Photos show released hostage Alon Ohel meeting with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip after being freed from Hamas captivity.
Gali Berman is also seen meeting Israeli soldiers in Gaza this morning after being freed by Hamas.

Iranian ballistic missile impact at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba

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A roof of a building at Soroka collapsed from the missile impact.

The IDF has released its top-level investigations into the military’s failures during the lead-up to the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, and on the day itself.

Some 5,000 Hamas-led terrorists from the Gaza Strip burst into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, carrying out a murderous rampage of unprecedented intensity and breadth. The IDF struggled to mount a response, its own probes now specify, with bases closest to the border overrun and the chain of command broken amid the chaos.

The attack claimed the lives of some 1,200 people in Israel, with another 251 people kidnapped and much of the area devastated. Most victims were civilians.

The material released by the IDF underlines the colossal failure ahead of Hamas’s invasion, in the final hours before and in the course of the terror group’s slaughter and abductions.

The IDF details intelligence material that was insistently misinterpreted over the years; the military’s overreliance on having an early warning to prepare its defenses; the degree to which troops were massively outnumbered by the invading terrorists; and the failure to understand what Hamas was doing during the attack. The probes at the General Staff level focused on four main topics:

1. The development of the IDF’s perception of Gaza over the past decade

The “perception” probe found that the IDF believed, prior to the October 7 onslaught, that the Hamas terror group in Gaza did not pose a significant threat to Israel, that the group was uninterested in a large-scale war, that its tunnel networks had been significantly degraded, and that any cross-border threat would be thwarted by Israel’s high-tech border fence.

The investigation highlighted a widening gap between the IDF’s perceptions of Hamas, and what the terror group was doing in reality.

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Earlier this week, under the cover of darkness and strict security, the IDF took me and other reporters to a massive underground Hezbollah complex in southern Lebanon.

It is the largest Hezbollah tunnel system found by the IDF in southern Lebanon to date, at some 2km long and reaching depths of 40m in some areas.

The IDF believes the underground site was intended by Hezbollah for use as a staging ground, where hundreds of terror operatives would arrive when called, gather equipment, and ready themselves to attack Israeli towns. Hezbollah’s invasion plans never materialized.


Here's all the pictures I took. The nighttime shots are long exposure. In reality, it was pitch black.

The IDF says it has completed its overnight airstrikes against Iranian military sites in response to Iran’s attacks on Israel in recent months, including the 200 ballistic missiles on October 1.

The name of the operation is dubbed by the military “Days of Repentance.” According to the military, dozens of Israeli Air Force aircraft, including fighter jets, refuelers, and spy planes, participated in the strikes some 1,600 kilometers from Israel. The aircraft safely returned to Israel following the “complex” operation.

The strikes were carried out in several waves over the course of several hours, in various areas of Iran.

Long-range rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at central Israel a short while ago. The projectiles apparently hit the sea. No sirens sounded. Hamas claims responsibility for the rocket fire

Initial reports of casualties in a rocket impact in the northern Druze-majority town of Majdal Shams.

Sirens had sounded in the town in the northern Golan Heights a short while ago. According to reports, a rocket struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams, injuring numerous civilians.

Medics are responding to reports of at least three wounded in a stabbing incident in the northern city of Karmiel. Further details are not immediately known. MDA says medics are treating two victims, one of whom is in serious condition.

An Israeli drone strike was carried out in the West Bank's Nur Shams camp a short while ago. According to the IDF, the strike was carried out against a group of operatives planting a bomb.

An Israeli man was stabbed near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, the military and medics say.

His condition is not immediately known. Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva says the man wounded in the stabbing attack in the northern West Bank is in moderate condition.

The IDF has launched a manhunt for the stabber.

The stabbing reportedly took place in the Huwara area, and the man reached a nearby military position after being attacked.

Iron Dome seen intercepting a rocket barrage over Kiryat Shmona.

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Police say officers are dealing with several impact sites in the city, with damage caused to property.

Initial reports of a stabbing attack at the Herod's Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City. MDA says it is treating a man in his 30s who was stabbed in the attack.

Two people are wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, medics say.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it is treating two people who were struck by the same car on Tchelet Mordechai Street and the nearby Yirmiyahu Street.

Both are listed in good condition. Police say the ramming in Jerusalem was a terror attack.

Two terrorists involved in the attack fled the scene after ramming a vehicle into two people, lightly wounding them.

On their escape route, officers found a makeshift "Carlo" submachine gun, police say.

A large number of officers were dispatched to the scene to locate the attackers.

Surveillance camera footage shows interceptor missiles being launched from an Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6-class corvette in the Eilat Bay this evening, at a suspected drone. It marks the first operational interception by the ship-mounted Iron Dome system, known as C-Dome. Another clip filmed by beachgoers in Eilat.

Syrian media report Israeli airstrikes in the Damascus suburb of Mezzeh. The state-run SANA broadcaster says air defenses are active.

According to the pro-government Sham FM radio, a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy was targeted.

Three people are wounded in a suspected stabbing attack in Gan Yavne.

MDA says that some of the victims are in serious condition. Police say the assailant has been "neutralised."

Suspected stabbing attack reported at Beersheba's central bus station.

MDA reports a man in his 20s lightly hurt. Assailant reportedly shot. The victim of the stabbing is being taken to Soroka Hospital in good condition, MDA says

The IDF says it has received initial reports of gunfire against vehicles on the Route 90 highway near the West Bank town of al-Auja. Images reportedly from a bus that came under fire in the attack on the Route 90 highway.

Medics say they have received reports of two people possibly lightly hurt.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at an Israeli vehicle near the West Bank settlement of Dolev earlier this morning, causing no injuries. Troops have since been engaged in a gun battle with the assailant. According to medics, four people are wounded in later clashes with the gunman.

Initial reports of gunfire near the West Bank settlement of Migdal Oz. Two members of Israel's security forces are wounded in the shooting attack near the Gush junction in the West Bank, the IDF says.

The assailant was "neutralized," the IDF adds.

Initial reports of a suspected stabbing attack at the Beit Kama junction Police say the terrorist who carried out the stabbing was "neutralized"