🎯 GAZA: HAMAS SECURITY APPARATUS TARGETED: The IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) struck senior members of Hamas’ General Security Apparatus in northern Gaza overnight. The apparatus is responsible for securing Hamas leadership, maintaining communications, coordinating movement between emergency facilities, and producing intelligence assessments supporting terrorist operations.
Among those eliminated was Hassan Rabah Hassan Labad, Deputy Head of the apparatus and a central figure in organizational decision-making. Additional senior operatives eliminated included Asim Amin Shalash Shubair, Abdullah Ata Younes Abu Kaloub, and Muhammad Naaman Zaki Abu Mark.
According to the IDF, the operatives were involved in efforts to rebuild Hamas capabilities and assist the organization’s leadership in advancing terrorist activity against Israel and IDF forces.
🛠️ GAZA: TUNNEL OPERATIONS AND ADDITIONAL STRIKES: IDF forces continued tunnel-destruction operations in the Khan Yunis area.
In additional strikes across Gaza, 13 terrorists were eliminated. Among them was a terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre and participated in the kidnapping of four Israelis from the Re’im junction bomb shelter.
Separately, the IDF eliminated a terrorist in northern Gaza who was planning immediate attacks against IDF troops and directing attacks inside Israel.
⚔️ LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH CELLS AND WEAPONS TARGETED: The IDF eliminated two Hezbollah terrorist cells operating in the areas of Tyre and Shaqra overnight.
The military also confirmed the elimination last week of Abed Harb, commander of Hezbollah’s Engineering Unit, which the IDF said was responsible for assembling and deploying explosives targeting Israeli forces.
IDF troops operating north of the Litani River later eliminated an armed Hezbollah operative during close-quarters combat and raided a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, seizing rifles, grenades, ammunition, a surface-to-air missile, and additional combat equipment.
The Israeli Air Force also dismantled a Hezbollah rocket launcher used to fire rockets toward IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon.
🚀 NORTHERN FRONT: ROCKET FIRE AND IDF RESPONSE: Hezbollah launched several rockets toward IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, triggering sirens in northern Israel. One projectile was intercepted, while another landed near IDF forces. No injuries were reported.
Hostile aircraft infiltration alerts were later activated in the Hanita area following the identification of suspicious aerial targets near Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon. A separate alert in the Metula area was later determined to be a false identification.
🕯️ NORTHERN FRONT: IDF OFFICER KILLED: At approximately 4:00 p.m., a Hezbollah operative fired an anti-tank guided missile at an Israeli tank operating north of the Litani River, killing Cpt. Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, 21, of the 75th Battalion, 7th Armored Brigade, from Mishmar HaShiv'a.
The IDF responded with air and artillery strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in the area.
May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion. And may HaShem avenge his blood.
🛡️ NORTHERN COMMAND: EXPANDED OPERATIONS: Over the past week, the Israeli Air Force struck more than 650 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. Based on Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) intelligence, more than 125 terrorists were eliminated.
Ground forces also continued operations along the forward defense line to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure and remove threats to northern Israeli communities and IDF forces.
🚔 JUDEA AND SAMARIA: COUNTERTERROR OPERATIONS CONTINUE: Israeli security forces carried out dozens of counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria, detaining more than 60 wanted individuals, including suspects involved in planned attacks, weapons offenses, stone-throwing, and firebomb attacks.
Security forces seized multiple weapons and thwarted an attempt to smuggle ten pistols across the eastern border.
In a separate operation, Duvdevan Unit soldiers and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) apprehended two terrorists involved in advancing terrorist activity in the Jenin and Al-Yamun areas. According to the IDF, one belonged to the Jenin terrorist network dismantled during Operation Iron Wall and was involved in fundraising for terrorist activity.
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