2025A doctor in his 30s was shot dead at a children's medical clinic in the town of Kafr Yasif in northern Israel on Monday Israel Police said that an extensive search is underway for the suspects and added that the motive for the murder is likely criminal The IDF announced it had intercepted a suspicious aerial target in the southern Golan that came from the east on Saturday morning The IDF said the target did not cross into the territory of the country.  The IDF announced that following the sirens that sounded in the Western Galilee area on Friday the Air Force intercepted a UAV that crossed from Lebanon Rocket alert sirens sounded in Petach Tikva and surrounding areas in central Israel on Friday afternoon A crash caused damage to a house in Kfar Yasif in northern Israel, the police announced, after sirens additionally sounded in Yokne'am Illit, Kiryat Ata, and in several areas surrounding Haifa Five rockets were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory After the shiva mourning period of Capt. Ori Shani, who fell fighting in the South on October 7, his wife found binders full of his writing One of the documents they found led his family to decide that they must continue his way, and eventually led them to found the Valor Forum – a group of bereaved families pushing for more military pressure and for “total victory” against Hamas was married and had a baby who is now a year and a half old He was a commander serving on the border with Gaza and led his soldiers in the battle against Hamas terrorists on October 7 until he was killed by artillery fire alongside his soldier Reem Betito The document that Ori’s family found included a section where he questioned what his nation needed of him “He wrote three things – first of all strong family – and he really did get married relatively young,” his father said “He had a son; he had a very healthy very strong family – and it will grow someday.” The forum believes that the war’s end must also include Israeli security control of the Gaza Strip and that any agreement that relinquishes such control cannot be legitimate “We learned that we cannot place Israel’s security in the hands of others or the hands of our friends,” he said only [depend on] the IDF,” said Shani adding that “as a believing man,” he also puts his trust in God “I believe that the majority of the government of Israel and the citizens of Israel understand that the security of our country is only in our hands,” he said adding he believes that Israel’s leadership and prime minister share this view The bereaved father concluded with a call for unity and love between the various parts of the nation the hardest war since the founding of the state War is a hard thing and takes a painful toll,” he said The war also brought about a time when “our nation was revealed as an amazing nation – the strength the love that there is between the parts of the nation is something that was not in previous years,” Shani said “There are cracks here and there now but we will do anything so that the brotherhood and unity between parts of the nation will continue and increase – because we think it is a strategic and necessary asset to reach total victory.” Sirens were sounded in the Dead Sea and Arava areas following a missile launched from Yemen It has released no further updates at this time.  Two Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulances were hit by shrapnel as a result of the recent rocket barrage to Haifa's bayside suburbs Israel Air Force fighter jets targeted a Hezbollah command and control facility in the Tyre region where the group's aerial unit (127) was operating explosive UAVs and gathering intelligence aimed at Israel coducted airstrikes on Hezbollah military infrastructure in Lebanon the IDF stated that Israeli jets attacked the launcher responsible for the rocket fire early Thursday towards the Carmel area Outgoing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with the families of hostages and reportedly criticized the decision to remain in the Philadelphi Corridor as an excuse to block a hostage deal According to N12 journalist Michal Peylan, Gallant told the families, "There is no security or political consideration in staying in the Philadelphi Corridor "We achieved the greatest achievements in Gaza I'm afraid we are still there to stay in Gaza; to me it feels like an inappropriate purpose," Gallant allegedly said.  פרסום ראשון: משפחות החטופים נפגשו היום עם גלנט, רגע לפני סיום תפקידו, והשר בדברים מאוד קשים:אין שיקול ביטחוני וגם לא מדיני בהישארות בציר פילדלפי. אפשר וחובה לפתור את זה.את ההישגים הגדולים בעזה השגנו. אני חושש שאנחנו עדיין שם כדי להישאר בעזה בהמשך, לי זה מרגיש תכלית לא ראויה… pic.twitter.com/6Gadj4Sii2 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel had made some progress in getting assistance into Gaza but more needed to be done The United States told Israel in a letter last month it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on US military aid While Austin did not specifically comment on the letter The IDF plans to confiscate and demolish the apartment of terrorist Mahand Al-Sauda in the village of Idna in the West Bank Al-Sauda carried out a deadly terror attack on Route 35 near the Tarqumiyah checkpoint on September 1 The attack resulted in the deaths of Major Eric Ben Eliyahu The military's decision is part of ongoing efforts to hold terrorists accountable and deter future attacks including the families of hostages held in Gaza rallied Saturday night in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities to demand the government negotiate a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal to secure the release of their loved ones Demonstrations exploded across the country after the Israeli military shot and killed three Israeli hostages who had managed to escape captivity were killed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops on Friday morning in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood The three were shot while walking toward soldiers despite carrying a white flag and yelling for help in Hebrew We want you to stop the fight and start negotiations,” Noam Peri said at the Tel Aviv rally organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum who was freed from Hamas captivity and whose husband spoke at Saturday night’s rally at Tel Aviv’s “Hostages Square,” demanding that the government present a new proposal for the release of additional captives The news of the killing sparked protests in Israel with some relatives of hostages fearing their loved ones could be next Unlike previous rallies held at the recently renamed Hostages Square outside the Tel Aviv Art Museum the stage of Saturday’s demonstration was turned to face the Kirya military headquarters nearby a move meant to highlight the organizers’ demands of the far-right government families of the hostages camped out opposite an entrance to the Kirya compound near the army headquarters anti-government sentiment reverberated through the crowd of several thousand protesters at a weekly solidarity rally at Rothschild Blvd chants of the word “shame” spread through the crowd in response to a speech by Udi Goren whose cousin Tal Chaimi is thought to have been abducted from Nir Yitzhak and subsequently killed in captivity which are emblematic of the protest movement against Netanyahu and his government’s judicial overhaul came in response to Goren’s call for Netanyahu to declare a ceasefire he added: “Only a deal will prevent unnecessary deaths.” the national council of the Hadash coalition (Democratic Front for Peace and Solidarity) convened Saturday afternoon at Kafr Yasif in Western Galilee for a discussion of “challenges and action plans for the forces of peace and democracy in the struggle against war and fascism.” Hadash MKs (Members of Knesset) and Arab Higher Committee leading members participated in the meeting hundreds of Hadash and Communist Party of Israel members gathered at Kafr Yasif to demand an end to the war in Gaza Israeli Police arrested two peace activists and brutally dispersed an anti-war protest in Haifa The demonstration was attended by 20 people at Herzl Street “We stood there holding a legitimate protest vigil not disturbing anyone,” said one of the detained protesters Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) is the Communist Party of Israel's Hebrew-language newspaper Amidst capitalist crisis and war, Russian Communists struggle against Putin and... 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