Does the IDF even want Charedim? Knesset report shows very high rejection rate of candidates

French officials speaking to Lebanese media also expressed their concern that Israel might not restrict such a war to southern Lebanon.

IDF combat soldiers and combat engineers raided a large PIJ base and rocket manufacturing site and blew it up. Watch:

According to the Prime Minister's Office, the release of the Shifa Hospital Director is a "serious error and a moral stain."

The IDF struck two terrorist structures in southern Lebanon today, alongside other terrorist infrastructure elsewhere.

Over recent months there has been a dramatic increase in the number of IDF officers seeking to retire from service, according to Channel 12 reports.

European paper BILD reports that a number of European leaders have been informed that Israel intends to launch a war on this date and on specific terms.

The IDF Spokesperson in Arabic posted a map of specific parts of the Khan Yunis area which civilians must evacuate on X.

The 99th Division discovered and demolished another long terror tunnel in the central Gaza Strip.

Defense Minister Gallant spoke to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, saying that the IDF is in urgent need of more soldiers, not just from among Charedim but also from elsewhere.

According to a report in the British newspaper, The Financial Times, Israel is developing a plan for the day after the Gaza war. Among other measures, it involves recruiting Palestinians screened by the IDF and delivering food through them to residents of the Strip.

Fallen soldier who was killed in Rafah named as Sergeant Ori Yitzhak Hadad from Beer Sheva.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said in response to a question by JFeed that "so long as (the Charedim) accept the (coalition) principles, there is no problem in sitting with them."