In his first press statement as IDF spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says the military has entered “a new stage” of the fighting against Hamas.
“The plan serves the goals of the war, returning the hostages and destroying Hamas’s military and governing capabilities,” he says.
Defrin says the IDF is maintaining “operational ambiguity, so we can surprise the enemy and bring about significant achievements. Our actions will speak.”
Since the resumption of fighting in Gaza on March 18, Defrin says the IDF has struck more than 600 targets in the Strip and killed over 250 terror operatives, including 12 senior officials in Hamas’s military wing and politburo.
“They are all terrorists and participated in the October 7 massacre,” he says, regarding the senior officials killed.
UN envoy slams Israel’s ‘repeated and intensifying’ attacks in Syria
The United Nations envoy for Syria condemns what he calls Israel’s intensifying attacks in the country, warning they are destabilizing Syria at a sensitive time.
Geir Pedersen decries in a statement “the repeated and intensifying military escalations by Israel in Syria, including airstrikes that have reportedly resulted in civilian casualties.”
“Such actions undermine efforts to build a new Syria at peace with itself and the region, and destabilize Syria at a sensitive time,” he adds.
Israel said it responded to fire from gunmen during an operation in southern Syria and warned interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa that he would face severe consequences if its security was threatened.
The IDF says it is targeting Syrian military assets to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, while ensuring the safety of the border between the two countries.
Airstrike in Gaza City targeted ‘key Hamas terrorists,’ says IDF
The IDF and Shin Bet announce that several “key Hamas terrorists” were targeted in an airstrike in Gaza City a short while ago.
The operatives were at a command center that was used by Hamas to plan and carry out attacks on Israel and troops, the military says.
The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike. According to Palestinian media, the strike hit a former school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.
IDF says it struck Hezbollah operative in south Lebanon
The IDF says it carried out a drone strike on a Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon’s Aalma ash-Shaab a short while ago.
Lebanon’s health ministry reported one wounded in the strike.
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