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IDF operating mission in Syria, beyond buffer zone

Syria live updates: IDF operating mission in Syria, beyond buffer zone

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

Jewish Press · 1d

IDF: Israeli Forces Playing Defense in Buffer Zone, Not Syria

"The reports circulating in some media outlets claiming that IDF forces are advancing or approaching Damascus are completely incorrect."

NBC News · 1d

Israel launches strikes, ground incursion into Syria

After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Israeli Defense Forces have launched aerial strikes near Damascus that they say are targeting stockpiles of chemical weapons they're worried could fall into the wrong hands.

Syria, Israel

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Israeli Warplanes Pound Syria as Troops Reportedly Advance Deeper Into the Country

Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria’s navy.

Newsweek · 6h

UN Sends Additional Troops to Syria After Israel Seizes More Territory

U.N. peacekeepers' "freedom of movement is severely constrained in the current context," a U.N. official told Newsweek.

BBC · 8h

Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assets

Israel has attacked Syrian military assets and has troops operating in the Golan buffer zone and slightly beyond.

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Israeli forces withdraw from one area in Lebanon as part of ceasefire agreement

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed the withdrawal of troops from the vicinity of Khiam, a town in southern Lebanon. This pullback is being carried out under a ceasefire agreement reached ...

Cleveland Jewish News1d

IDF relearning the basics while modernizing for future threats

The IDF is also seeking to lengthen mandatory service to 36 months for most male soldiers to boost personnel numbers. The report said the ground forces have been conducting force build-up processes ...

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Israeli Advances in Syria Condemned by UN, Navy Bases Destroyed

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that forces had destroyed Syria's navy but denied advancing toward Damascus.

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Israeli-American IDF soldier believed held hostage confirmed dead

An Israeli Defense Forces soldier originally from Long Island, New York and previously thought to be held hostage by the ...

Santa Rosa Press Democrat1h

These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing ...

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Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra, of Long Island, confirmed dead in Gaza, IDF says

NEW YORK -- U.S.-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra is confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday. The ...

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IDF: Body of Israeli held hostage by Hamas recovered

The Israeli military said it has recovered the body Itay Svirsky, an Israeli hostage held by Hamas in Gaza for more than a ...

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Israeli intelligence sees growing chance Assad's forces collapse in Syria

Israeli intelligence officials have been startled by a faster-than-expected collapse of the Syrian army's defense lines over ...

Israeli forces kill at least 34 people in Gaza, rescue workers say

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 34 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics said, as Israeli tanks ...

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