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LIVEBLOG: IDF strike takes out chief, deputy of Hamas' Nuseirat Battalion; another Israeli KIA named

Follow the latest updates from Operation Swords of Iron.

by  i24NEWS and ILH Staff
Published on  01-04-2024 06:53
Last modified: 01-06-2024 22:48
LIVEBLOG: IDF strike takes out chief, deputy of Hamas' Nuseirat Battalion; another Israeli KIA namedAFP

A picture taken from Rafah on January 6, 2024 shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas | Photo: AFP

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January 06, 2024

09:07 PM

IDF circulates an up-to-date photo of top Hamas commander Muhammad Deif, appearing to disprove reports that the terror mastermind is near-paralyzed

08:16 PM

IDF strike takes out the chief and deputy chief of Hamas' Nuseirat Battalion; another KIA named: Lt. Col. Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay

06:09 PM

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi tours Hamas tunnels in Gaza

05:36 PM

Hezbollah says 5 of its members killed in Israeli strikes, raising the overall toll to 152

04:36 PM

'One of the most active days we've seen on the northern front since Oct 7'

i24NEWS correspondent in northern Israel with the latest

02:57 PM

Rocket and hostile aircraft intrusion alert sirens sound in northern Israel

02:40 PM

Lebanese PM: 'Attack in Lebanon will lead to escalation, political talks are underway'

"Any large-scale bombing in southern Lebanon will lead to a widespread escalation. Resolution 1701 requires stopping violations of sovereignty by Israel and requires withdrawal from our occupied territories."

02:06 PM

Hostile aircraft intrusion alert sirens sound near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel

01:40 PM

Rocket and hostile aircraft intrusion alert sirens sound in northern Israel

01:07 PM

Iran Guards commander challenges 'enemy' naval presence in region

"Today, we are facing an all-out battle with the enemy," said Guards commander Hossein Salami at a ceremony in the southern Gulf port city of Bandar Abbas, where the IRGC's navy unveiled a new ship named "Abu Mahdi" and 100 missile launchers.

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
12:45 PM

IDF: "Earlier today, a number of launches from Lebanon toward the areas of Metula and Margaliot in northern Israel were identified"

"In response, an IAF UAV struck the terrorist cell responsible for the launches toward the area of Metula."

12:22 PM

Rocket alert sirens sound near Gaza border

11:57 AM

UK finance minister says British economy could be impacted by Houthi actions in Red Sea

11:28 AM

US offers $10 million for information on Hamas financiers

Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd Al-Dayim Nasrallah is known for his close ties to Iranian entities and played a role in transferring tens of millions of dollars to Hamas

READ MORE HERE

Defense Ministry
5 million shekels found in Senior Hamas official's home / Defense Ministry
11:13 AM

UK Finance Minister says Houthis' Red Sea shipping attacks could impact British economy

10:46 AM

Maritime security incident reported in the Bab al-Mandab area in the Red Sea - UK maritime group

10:06 AM

IDF locates military vests hidden by Hamas in UNRWA bags in Gaza City hospital, destroys weapon storage facility in Khan Yunis

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported conducting a targeted raid in Gaza City resulting in locating Nukhba military vests "concealed by Hamas in UNRWA bags in a medical clinic. In an adjacent building, the troops located RPGs, AK-47s, and ammunition."

Additionally, during the operation in Khan Yunis, Israeli troops killed "terrorists from the ground and the air, and destroyed a number of tunnel shafts" as well as destroyed a weapons storage facility with "dozens of AK-47s, remotely detonated explosive devices, RPGs, and over 100 cartridges."

In Beit Lahia and Al-Furqan, the IDF troops identified terrorists "using drones to attack the troops" and used Israeli UAVs to strike the terrorists.

10:06 AM

IDF locates military vests hidden by Hamas in UNRWA bags in Gaza City hospital, destroys weapon storage facility in Khan Yunis

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported conducting a targeted raid in Gaza City resulting in locating Nukhba military vests "concealed by Hamas in UNRWA bags in a medical clinic. In an adjacent building, the troops located RPGs, AK-47s, and ammunition."

Additionally, during the operation in Khan Yunis, Israeli troops killed "terrorists from the ground and the air, and destroyed a number of tunnel shafts" as well as destroyed a weapons storage facility with "dozens of AK-47s, remotely detonated explosive devices, RPGs, and over 100 cartridges."

