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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issues a missive to troops in the wake of the "NAZA" film, which accuses Israel of AI-assisted killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip. "I have not watched the film, I do not know whom they interviewed in it or who or what is behind it. The claims and events were not presented to the IDF, and therefore it is difficult to respond to the matter seriously and professionally," he writes. "We are an organization that has learned firsthand the importance of criticism and doubt. We constantly work to investigate, correct and improve, and we will continue to accept any substantive criticism and examine ourselves," Zamir continues. "That said, false, manipulative and unfounded vilification is not legitimate criticism, even if it receives sanctimonious applause," he says. "We will continue to defend the State of Israel and its citizens, and we will not allow blood libels and lies disguised as investigative journalism to harm our right to defend ourselves," Zamir adds.
A senior member of the Fatah movement, who the military and Shin Bet say was involved in terror activity, was nabbed by commandos in the West Bank city of Tulkarem this morning. The IDF and Shin Bet say that following a manhunt in recent weeks, troops of the Duvdevan Commando Unit raided Tulkarem and apprehended Muhammad Ibrahim Shahada. Shahada had been wanted after allegedly being involved in terror activity, "planning and carrying out attacks, and trafficking in weapons," the joint statement says.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says he has instructed the military's top legal official to examine legal action against the film "NAZA" and those involved in it, and separately ordered an examination of the leaking of classified materials used in its production. Zamir today held a meeting with senior military officials on the new documentary about Israel's AI-powered attacks in the Gaza Strip that have led to civilian deaths, which included testimonies from 24 purported Israeli intelligence soldiers. "According to the reports that have emerged so far, this is not a film criticizing the IDF and is not an attempt to ascertain the truth. It is based on blood libels, deliberate distortion of reality, and false and serious accusations against IDF soldiers and commanders," Zamir says in a statement. He says that the film "adopts narratives of Israel’s haters, defames our soldiers and commanders, and seeks to portray the IDF as deliberately acting unlawfully." "This is a dangerous attempt to strip us of the legitimacy to defend ourselves against the worst of our enemies, and in doing so to pose a real danger to IDF soldiers and commanders," Zamir continues. "“We will not allow IDF soldiers to be turned into targets through lies and blood libels. Faced with such an attempt, we must act resolutely, using all the tools at our disposal, legal, command, and public diplomacy," he adds. At the end of the meeting, Zamir ordered the establishment of a "multi-organizational and multidisciplinary team" headed by the Planning Directorate, to "formulate courses of action and tools for addressing false claims against the IDF and its soldiers, in cooperation with experts from Israel and around the world." He also instructed Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Itai Ofir to "examine and advance possible legal actions regarding the film and those involved in it... due to the dissemination of false claims against IDF soldiers, and their possible implications for their personal security and the security of the state." And lastly, Zamir instructed the military's top brass to examine "information security aspects and possible individuals involved in the leaking of classified materials that were used in producing the film."
A Palestinian man planning an "imminent" shooting attack against Israeli civilians was apprehended by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron over the weekend, the military announces. The IDF says troops raided Hebron on Saturday and captured Abd al-Rahman, following information provided by the Shin Bet security agency about his plans to "carry out a shooting attack against Israeli civilians in the immediate timeframe" during the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
Defense Minister Israel Katz vows that "anyone who approaches the Ali Taher Ridge will be destroyed," after the military demolished Hezbollah's tunnels beneath the hill last week. The IDF withdrew troops from the hill to blow up the underground Hezbollah facility there on Thursday. Following the demolition, the military said it would "reorganize" its deployment in the area, but would still remain in control of the ridge with surveillance and firepower. "The IDF is operationally preparing to control the ridge and prevent any attempt by Hezbollah or any other party to return and establish itself there," Katz says in a statement. He says that the ridge remains part of Israel's southern Lebanon buffer zone, and that the IDF "will not withdraw or redeploy until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout Lebanon."
