Israel: Eight IDF personnel killed in armoured vehicle explosion in Rafah

Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from Beit Jann, and seven other IDF soldiers were killed in an explosion of an armored vehicle in Rafah, the IDF announced on Saturday. Mahmoud was a deputy company commander in Battalion 601 of the Combat Read More …

Israel: IDF raids explosives lab in intense 18-hour West Bank operation

On Monday, Soldiers from the 94th Brigade, Duvdevan Unit, 41st Brigade, and Shin Bet forces completed an 18-hour counterterrorism operation in the Far’a area in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, the IDF announced on Tuesday. During the operation, soldiers discovered Read More …

Israel: IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation

Four hostages were rescued simultaneously from two separate nearby locations in Nuseirat in central Gaza, in a high-risk joint operation by the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Yamam and police in broad daylight, the IDF announced in a series Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet thwarts Turkey-based Hamas cell terror attack

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) thwarted a terror attack that Hamas had planned to carry out in Israel under the direction of one of its headquarters in Turkey, the organization said on Monday. In mid-March, Shin Bet and Yamam Read More …

Israel: Three soldiers killed in IED explosion in booby-trapped building in Rafah

The IDF on Wednesday named three soldiers of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade who were killed by an explosive in a booby-trapped building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Staff Sgt. Amir Galilov, 20, Staff Sgt. Uri Read More …

Israel: Terrorist arrested for attaching IED to Palestinian flag in attack

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet (ISA) forces have made a breakthrough in the case of a bomb attack last month involving an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a Palestinian Authority (PA) flag in the Binyamin region. Read More …

Protecting Civilians from the Risk of Explosive Ordnance in the Gaza conflict

Delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged people of Gaza is a life-threatening task. No humanitarian aid can be delivered unless the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) assesses the risk of explosive remnants of war, and supports humanitarian convoys by avoiding Read More …

Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expert

The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its Read More …

West Bank: IDF reservist kicks Palestinian flag, sets off explosive terror trap

An IDF reservist who was home on temporary leave was lightly wounded after kicking a Palestinian flag in Kochav Hashahar, in the West Bank, and setting off an explosive charge that was implanted under it, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Read More …

U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – Security Alert

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness as security incidents often take place without warning. The security environment remains complex and can change quickly depending on the political Read More …

Israel: Guns, ammo and stolen IDF uniforms confiscated in Police West Bank operation

Various weapons and combat equipment were discovered and confiscated, and two suspects were arrested in Eizariya near Jerusalem during a Wednesday night Israel police operation, the Police Spokesperson Unit reported on Thursday. The operation was conducted by the Central Unit Read More …

Israel: IDF arrests 20 suspects and destroys 13 explosive devices in the West Bank

Security forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout the West Bank. The IDF Spokesman added that in the village of Al Funduq, the forces located and confiscated a rifle and destroyed three improvised explosive devices. In the village of Qibya, five Read More …

Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs

The scale of the bombs dropped on Gaza since 7 October means that it will take millions of dollars, and many years, to decontaminate the Strip from unexploded munitions, the head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Palestine Read More …

At least 3,000 unexploded bombs in Gaza in first 3 months of war

At least 3,000 of the 45,000 Israeli bombs dropped on the Gaza Strip between 7 October and mid-January have failed to explode, according to estimates by Handicap International, an NGO specialising in mine action. “Of these 45,000 bombs, 3,000 have Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet seizes Iranian weapons intended for West Bank terrorists

The Shin Bet and the IDF on Monday announced that they had busted a vast Iranian network for smuggling more serious weapons into the West Bank to help dramatically increase the danger Palestinian terrorists can present to Israel. Among the Read More …

West Bank: IDF finds bomb in vehicle at Tzofim checkpoint

IDF arrested four suspects at the Tzofim checkpoint after finding a bomb in their vehicle, the IDF said on Friday. Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the Read More …

Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza

For more than five months, the Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel. In addition to the daily intensive shelling and the famine that threatens to spread throughout the Read More …

West Bank: Seven IDF soldiers wounded by IED blast in Silat ad-Dhahr

Palestinian gunmen set off an improvised explosive device near Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank town of Silat ad-Dhahr on Friday afternoon, wounding seven soldiers, the military and medics said. The IDF said soldiers were carrying out “proactive Read More …

Israel: IDF destroys largest terror tunnel uncovered in northern Gaza

The IDF destroyed on Tuesday the largest terror tunnel that was uncovered in northern Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, the military announced on that morning. The tunnel extends about four kilometers long and ends near the Erez Read More …

Israeli security services foil Hebron terror cell planning ISIS-inspired bomb attacks

Security forces have foiled a terrorist squad which produced 100 improvised explosive devices and planned bomb attacks with the assistance of the Islamic State , according to a statement released Monday. The Shin Bet security agency conducted the operation jointly Read More …