Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas. Meanwhile, four Israeli soldiers died in what the media reported was a Gaza blast.

In December 2024, the IDF was fighting in Jabalya in northern Gaza. The military had attempted to clear this stronghold of terrorists in the past. However, they were still there. Jabalya is a warren of residential homes,

Israel recovered the bodies of two hostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said on June 5. Judith Weinstein Haggai and her husband, Gad Haggai, are American and Israeli citizens who Hamas killed on October 7,

The BBC lodged a formal complaint with the IDF after one of its news crews was detained at gunpoint, blindfolded, and strip-searched while reporting.

The BBC has revealed that three of its journalists, including Feras Kilani, were detained by the Israel Defense Forces while reporting in Syria.

The network says in a statement that it "strongly objects to the treatment of our staff and freelancers in this way"

Israel is striking “terror targets of the Hezbollah Aerial Unit (127)” in the southern suburb of Dahieh, Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces said, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital late on Thursday.

On Friday 9 May whilst filming in Southern Syria, BBC News Arabic correspondent Feras Kilani, along with three other BBC staff members and three freelance colleagues, were detained for seven hours and held at gunpoint by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The announcement comes amid the Defense Ministry’s directive to Israeli defense companies to prioritize local needs over global obligations.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 17 others wounded—some critically—during ongoing battles with the Palestinian Resistance.