An off-duty soldier has been suspended for opening fire on Palestinians after he allegedly came under stone-throwing in the West Bank yesterday, the military says. The IDF says troops had been dispatched several times to the village of al-Mughayyir on Saturday, following reports of clashes between Israeli settlers who invaded the village and Palestinian residents. The clashes had included stone throwing and stone barriers placed on roads, according to the IDF, which did not specify which side was to blame. The troops "acted to disperse the confrontation and remove the roadblocks," the army says, adding that they also came under stone-throwing amid the incident. Later, the army says it received a report of an off-duty soldier who said Palestinians hurled stones at him on the outskirts of al-Mughayyir. The off-duty soldier returned fire at the Palestinians while no other troops were in the area, the army says, adding that it is unaware of any injuries caused by the gunfire. The soldier was then detained by police officers and taken for questioning over the shooting. The army adds that the soldier was suspended until the incident has been investigated.
Two Hamas engineers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City today, the military announces. The IDF names the pair as Hassan Ali Abu Nada and Abd al-Rahim Ahmad Khalil Khawa, operatives in Hamas's engineering unit. Recently, the two terror operatives were involved in development and production of weapons, advancing attacks on troops and civilians, and also attempted to restore Hamas capabilities, "in systematic violation of the ceasefire," the military says. "The terrorists were eliminated to remove a threat," the army says, adding that it took steps to minimize harm to civilians in the strike.
Just ahead of Rosh Hashana, the IDF launched a snap drill in the West Bank early this morning. The military says in a statement that its Judea and Samaria Division -- responsible for most of the territory -- activated all of its units for a surprise drill, which will last until this afternoon. "The drill is intended to examine the forces' level of alertness and operational readiness, and to practice various surprise scenarios as part of the operational preparations ahead of the holiday period," the IDF says. The snap drill is part of a series of exercises held by the military in recent weeks, including a major test of the IDF's top headquarters on Sunday.
The IDF publishes footage showing the demolition of Hezbollah's tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon. https://t.co/iQpbGhRpnc
The IDF says more than 1,100 tons of explosives were used to demolish the Hezbollah tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon this evening.
Footage shows the demolition of Hezbollah's tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon by the IDF tonight. https://t.co/dpFDSok54n
The Hezbollah tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon were just blown up by the IDF moments ago.
A Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught and was involved in the killing of then-Nahal Brigade commander Col. Jonathan Steinberg was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip earlier this week, the military announces. The strike in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Monday killed Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Qandil, a member of Hamas's elite Nukhba Force, according to the IDF. The IDF says Qandil invaded Israel on October 7 and took part in killing Steinberg near the border community of Kerem Shalom. Recently, Qandil had been advancing attacks on troops and civilians, as well as attempting to restore Hamas capabilities, "in systematic violation of the ceasefire," the military says, adding that he was killed "to remove the threat he posed."
The Israeli military says a terror operative was killed in an airstrike on a building in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, after Palestinian media said that four members of a family, including two children, were killed in the attack. According to the IDF, the building near the "Yellow Line" in the Beit Lahia area had been used in the past by terror operatives. Before carrying out the strike overnight, the IDF says that it issued a warning "to allow civilians to evacuate the structure." "Only after the warning was issued was the strike carried out, while additional measures were taken to reduce the risk of harming uninvolved [civilians], including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance," the military says. The army says that the strike killed Muaman Abd al-Rahman Ahmad, "a military operative who took a direct part in fighting against IDF troops."
Three Hamas weapon depots were destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet announce. The military says the sites were used by Hamas to store firearms, explosive devices, anti-tank rockets, and other equipment. https://t.co/lywf7qRMuo
The Hamas terror group announces the death of a top member in an Israeli strike in Gaza City today. Farah Hamed is described by Hamas as a "commander and fighter" in the terror group's military wing, and a member of the "Military Council of the al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank." Hamed was a member of the "Silwad cell," which operated during the Second Intifada and carried out a series of deadly shooting attacks in the West Bank. Originally from the Ramallah area, Hamed was deported to Gaza in 2011 as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal. In May 2024, the head of the cell, who was also released in the Shalit deal, was killed in Rafah. Hamed was targeted in a strike in Gaza City's Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood earlier today, according to Palestinian media. The IDF has not yet issued a statement on the strike.