In Beit Lahia and Al-Furqan, the IDF troops identified terrorists "using drones to attack the troops" and used Israeli UAVs to strike the terrorists.

IDF Spokesperson
Nukhba military vests hidden by Hamas in UNRWA bags, footage released on January 6.IDF Spokesperson
IDF Spokesperson
Weapons located in Khan Yunis, footage released on January 6./IDF Spokesperson
09:25 AM

Hezbollah claims to have launched 62 rockets towards Israel as an 'initial response to [the Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh] al-Arouri's assassination'

09:16 AM

Drone alert sirens sound in north Golan near Syrian border

09:10 AM

Rocket, drone alert sirens sound in northern Israel

08:53 AM

IDF reports approximately 40 launches from Lebanon toward the area of Meron in northern Israel identified, striking a terrorist cell involved in the launches

08:43 AM

Explosions heard near Mount Meron after sirens sound in 94 northern border towns - report

08:07 AM

UAV alert sirens sound in northern Israel near border with Lebanon

07:57 AM

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, enters the Red Sea as a part of the US effort to prevent Houthis' attacks on merchant ships - US Naval Institute

READ MORE HERE

07:29 AM

Pro-Iran militia Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance claims attacking two US bases in Syria: Al-Tanf and Ash Shaddadi - report

January 5, 2024

04:34 PM

Nasrallah warns northern residents, says organization has 'golden opportunity' to reclaim land

03:52 PM

In second address this week, Nasrallah says that since Oct. 8, Hezbollah has hit numerous Israeli towns, conducted 670 military operations and attacked 48 military sites, causing extensive damage

03:32 PM

Jordan joins Turkey and Malaysia who have already announced that they will provide legal aid in Hague case against Israel

02:52 PM

Missile hits building in Sderot, no casualties reported

02:52 PM

Rocket barrage on Ashkelon, surrounding towns

02:19 PM

India government provides security escort for container ships around the Red Sea - source cited by Reuters

Earlier on Friday, an Indian Navy warship was reported moving towards a hijacked Liberian-flagged vessel in the Arabian Sea.

READ MORE HERE

01:45 PM

Iraq prepares to close down US led coalition's mission – statement

READ MORE HERE

13:56 PM

At White House, Haredi journalist Jake Turx reminds of birthday of 1-year-old Kfir Bibas, still held captive by Hamas

Video: Credit: White House pool

12:43 PM

Nasrallah warns of fight 'without limits' if Israel goes to war

Nasrallah warns of fight 'without limits' if Israel goes to war

'He is a man that if he promises something, he will do... Israel is willing to go far to eliminate Hamas leadership as it promised before,' says Hezbollah expert @shadikhalloul to @laura_i24 pic.twitter.com/4Hs9IY2yUX

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) January 5, 2024

12:34 PM

Netanyahu up in election polls after assassination of Hamas' Saleh al-Arouri

Likud would obtain 19 mandates, bringing the Coalition's number of seats to 46 out of the 120 in the Knesset

READ MORE HERE

12:23 AM

WATCH: IDF eliminated terrorists in Gaza's Bureij and Khan Younis

Video: Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

12:19 AM

WATCH: IDF uncovers Gaza neighborhood swarmed with weapons, terror infrastructureWATCH: IDF eliminated terrorists in Gaza's Bureij and Khan Younis

Video: Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

11:30 AM

Israeli fighter jets conduct strikes in Ayta ash Shab and Majdal Zun areas in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah post and operational site

11:04 AM

EU foreign policy chief Borrell heads to Lebanon aiming to calm tensions between Israel, Hezbollah

10:33 AM

Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) general vows revenge at funeral for the bomb attack victims after ISIS claims responsibility over the incident – state media

10:01 AM

Rocket alert sirens sound in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Gaza border, after 16 hours

09:56 AM

Speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi defends Biden on Israel, urges US public to call for Hamas's hostages release

AP Photo/Stepan Poghosyan
FILE PHOTO. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.AP Photo/Stepan Poghosyan
09:37 AM

Kibbutz Nir Oz announces its resident Tamir Adar, previously believed to be alive in Hamas's captivity, was killed on October 7

READ MORE HERE

Courtesy of the family
Tamir Adar.Courtesy of the family
09:03 AM

IDF attacks over 100 terrorist targets in Gaza within 24 hours

In Bureij refugee camp, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported clashing with armed terrorists who attempted to attack an Israeli tank. A drone followed the terrorist squad fleeing the area allowing Air Forces fighter jet to target the cell's hide-out, killing the terrorists.

