Almog Boker
@BokerAlmog · Israeli journalists — political, diplomatic, legal
Almog Boker is a Channel 13 correspondent who became one of the war's most recognizable field reporters, notably from the Gaza envelope.
The explosions heard now in the north: The IDF has just destroyed the tunnels at the Ali Taher Ridge
Translated from HebrewIDF: We eliminated Nukhba terrorist Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil, who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre and took part in the killing of the Nahal Brigade commander, Col. Yonatan Steinberg, of blessed memory. Target of the elimination: Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas’s military wing. The elimination was carried out earlier this week in Khan Younis. Recently, Kandil advanced terrorist schemes against IDF forces and Israeli civilians and worked to restore Hamas’s capabilities.
Translated from HebrewThe commander of the Northern Brigade, Colonel Omri Mashiach, on the importance of the yellow line: “The most significant area for defending our communities. This is the area that enables us to defend, and it is also the area that enables us to attack when necessary.” At a toast marking Rosh Hashanah with the brigade’s community security coordinators, the brigade commander said: “Hamas took control of Beit Hanoun and turned it into a veritable terror town, and today we are observing its ruins. The underground routes in Beit Hanoun are among the most extensive I have seen. With great determination, professionalism and hard work, we completed the mission of destroying them. We enter Rosh Hashanah with our main defense array located here, on Ridge 70, the most significant area for defending our communities. This is the area that enables us to defend, and it is also the area that enables us to attack when necessary. While our families on the home front sit around the holiday table, we, the fighters and commanders, will continue fighting at the front. I wish us all that this year we complete the mission and achieve victory.”
Translated from HebrewIDF and Shin Bet: We destroyed three weapons depots belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip The IDF and Shin Bet struck yesterday (Wednesday) in three different areas in the Gaza Strip and destroyed three weapons depots belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization. The Hamas terrorist organization stored weapons, explosive charges, anti-tank missiles, and additional military equipment inside the depots.
Translated from HebrewSabah Haniyeh, the sister of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political bureau who was killed by the IDF, will testify this morning in the trial being conducted against her on charges of incitement and expressing identification with a terrorist organization. Sabah Haniyeh, who lives in Tel Sheva, wrote in the family WhatsApp message on the morning of October 7: “The war has begun,” and on October 10, three days after the massacre, according to the messages seized by detectives from the Southern District central unit, she sent the following message to her family: “Hi guys. Whoever can send this prayer to all the names you have, it has a great effect on destroying the enemy; this prayer is for one time. O God, scatter them and separate them, make their actions lead to their destruction, destroy their buildings, change their situation, bring their end closer, and cut off their lives, and let them be occupied with their bodies… O God, count them one by one and kill them, and do not leave a single one of them. O God, carry out their slaughter and keep us away from their evil”
Translated from HebrewAnother significant targeted killing in the Strip: The IDF killed the senior official in Hamas's military wing – Farah Hamed – in a strike on a motorcycle in western Gaza City. The terrorist Hamed was released in the Shalit deal and deported to the Strip after being sentenced to 3 life terms for his part in the attack in the area of the village of Ein Yabrud, in which three Duvdevan fighters were killed in Oct. 2003
Translated from HebrewThis is what Hamas’s disarmament in the Gaza Strip looks like these days: The IDF confirms that in recent times Hamas terrorists have been reaching weapons depots and using the weapons inside them to carry out guard duties and consolidate control in the Gaza Strip. Let us recall that over the weekend they fired at IDF forces with those same weapons. Yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet destroyed three such weapons depots in which the terrorist organizations stored dozens of weapons of various types, including rockets, Kalashnikov-type weapons, and additional combat equipment
Translated from HebrewIDF: In the past week, 14 terrorists were eliminated throughout the Gaza Strip, including five Nukhba company commanders and another five Nukhba platoon commanders.
Translated from HebrewIDF: We eliminated two terrorists from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. The targets of the elimination: Sabhi Hader al-Asham al-Batrihi, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who took part in planting explosives against IDF forces. Ahmad Fuad Khalil Khalas, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas, who operated in planting explosives and against IDF forces. According to the IDF, the two were eliminated after advancing terrorist schemes in systematic violation of the ceasefire
Translated from HebrewIt started with kites (without explosives), continued with fire directed at our forces, and now there is an explosive device in the area of the yellow line on an IDF engineering vehicle. Why? Very simple: measured responses like before October 7. We did not respond at all to the kites. In response to the fire directed at our forces, the IDF struck in the area, and now there has been an attack on infrastructure. Measured responses are exactly what Hamas is looking for, and they are the last thing that will deter it. This morning, the response should have been powerful, and Israel should have taken additional territory from Hamas beyond the yellow line. Prime Minister Netanyahu? Defense Minister Katz?