Palestinian media reports an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City's Shati camp a short while ago, following a warning issued by the military. The IDF has not yet commented on the strike. https://t.co/O6HRG09AdI
Lebanese media reports one killed in an Israeli strike on a motorcycle on a road between the towns of Harouf and Zebdin in southern Lebanon. There is no immediate comment from the IDF. https://t.co/paO308U6Y2
The Israeli military says it apprehended three Palestinian Authority police officers who illegally set up a blockade in Area C of the West Bank and detained and assaulted an off-duty reservist last month. In the incident on August 23, the armed Israeli settler was stopped by the PA officers on a road near the Palestinian town of Beitunia, and allegedly beaten by them. The PA officers took the man in their cruiser toward Ramallah, but shortly after handed him over to Israeli forces. The roadblock had been set up by the PA officers in Area C of the West Bank, which is supposed to be under full Israeli civil and security control. The IDF says the PA officers had "exceeded their authority to operate in these areas," and Israeli security authorities "described the incident as a serious overreach by the [PA] security forces, endangering the life of the Israeli civilian and using aggressive and severe force against him." The army says that three PA officers were detained this week over their involvement in the roadblock and the assault of the Israeli man, and they are now being questioned by the Shin Bet. "The IDF maintains security coordination in accordance with the directive of the political echelon. At the same time, the IDF will not tolerate any deviation from procedures," the military adds.
Three weapon depots and a rocket-launching site were destroyed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announces. The military says the weapon depots, belonging to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, were used to store dozens of weapons, including rockets and assault rifles. Recently, according to the IDF, Hamas operatives were identified arriving at the weapon depots and using the guns stored there for "guarding and establishing control over the Gaza Strip." In addition, the strikes yesterday also destroyed a rocket-launching pit that had been used during the war to fire projectiles at Israel, the military says. The IDF says it will continue "to operate decisively to degrade the capabilities of terror organizations in the Gaza Strip while thwarting any attempt to rebuild capabilities or possess weapons intended to harm our forces."
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir announces that the military will soon inaugurate a new "unmanned systems and artificial intelligence" branch. "The battlefield is changing at a dizzying pace, and we are changing with it. We understand that the future includes unmanned systems, robotics, drones and widespread use of artificial intelligence," he says at a Navy officers' graduation ceremony. Zamir says that last week he finalized the plans for the establishment of the new branch, which he says "will be responsible for the rapidly developing field" of unmanned systems and AI. "Maritime, land and aerial robotic capabilities will be developed. The capabilities that unmanned systems will provide will enable them to operate alongside manned combat teams or in independent missions. They will increase operational activity on the battlefield and save human lives," he says. "The Navy will also benefit from its fruits by incorporating advanced and autonomous capabilities above and below the sea," Zamir continues. Zamir says that the IDF intends to be a "global leader" in the field, and therefore, the new branch will be inaugurated by Hanukkah in early December.
In a message apparently aimed at Turkey and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, Israeli Navy chief Vice Adm. Eyal Harel says Israel will not allow any threat to its freedom of action at sea by those seeking to "change the balance of power in the Mediterranean and Red seas." "In the new maritime arena, there is no longer any distant front," Harel says at a Navy officers' graduation ceremony. "To anyone seeking to challenge the State of Israel from the maritime and distant arena, I say from here: distance will not provide immunity to anyone seeking to harm us. The Navy was built to bring the power of the State of Israel and the IDF to anyone seeking to challenge it from thousands of miles away," he says. Harel addresses "anyone seeking to change the balance of power in the Mediterranean and Red seas," saying that "we see the actions, monitor them and prepare for them." "The Navy will not accept a reality in which the freedom of action of the State of Israel, or the strategic interests in the national maritime arena, are subject to threat. We will be there, and everywhere else, openly and covertly, to fulfill our responsibility and mission in every way," he adds.