In Khan Yunis, the IDF troops overnight "struck the launch pads and during a number of engagements with terrorists in the area, killed a number of the operatives," read the statement.

IDF Spokesperson
IDF troops in Gaza, footage released on January 5.IDF Spokesperson
08:37 AM

Combative security cabinet meeting implodes as ideological divide over post-war Gaza weighs on coalition

READ MORE HERE

08:14 AM

'UNRWA is doing important work and cannot be blamed for Hamas using civilian infrastructure,' the White House spokesperson John Kirby said, dismissing criticism of the Agency

January 3, 2024

11:39 PM

187 trucks full of aid entered Gaza today through Israel and Egypt - COGAT

11:06 PM

WATCH: Rawane Osmane grew up in Lebanon, where she was taught Jews & Israel were behind all the ills of the world

10:10 PM

The day after: Galant presents plan for post-Hamas Gaza Strip

"Israel will not rule Gaza on a civilian level but will reserve the right to act militarily in the territory, without any restrictions"

READ MORE HERE

Ariel Hermoni / Israel's Defense Ministry
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the Gaza Strip, January 2, 2023Ariel Hermoni / Israel's Defense Ministry
10:00 PM

IDF investigation team into October 7 unveiled: former Chief of Staff Mofaz, former Chief of Defense Forces Zaevi Parkash and former Commander of the Southern Command Sami Turgeman 

09:39 PM

IDF has received 17,000 tons of US munitions so far, will purchase 20 attack helicopters

Israel will start local production of munitions & explosives, expand assembly lines of tanks & armored vehicles to reduce dependence on the United States, according to Israeli media reports

09:34 PM

Analysis: China, the Houthis, and the Red Sea

08:50 PM

Netanyahu tells US advisor Amos Hochstein that Israel is "committed to bring fundamental change to border with Lebanon"

The meeting with senior US Presidential Adviser Amos Hochstein centered on ensuring the return of northern residents to their homes safely amid border clashes with Hezbollah

08:42 PM

US Senator Graham: Window for Israel-Saudi deal closes by June

The Republican lawmaker said Saudi-Israel ties would not undermine current efforts to militarily "destroy Hamas" in Gaza

08:26 PM

IDF uncovers and demolishes Hamas weapons site in central Gaza

Reservist brigades entered the site, locating multiple tunnel access shafts leading to a sprawling militant tunnel network spanning hundreds of meters

IDF Spokesperson
IDF uncovers and demolishes Hamas weapons site in central Gaza / IDF Spokesperson's Unit
08:23 PM

Number of hostages rises to 136 - IDF Spokesperson 

IDF Spokesperson says 3 people missing since October 7 are now assumed to be hostages in Gaza, bringing number to 136

07:47 PM

Hamas missile lands on Israeli medical clinic, no casualties reported

An anti-aircraft missile landed on a medical clinic in a kibbutz near the Gaza border on Thursday and caused extensive damage, according to Israeli media reports

07:38 PM

Israel's defense chief vows more Hamas strikes on frontline visit

Galant conferred with Gaza division commanders conducting operations in the territory's north, center and south

IDF Spokesperson
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant visits an IDF post in southern Israel / IDF Spokesperson's Unit
07:32 PM

Former US Vice President Mike Pence visits southern Israel

07:17 PM

Watch: Israeli Health Minister Uriel Bosso kicked out of Ra'anana's Loewenstein Hospital by staff, patients and family members

People at the hospital were recorded saying: "Their blood is on your hands! He can't come in here! Go home! Its on you and the whole government!"

06:51 PM

PHOTO: Netanyahu meets US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Kirya in Tel Aviv

Prime Minister's Office
PM Netanyahu with Sen. Lindsey Graham Prime Minister's Office
06:43 PM

Israeli FM announces return of ambassador to Spain

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel's ambassador to Spain would return to her post in Madrid next week.

