West Bank: IDF confiscates 200 pipe bombs, numerous IEDs in Tulkarm

The IDF destroyed on Friday an explosives manufacturing lab in Tulkarm in the West Bank, the military said on Sunday morning. Numerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including about 200 pipe bombs, fire extinguishers, and large gas cylinders meant to be Read More …

UK pledges £4m to clear land mines to help flow of aid in Gaza

The UK will give £4m to help clear landmines from parts of Gaza so more aid can get in, the foreign secretary has announced. It will be used by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to demine areas preventing Read More …

Israel: IDF says Palestinian suspect killed after hurling explosives at troops near Jenin, in the West Bank

The IDF says that troops of the Nahal Brigade killed a Palestinian suspect overnight after he hurled explosives at troops operating in the village of Silat al-Harithiya, near Jenin. Two other suspects were injured in the exchange of fire, the Read More …

Israel: IDF, Shin Bet raid bomb-making lab in Tulkarm, West Bank

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 Read More …

Israel: IDF seizes weapons and explosives, arrests 12 suspects in West Bank operations

The IDF conducted several counterterrorism operations in the West Bank last night, the military announced on Wednesday. The IDF arrested a dozen suspects involved in terrorist activities and confiscated their weapons. During searches in Kabatiya, soldiers located about 100 kilograms Read More …

Israel: IDF destroys some 300 booby-trapped structures in Jabalya

Some 300 booby-trapped structures have been detected and demolished by IDF engineering troops in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Friday. The military added that terrorists had positioned explosives in the structures to form an ambush Read More …

Israel: 401st Brigade commander Col. Ehsan Daxa killed in northern Gaza

The commander of the IDF’s 401st “Iron Tracks” Brigade, Col. Ehsan Daxa, was killed in combat in northern Gaza, the military announced on Sunday evening. Col. Daxa was 41 years old and came from Daliyat al-Karmel, the largest Druze community Read More …

Gaza Strip: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Rafah

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in Tel Sultan in Rafah on Wednesday in an unplanned operation, sources close to the matter confirmed to The Jerusalem Post Thursday evening, several hours after rumors arose that he had Read More …

Israel: 4 soldiers killed in Gaza explosion after IED causes building collapse

The IDF announced the deaths of three combat soldiers and a paramedic who were killed during the fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. During operations in the southern Gaza Strip, Givati Brigade troops entered the area of the Read More …

West Bank: Three murdered in shooting at Jordanian border crossing

Three people were killed in a terror attack at the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley on Sunday, Magen David Adom (MDA) said. The terrorist was eliminated by the security forces in the area, the IDF affirmed. The military noted Read More …

Israel: IDF retrieves six bodies of Gaza hostages from Rafah

The bodies of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were found in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Sunday morning. The IDF retrieved the bodies of the hostages from a tunnel Read More …

West Bank: Car bombs explode at Gush Etzion gas station and Karmei Tzur

On Friday night at approximately 11:15 PM, a car bomb exploded at the Tzomet Hagush gas station in Gush Etzion, resulting in significant damage and chaos. CCTV footage captured the moment the vehicle burst into flames and detonating. The terrorists Read More …

Israel: IDF rescues Israeli-Bedouin hostage from Hamas captivity in southern Gaza

The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday early afternoon rescued Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held by Hamas since October 7 from Mivtachim in the South, from a tunnel in Rafah. The circumstances of his rescue are Read More …

Israel: Hamas, other terror groups turn to boobytraps and explosives to attack

The terrorist groups attacking Israel, particularly Hamas, are turning to the use of explosive devices and booby traps increasingly. This is true in Gaza and also in the West Bank. On Sunday, the IDF said St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut Read More …

Gaza Strip: IDF destroys kilometer-long Hamas terror tunnel in Rafah, finds explosives, blast doors

The IDF dismantled a one-kilometer-long Hamas terror tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip, the IDF reported on Friday midday. Soldiers from the Southern Gaza Brigade, together with Combat Engineering Unit and Yahalom Unit soldiers located and destroyed Read More …

Israel: IDF kills Palestinian Islamic Jihad deputy weapons production head

The IDF killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of weapons production, Mohammed al-Jabari, in a targeted intelligence-based operation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning. According to the IDF, Al-Jabari was responsible for financing weapon manufacturing infrastructure for the Read More …

West Bank: Four Israelis Wounded in Samaria IED Attack

Four Israelis were wounded on Thursday afternoon when Arab terrorists targeted their vehicle with an explosive near the Jewish community of Hermesh in northwestern Samaria. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “two IDF soldiers on leave were moderately and lightly Read More …

Israel: IDF destroys rockets, dozens of IEDs in West Bank

An IDF operation with the Border Police thwarted dozens of IEDs buried in main roads of the Tulkarm neighborhood of Nur a-Shams, according to the army spokesperson’s unit on Tuesday. Using Shin Bet security agency and army intelligence, the operation Read More …

Israel: Terrorism in the West Bank is fast becoming more sophisticated, deadly

In barely a week, the Israel Defense Forces has lost two fighters to powerful roadside bombs in the West Bank. Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, a sniper team commander in the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed in an explosion Read More …

Israeli officer killed, 17 wounded in Jenin raid

A night-time operation in the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday resulted in the death of Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22, from Hadera, a sniper team commander in the Haruv reconnaissance unit. Seventeen additional soldiers were injured when they encountered explosive devices, Read More …