Over 30 Palestinians were recently detained over their membership in a "significant and extensive" terror network based in the West Bank and Jerusalem area, the Shin Bet security announces. The network had been planning "attacks against Jews and security forces," the Shin Bet says in a joint statement with the military and police. Five Jerusalem residents who were members of the network were charged with "serious" security offenses, including "managing a terror organization, active membership in a terror organization, conspiracy and preparation to commit an act of terror involving murder under aggravated circumstances, weapons and property offenses for terror purposes, recruiting and attempting to recruit members to a terror organization," and other offenses. Indictments against some of the West Bank Palestinians involved in the network are expected to be filed by army prosecutors in the coming days, while the investigation of others is still ongoing. Two of the Jerusalemites, Sabih Abu Sabih and Rashid Rishk, are members of the Shabab al-Aqsa group, which is affiliated with Hamas, according to the security agency. Abu Sabih is the son of Mesbah Abu Sabih, who carried out a deadly shooting spree that killed two Israelis in Jerusalem in October 2016, and Rishk was released in January 2025 as part of a hostage deal with Hamas. The other three Jerusalemites charged in the case are named as Muhammad Abu Sabih, Muhammad Azmi Bakri and Ahmad Azmi Bakri. The Shin Bet says Rishk and Sabih Abu Sabih established the terror network, "under which they recruited military terror cells under their command throughout the West Bank," intending to carry out attacks. Security forces captured several weapons the agency says the network intended to use in the attacks. According to the Shin Bet's investigation, Ahmad Azmi Bakri and Rishk planned a terror attack at a restaurant in the central city of Modiin, where Ahmad worked. Additionally, Muhammad Azmi Bakri instructed Rishk and Muhammad Abu Sabih how to build explosive devices, after they told him of their intention to carry out attacks, including a shooting attack against Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya, according to the security agency.
The Israeli Air Force targeted a terror operative in Gaza City and struck Hamas infrastructure sites in the Strip's south a short while ago, according to the military. Palestinian media reports that the strike in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood wounded several people. The strikes in southern Gaza's Khan Younis also wounded several Palestinians, according to the reports. The IDF says it will provide further details on the strikes later.
The IDF says troops shot dead a wanted Palestinian who attacked the forces during an attempt to question him in the northern West Bank overnight. Troops raided the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, in an attempt to question Abd al-Karim Muhammad Salem Khader, who the army says is "a terrorist affiliated with a terror organization." As the troops arrived at a building where Khader was residing, he threw a Molotov cocktail and an improvised bomb at them, without causing injuries, the military says. The soldiers then surrounded the building and carried out a tactic known as "pressure cooker," which involves escalating the volume of fire against a building to flush suspects out. Palestinian media reports that the IDF fired shoulder-launched missiles at the building and used a bulldozer to demolish part of it. Eventually, the soldiers breached into the building, and troops of Nahal Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit opened fire and killed the wanted man after identifying him brandishing a knife "with which he intended to attack our forces," the IDF says. The official Palestinian WAFA news agency reports that Khader's body was seized by the Israeli forces. Also overnight, troops operated in the villages of Qabalan, Awarta, and Yatma, during which the army says they detained three Palestinians involved in terror activity and questioned some 60 other wanted suspects.
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- IDF Chief Orders Legal and Security Review of ‘Naza’ Film
- IDF and Shin Bet Arrest Terrorist Planning Imminent Hebron Shooting
- IDF Accelerates Demolition of Hezbollah Tunnels at Ali Taher Ridge
- IDF Destroys More Than Two Kilometers of Hezbollah Tunnels at Ali al-Taher
- IDF Identifies Nukhba Terrorist Killed Monday in Col. Steinberg Attack
- IDF and Shin Bet Destroy Three Gaza Weapons Depots and Rocket Launch Pit
- IDF Arrests Three PA Police Officers Over Beitunia Area C Assault
- IDF Kills Armed Terrorist and Arrests Four in Samaria Counterterrorism Sweep