With an extremely high percentage of support for Hamas, as long as a strong, organized and armed core of the terrorist organization manages to remain in the Gaza Strip, it will continue to be the dominant power.

Earlier in the day, the military announced the deaths of reserve Sergeants First Class Yakir Hexter, Gavriel Bloom and David Schwartz, and Sergeant Roi Tal

The dozens of sophisticated Flyer-72s integrate "a range of advanced systems to enhance Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS), radar detection, fire support, and firepower capabilities." They were procured with US military aid.

In a letter written on September 5 to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, to the head of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi, and the rest of the cabinet and government – one of many letters she wrote – a minister asked why Israel was sending into Gaza “dual-purpose materials that will be sent back to us as missile warheads in the next conflict.”

For 18 years now, LTC Adraee (41 years old) has been at the forefront of the military's public diplomacy effort in Arabic.