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IDF finds remains of last soldier missing from 1982 Lebanon battle

Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz was one of six troops left behind in the disastrous First Lebanon War clash; his identification closes a 44-year mystery after the remains of Zachary Baumel and Zvi Feldman were recovered in recent years

Ron Crissy | 08.18.26

Katz gives IDF two weeks to shift West Bank enforcement to police

Following a settler standoff near Qusra, Katz orders the IDF to submit within two weeks a plan to transfer civilian enforcement in the West Bank to police, as police officials warn broader operations would require military backing and expanded authority

Gal Ganot | 08.17.26

'Could no longer bear the pain and loss': reservist dies by suicide after Gaza war service

Master Sgt. (res.) Uriel Molto Getahon died while off active duty; the IDF says his death may be linked to his service, as friends and Karmiel’s mayor warn of the hidden psychological toll borne by returning soldiers

Ron Crissy | 08.16.26

Israel tested over 100 countermeasures, but Hezbollah FPV drones still threaten troops in Lebanon

Situation report: Hezbollah has claimed more than 70 explosive-drone attacks since March, with fiber-optic FPVs now its main weapon against IDF forces; one soldier improved to moderate condition, while two remain seriously wounded after the latest strike

Ron Crissy | 08.16.26

32 years after his father was wounded in Lebanon, son seriously hurt in Hezbollah drone attack

Two Yahalom soldiers remain in serious condition after the Hezbollah drone strike; one father says rapid treatment saved the force and warns his son faces a long recovery

Eitan Glickman | 08.16.26

תקיפה באזור הכפר דיר א-זהראני בדרום לבנון (אזור א-נבטיה)

Hezbollah drone seriously wounds 3 IDF troops; Radwan commander killed in response

Two soldiers remain in serious condition and one improved to moderate after the overnight attack; Lebanon says 11 were killed in Israeli strikes

Gal Ganot, Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, Eitan Glickman | 08.15.26

‘They never saw us’: how IDF tanks slipped past Hezbollah to take Beaufort

Brig. Gen. Yiftach Norkin recounts how the 36th Division spent weeks carving a hidden route through dense terrain, moving tanks and D9 bulldozers unseen toward the Litani before Golani and Egoz raids cleared flanking threats ahead of the assault on the strategic fortress

Dov Eichenwald | 08.15.26

תיעוד התקיפות והנזקים בדרום לבנון במרחבים א-נבטיה אל-פוקא ואנסאר

Lebanon front heats up as Iran warns Israel over strategic ridge

Seven reported killed in overnight strikes as Israel targets Hezbollah infrastructure, Tehran warns it could join the escalation over Ali al-Taher and Washington pushes back on plans for a long-term Israeli presence

Lior Ben Ari, Gal Ganot | 08.15.26

Israel Katz and the encampment reestablished Friday morning in Qusra

West Bank enforcement shake-up: What Katz's new directive could change

A West Bank police officer says Katz's plan to shift civilian enforcement powers aims to move criticism from the IDF to police; key questions remain over authority, Qusra and who will take responsibility

Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.14.26

IDF pushes manpower revolution to avert crisis amid shortage of 12,000 soldiers

The IDF is quietly overhauling its manpower system to bridge a 12,000-soldier shortfall, sending more troops to combat roles and adding tens of thousands to reserves; but it still needs conscripts, including thousands of Haredim each year

Yossi Yehoshua | 08.14.26

קוסרה: מתנחלים החזירו את האוהל לשטח הכפר וכוחות צה"ל מקפלים אותו

Qusra outpost reestablished a day after evacuation as Katz calls for police to handle Israeli rioters

Jewish settlers returned Friday to a hill near Qusra a day after a delayed evacuation; Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered a plan to transfer enforcement against Israelis in the West Bank from the IDF to police

Gal Ganot, Einav Halabi, Tova Zimuky | 08.14.26

Hamas commander who held hostages killed in Israeli airstrike, IDF says

The IDF says Hamas commander Muhammad Mushtaha, who took part in the Oct. 7 attack and held hostages in Gaza, died of wounds sustained in a July 30 airstrike; He was also involved in recent terror plots against Israelis and IDF troops

Gal Ganot | 08.14.26

Lebanese official: Israel awaits US green light for operation to seize Ali al-Taher ridge

Lebanese sources say Israel is preparing to seize the strategic Ali Taher ridge, where Hezbollah terrorists are trapped, while awaiting a US green light for a precise operation with minimal civilian casualties

Lior Ben Ari | 08.14.26

Jordan’s baptism-site boom could reshape Israel’s quiet eastern border

Analysis: A $120 million expansion at Al-Maghtas is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Jordan River, raising new surveillance, drone and crowd-control challenges directly across from Israel’s Kasr al-Yahud crossing

Amine Ayoub | 08.14.26

136 graves, five map fragments: how IDF found fallen soldier’s burial place after 78 years

Shlomo Haimson was killed by guards while trying to escape a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948, just four days after his daughter was born; four years of archival detective work finally gave his family the answer they had waited decades for

Ron Crissy | 08.14.26

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