🪖 NORTHERN FRONT – COMMAND VISIT AND OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT: IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir conducted a field visit to the Khiam area in southern Lebanon alongside senior Northern Command leadership. He received operational briefings, spoke with battalion commanders, and reviewed underground Hezbollah infrastructure, including a tunnel located approximately 25 meters beneath a civilian storefront.
Zamir emphasized the ongoing mission to remove threats to Israeli communities and forces, noting that over 2,000 Hezbollah operatives have been struck since the start of Operation Roaring Lion. He described the campaign as part of a broader effort to reshape the regional environment, highlighting continued coordination with the United States and confirming that additional strike targets in Iran remain prepared.
🧱 HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE IN CIVILIAN AREAS: The tunnel identified beneath a children’s clothing store was presented as further evidence of Hezbollah’s use of civilian environments for operational concealment. The IDF views such infrastructure as part of a systematic pattern of embedding military assets within populated areas.
Zamir reiterated that operations will continue until sustained security is achieved for northern Israeli communities, stressing the role of IDF forces as the defensive shield along the front.
💥 GAZA – STRIKES ON THREATENING CELLS IN NORTHERN SECTOR: IDF forces targeted an armed Hamas cell in northern Gaza near the Yellow Line after identifying it as a direct threat to deployed troops. In a separate incident, five individuals approached Israeli positions in a manner assessed as hostile, prompting an Israeli Air Force strike that eliminated the group.
🎯 GAZA – ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENTS NEAR IDF POSITIONS: Troops identified another armed cell operating near Israeli forces and acted to eliminate the threat. In a separate case, individuals advancing toward the Yellow Line were engaged; one was struck by the IAF and another was eliminated while attempting to flee.
Operational measures included precision munitions and aerial surveillance to reduce civilian risk. IDF units remain deployed in the area under the current ceasefire framework while continuing to respond to immediate threats.
🎯 TARGETED STRIKE – NUKHBA COMMANDER ELIMINATED: Anas Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, identified as a Nukhba commander in Hamas, was killed in a precise airstrike in central Gaza. He was linked to the October 7 infiltration, including the Nova music festival attack, and was assessed as posing an active threat to IDF forces.
🛫 IAF LEADERSHIP – INTERNAL COHESION AND WAR READINESS: Outgoing Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar stated that the force approached a critical point of internal strain during the judicial reform protests but maintained operational integrity by enforcing separation between political discourse and military activity.
He noted that personnel cohesion held during the war across multiple fronts and called for an independent investigative body into the October 7 events to ensure accountability and restore public trust. Bar also highlighted close operational coordination with the United States alongside Israel’s retained independent strike capabilities, including preparedness for scenarios involving Iran.
🚫 SECURITY INCIDENT – WEAPONS SMUGGLING DRONE INTERCEPTED: IDF surveillance detected and intercepted a drone entering Israeli airspace from the west carrying four M-16-type weapons. The weapons were confiscated and transferred to security authorities for further handling.
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