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Dear A.,


Israel is deploying additional forces to Rafah ahead of increased operations to root out Hamas in its final stronghold.


Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
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said today that "this operation will go on and increase, more forces on the ground, more forces from the air, and we will reach our goals -- to cause a very hard blow to Hamas, to deprive it of its military capabilities, [and] to create the conditions to return the hostages to their homes."

Israel has safely evacuated nearly 1 million civilians out of Rafah in just two weeks.


IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari
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emphasized today that "Hamas wants Gazan civilians to be caught in the crossfire. We don't. We’re protecting Gazan civilians in Rafah from being a layer of protection for Hamas."


"So far we have eliminated dozens of Hamas terrorists, exposed dozens of terror tunnels and destroyed vast amounts of infrastructure including rocket launchers with rockets inside waiting to be launched by Hamas at Israeli homes," Hagari
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180 terrorists have been killed by Israeli troops thus far in Rafah.


The IDF continued operating against Hamas throughout the Gaza Strip today, including in the northern city of Jabaliya. Israeli troops
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eliminated a Hamas commander who was responsible for launching anti-tank missiles and mortar fire at Israeli soldiers.


Israeli soldiers are engaging in intense firefights against Hamas terrorists who are embedded among civilian homes and have riddled the area with explosives.


Today it was revealed that the bodies of the four Israeli hostages recovered last week, Yitzhak Gelernter, Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Ron Benjamin, were located in a tunnel
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under an UNRWA building.


This article details the IDF's extremely complex operation to recover the bodies from the tunnel that was also connected to a house in Jabaliya.


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Hamas terrorists, father and son, confess to raping and murdering Israelis on October 7


In chilling
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new interrogation videos , two Hamas terrorists, a father and son, each admit to raping and murdering Israelis on October 7, going house to house and carrying out horrific atrocities.


The captured terrorists detail how "in each house where we found someone, we either killed them or kidnapped them."


"In the first house I found a woman and her husband, and we hit them with fire and killed them…they were in their late 40s."


One of the terrorists goes on to confess how he raped one woman: "She was screaming, she was crying, I did what I did, I raped her."


"These confessions further prove that any attempt to deny the horrors of October 7th, and discredit the testimonies of witnesses, survivors and freed hostages, is part of a campaign to de-legitimize Israel, and to promote the justification of terrorism,"
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an IDF spokesperson said.

Israel is right to fight these terrorists, drive them from power in Gaza, and ensure they can never fulfill their promise to repeat October 7 “again and again.”


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Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel, IDF eliminates senior Hezbollah operative


Iran's terror army in Lebanon continued to fire barrages of rockets into Israeli communities today. Many of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel's aerial defense systems.


The Israeli Air Force targeted the launchers used to carry out the attacks.


The IDF eliminated a prominent Hezbollah operative who was involved in manufacturing and procuring weapons for the terror group.


Israel has killed over 300 Hezbollah terrorists since the terror group began attacking Israelis in October.


"We are constantly in action on the northern front. As of now, we have eliminated hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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said today.

Iran-backed militia in Iraq claims attempted drone attack on ‘vital target’ in Eilat


Iran and its terror proxies continue to attack Israel on multiple fronts.


Today
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Israeli fighter jets downed two "suspicious aerial targets" believed to be drones, as they headed toward Eilat.


The incoming threats were intercepted outside of Israel's borders.


An Iran-backed terrorist militia in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.

America must continue to stand with Israel as it fights to protect its families from Iran-backed terror groups on all sides.


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Sincerely,

Cory Meyer

Deputy Director of Communications


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