The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it located “numerous suspicious air targets” crossing from Lebanon, prompting Israel to launch multiple interceptors that shot the targets down to the ground.
According to a press release from the Israel Defense Forces, a landslide was detected in the vicinity of Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar, after sirens were heard in the Upper Galilee.
The incident resulted in moderate injuries to one IDF officer and one IDF soldier, who were taken to a hospital for treatment. The IDF reported that the families of the injured have been notified.
Israeli fire services are working to extinguish a fire that broke out in the area during the attack.
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Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaks to reporters at The Kirya, which houses Israel's Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
The IDF said that after sirens sounded in the Kiryat Shmona and Kfar Giladi areas, it was determined that the ID was fake.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told a news conference that troops are in several areas, including the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Judea and Samaria, to thwart threats against Israel.
In Gaza, the IDF is focusing on locating and neutralizing underground infrastructure in the Rafah area and the Philadelphia Corridor, Hagari said, adding that dozens of tunnels have been located so far and are being investigated, neutralized and destroyed by the troops.
Hagari said that not all of these tunnels are active, as some are old and the IDF has already dealt with them, but that all tunnels are being neutralized.
On Sunday morning, two Israeli citizens were killed and two others wounded in a stabbing attack in the city of Holon, according to Hagari. The attacker was neutralized on the spot by a police officer.
The IDF said that dozens of tunnels have been located so far and are being investigated, neutralized and destroyed by troops. (Israel Defense Forces)
On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Authority prepared a response to an alert about a terror cell in the Tulkarem area of the West Bank, Hagari said. The cell was heading to carry out a terror attack against an axis or a community, but an aircraft eliminated the cell of five terrorists who were inside a vehicle, according to Hagari.
Later that day, the IDF and ISA carried out an anti-terror operation in Tulkarem, where an aircraft killed four terrorists who had opened fire on Israeli forces. Troops also assisted from the ground, Hagari said.
Following the operation, troops found a large number of firearms, ammunition and military vests. Hagari said that many of these weapons arrive in Judea and Samaria from Iran.
“For years, Iran has been arming and funding terrorist organizations across the Middle East, including smuggling explosives into Israeli territory for terrorist attacks against civilians,” Hagari said. “The Israel Defense Forces and the ISA have already thwarted numerous attacks in which Claymore-type explosives were smuggled into the country's territory. We are determined to continue to act against Iranian terrorism wherever it occurs.”
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Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari poses next to an Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Israel, during a press tour at the Julis military base near the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, April 16, 2024. (Fake Images)
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This comes after Hamas militants launched an October 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 250 others. Many of the hostages are still being held by Hamas.
“This evening we also remember the 115 hostages that the Hamas terrorist organization is holding in the Gaza Strip,” Hagari said. “We are committed to bringing them home as soon as possible, those who are alive to their families and those who are no longer alive to be buried in Israel. That is our goal and we will continue to act with great determination to achieve it.”
More than 39,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 90,000 injured in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. War in Gazaaccording to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, although the count does not differentiate between civilians and terrorists.
