 2025
An IDF officer and soldier from the Golani Brigade’s elite reconnaissance unit were killed Saturday in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, when an explosive device was detonated against a Namer armored personnel carrier (APC), the military said Sunday morning. Separately, the IDF said Sunday that a reservist who had been critically wounded last week in Gaza ...
- Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000
July 20, 2025
Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after earlier agreements failed to end fighting between longtime rivals the Druze and the Bedouin that spiralled to draw in the Islamist-led government, the Israeli military ...
- Syria withdraws troops from Suwayda city to avoid ‘open war’ after powerful Israeli strikes on Damascus
July 16, 2025
Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of the country’s Druze population – an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. The strikes, which Syria said killed at least three people in its capital, sent US officials ...
- Israel: 5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 wounded in IED attack in northern Gaza
July 8, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces named four soldiers had been killed fighting in the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun on Monday, with another also killed in the same incident. Fourteen soldiers were also wounded as the 97th Battalion (Netzah Yehuda) faced an IED attack. The battalion’s losses included Staff Sergeant Noam Aharon Musgadian, Sergeant Moshe Nissim Frech, ...
- Israel: IDF strikes targets in Yemen, Houthis launch 2 ballistic missiles
July 7, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces said that it had struck Houthi targets overnight in the Yemeni coastal cities of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, and al-Salif; hours later, the Iran-backed terror group launched ballistic missiles, triggering sirens in the Dead Sea area. Israeli warplanes hit about 20 targets, including the ship Galaxy Leader, which was hijacked and used for ...
- Israel: IDF investigation established Sgt Asaf Zamir killed by IED placed near tank
July 6, 2025
An IDF investigation published this morning (Sunday) reveals that the incident in which Sergeant Assaf Zamir was killed and four other soldiers were injured was not caused by an anti-tank missile, as initially reported, but by an explosive device placed by a terrorist near the tank. The terrorist fled the scene after placing the device. The ...
- Iran president signs law suspending cooperation with IAEA
July 2, 2025
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), amid growing tensions between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog following Israeli and US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities last month. “Masoud Pezeshkian promulgated the law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Iranian state TV reported on ...
- Israel: IDF destroys IED site in northern Gaza
June 29, 2025
Troops from the Givati Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, are operating in the area of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip as part of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”. In recent weeks, the troops eliminated numerous terrorists, dismantled military infrastructure both above and below ground, and located and confiscated weapons, some of which were hidden ...