Translated from HebrewHamas violates the ceasefire again: An engineering vehicle of the IDF forces drove over an explosive device belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization yesterday in the area of the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip. There were no casualties among our forces. In response to the detonation of the explosive device, the IDF struck infrastructure belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip
Translated from HebrewIDF: False alarm. Activated as a result of fire by our forces.
Translated from HebrewReport of an interceptor being activated in the Eshkol Regional Council, in the area of Kibbutz Re'im. Most likely a false alarm.
Translated from HebrewIDF and Shin Bet: We eliminated a Hamas Nukhba company commander who led the raid on the Sufa outpost in the October 7 massacre and took part in holding hostages captive by Hamas. Elimination target: Muhammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi, a Hamas Nukhba company commander. According to the IDF: - He infiltrated Israel on October 7 and led the raid on the Sufa outpost - During the war, he took part in holding hostages captive by Hamas in the Rafah area. - Recently, he led training for Hamas terrorists, worked to restore the organization's capabilities, and promoted terrorist plans. One by one — we're coming for them all. For everyone who took part in the massacre
Translated from HebrewThe shooting tonight toward our forces at the Yellow Line: As we published last week, for the first time since the ceasefire agreement, the Shin Bet is identifying Hamas’s growing willingness for confrontation. It started with kites, and now shooting toward our forces. The response must be especially forceful and painful, otherwise Hamas will move very quickly to the next stage.
Translated from HebrewA blatant violation of the ceasefire in Gaza: For the first time in a long time, Hamas terrorists fired tonight at IDF forces operating east of the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip. There are no casualties among our forces. In response, the IDF struck in the area
Translated from HebrewPrime Minister Netanyahu near the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip: “Yesterday we captured the head of Hamas’s Shin Bet. We will surely learn a few things. We control the area and are staying on this line. We are doing everything to achieve our goal — disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza. Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel.”
Translated from HebrewIDF: We eliminated two Hamas terrorists, including a commander in military security Elimination targets: • Talal Mustafa Saleh Badawi - commander in the Military Security Department of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade. • Momo Said Muhammad Hawari - a terrorist in the Hamas terrorist organization. According to the IDF, the two recently advanced terrorist schemes against IDF forces and Israeli civilians and worked to restore Hamas’s capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire
Translated from HebrewAfter the arrest of Hamas's Shin Bet chief: The IDF raised alert along the Gaza border: Throughout the night, increased fire from attack helicopters in northern Gaza amid fears that Hamas would respond to yesterday's operation in the heart of Gaza, during which Hamas's Shin Bet chief was captured, the IDF raised alert along the Gaza border tonight. Throughout the night, intense movement of attack helicopters was felt in the skies over Gaza, and the rate of fire was increased in certain areas. At this stage, there are no instructions for residents of the Gaza-border communities. Full routine in all communities
Translated from HebrewIDF: The alert over a UAV incursion in the Finger of Galilee was false: “After an initial investigation, it appears that several interceptors were likely launched at a false target.”
Translated from HebrewResidents in Eilat report: Sounds of explosions are heard in the city following launches from Iran toward Jordan
Translated from HebrewDefense Minister Israel Katz promises the residents of Netiv HaAsara: Despite the preparations by security officials, goods will not pass to Gaza through the Erez Crossing: “The Erez Crossing will not open for the passage of goods. Even if the authorities have prepared with a metal detector. There will be no passage of goods without the demilitarization of the Strip. If the measures placed at Erez in order to assist Kerem Shalom harm the residents of Netiv HaAsara, then that will not happen either.”
Translated from HebrewDefense Minister Israel Katz said: "A senior Hamas terrorist was arrested a short time ago—and this is our policy: We do not wait for threats; we pursue Hamas terrorists, thwart them, and destroy their terror infrastructure. The response to every launch from Gaza will be powerful and clear. The test will not be in their launches but in our response—and it will be tough."
Translated from HebrewIDF spokesperson: The IDF struck several targets in the Gaza Strip area a short while ago in order to remove threats to the security forces. No casualties among our forces.
Translated from HebrewReports in Gaza: A militia operating in cooperation with the IDF entered Gaza City on motorcycles and tried to kidnap a senior Hamas commander before coming under massive fire. As a result, the Air Force had to intervene to allow the militia operatives to withdraw from the area
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