<p>In a joint operation, the IDF and Shin Bet in Gaza eliminated several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders and militants who commanded terrorist operations in the Beit Hanoun area and took part in the October 7 massacre.</p><p>During the operation, Murad Nasser Mousa Abu Jarad, deputy commander of the Beit Hanoun battalion of Islamic Jihad, who also served as the battalion commander for most of 2024, was killed, as well as Mahmoud Shukri Tayem Dardasawi, deputy head of the anti-tank unit in the Gaza City brigade of the organization. In addition, other militants involved in rocket fire, mortar attacks, and sniping were eliminated.</p><p>The strikes were carried out based on intelligence from Southern Command and Shin Bet, in coordination with the 990 Fire Brigade, intelligence collection units, and the Air Force, as part of the effort to sever the command chain of the terrorist organizations.</p>

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, attacks the Prime Minister of the UK on Twitter, 'So is Israel expected to surrender to Hamas and feed them despite the hostages being starved?'

<p>The IDF attacked and eliminated Mohammad Hamza Shhadi earlier today, who was responsible for intelligence in the 'Radwan Force' of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Adlun area of southern Lebanon.</p><p>It was reported that during the war, he was involved in building the force and the operational readiness of the 'Radwan Force', and his actions constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.</p>

<p>Captivity survivors and families of hostages hold Kabbalat Shabbat in front of Defense Minister Israel Katz's home: "On Fridays in captivity, we would make kiddush over water and say the blessing over bread. Until all the hostages return, we will not have a real Shabbat meal.”</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

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Yonatan Urich attacks the article published about him in the Yedioth Ahronoth daily, calling it 'distorted, false, misleading, and one-sided.'

<p>IDF: Nine countries have airdropped more than 1,000 aid packages to Gaza since the start of Operation Swords of Iron.</p>