Ambassador Rodica Radian-Gordon was recalled to Israel at the end of November after a number of "problematic statements" made by Spanish officials

06:10 PM

Islamic State (ISIS) claims responsibility for attacks in Iran on Wednesday that left more than 80 dead

06:03 PM

IDF soldier seriously wounded by explosive device during operation near Jenin in West Bank

06:00 PM

Rocket alert sirens sound in Sderot and southern Gaza border communities

05:45 PM

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Kirya in Tel Aviv

"We will complete all the goals of the war, we will return our citizens to the south and the north, and for that we will work with all our might wherever necessary."

05:36 PM

Hezbollah pulls back forces 2 miles from Israel border - report

Israel's Defense Minister recently warned time was running out for a diplomatic arrangement removing Hezbollah fighters from the border

05:29 PM

ISIS urges Muslims to kill Jews, criticizes Iran and Hezbollah over instrumentalizing war in Gaza

05:06 PM

Heavy gunfire reported in Jenin, West Bank

04:43 PM

UK's Cameron called for stop of hostilities in the Red Sea

04:12 PM

Israeli security forces kill senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in northern Gaza Mamdouh Lolo

03:54 PM

US military behind airstrike on Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad - report

02:36 PM

The IDF's counterterrorist operation in Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank surpasses 30 hours

02:03 PM

5 Nukhba commandos surrender to IDF in southern Gaza, testify to Hamas losses during tunnel combat

01:41 PM

Surveying the extensive damage still visible in southern Israel

Video poster
01:06 PM

Israeli reports of anti-tank missile fire near northern border with Lebanon

12:46 PM

IDF confirms attacks from Lebanese territory toward Israel, responds by hitting Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure

IDF aircraft targeted an observation post and terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

According to the IDF statement, an anti-tank squad was spotted a short time after the airstrikes in the area and were also hit.

"This morning a number of launches from Lebanese territory to Israeli territory were detected," the IDF confirmed.

12:43 PM

Saudi Arabia rejects 'extremist remarks' by Israeli ministers, stresses international 'accounting mechanisms'

Saudi Arabia rejected "extremist remarks" by two Israeli ministers who called for displacement of Gaza population, as well as re-occupation of the Strip and construction of settlements, in reference to recent comments by Israel's far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

"Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of efforts to activate international accounting mechanisms towards persistence of Israeli government in violating international humanitarian law," added a statement by the Gulf Kingdom's foreign ministry.

12:20 PM

Senior leader of pro-Iranian al-Hashd al-Shaabi eliminated in Baghdad strike – Arab reports

Abu Tikwa al-Sa'idi, a senior leader of the pro-Iranian umbrella organization al-Hashd al-Shaabi, was eliminated in a strike near Baghdad, Iraq.

12:16 AM

Hezbollah fires anti-tank missile toward northern Israel, with direct impact on home in Metula. No casualties reported.

12:11 PM

IDF intelligence chief to new graduates: 'Quality intel helps us target the enemy from Gaza to Iran'

11:40 AM

2 Iran-backed militia fighters killed in Baghdad drone strike – Reuters based on source

11:19 AM

Iran expert breaks down who may be behind Soleimani memorial explosions

'If you did a survey asking who was responsible for yesterday's terror attack, you would probably find more than half of Iranians saying it was the Regime itself'@MeirJa, an Iran lecturer, breaks down who may be behind the explosion in Iran that killed over 100 people pic.twitter.com/g5gQ3Vrd16

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) January 4, 2024

10:58 AM

Hezbollah claims responsibility for earlier attack toward Israeli territory

10:25 AM

IDF strikes several Hamas anti-tank squads in the Gaza Strip over past day

Video: Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

10:24 AM

Iran revises down death toll from yesterday's explosion, from 212 to 84 citing 'duplicate names'

09:50 AM

Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar: Lebanese agencies investigating security breach that allowed assassination of Saleh al-Arouri

09:41 AM

Hezbollah warned Hamas leader, Saleh al-Arouri, that Israel was following him - Arab report

09:10 AM

Two rockets intercepted over Ashkelon

08:56 PM

Rocket barrage on southern Israel

08:16 PM

Dovev siren proves to be false alarm

07:48 PM

Siren sounds in Dovev, northern Israel 

07:34 AM

Iran's Supreme Leader urges 'strategic patience' to avoid direct confrontation with US - report

07:19 AM

Hezbollah confirms death of four operatives, including a local commander

06:25 AM

New York Times: Iran holds Israel responsible for bombings at Soleimani memorial

According to NYT, international intelligence experts and analysts said the attack bore the hallmarks of terrorist groups, not of Israel.

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