The smuggling attempt was foiled overnight when "Magen" forces with the aid of police aircraft carried out a chase of dozens of kilometers in the Egyptian border area.
Israel's Transportation and Road Safety Minister Miri Regev is expected to sign a new aviation agreement with the government of Sri Lanka that will open a direct air route between the two countries.
"The more we deepen our operations, the closer we get to a realistic deal in order to return the hostages," Gallant said. He was speaking at a display of items seized from Hamas by the Intelligence Directorate's intelligence collection and technical spoils unit.
The discovery comes amid heightened scrutiny of UNRWA's alleged collusion with Hamas, with Israel accusing 12 UNRWA staff members of involvement in a massacre orchestrated by Hamas-led terrorists.
The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reported that since the start of the Iron Swords War in Gaza more than 3,060 wanted terrorists and people suspected of aiding terror activities in some way have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Jordan Valley area.
Mohamed Yousef AlSharhan, Managing Director of the World Governments Summit (WGS) Organisation, said the number of volunteers at WGS 2024 exceeds 200, including 110 volunteers from community development institutions, 20 university students, 12 summit partners and members, 10 volunteers from
Over calls from global leaders over military operations in Rafah, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that those who are trying to tell Israel not to enter Rafah want to keep Hamas there, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The UAE has expressed deep concern regarding preparations by the Israeli military to launch an operation in the Rafah area, in the south of the Gaza Strip populated by displaced Palestinians, and the serious humanitarian repercussions that may result from the operation.
A six-year-old Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, and two rescuers who went looking for her nearly two weeks ago were found dead on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent.
President Isaac Herzog Thursday hosted President Javier Milei of Argentina on a tour of Kibbutz Nir Oz on the Gaza border. One quarter of the Kibbutz members were either murdered or taken hostage in the abhorrent attack by Hamas terrorists on 7 October.
Amid the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea, the United States carried out fresh 'self-defence' strikes against multiple Houthi missiles that presented an "imminent threat" to the US navy ships and merchant vessels in the region.