Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant issued a statement on "X" (Twitter) thanking US Presiden Joe Biden for his support of Israel during his presidency.
The Israel Defence Forces added that in cooperation with international aid organizations, approximately 300,000 polio vaccines -- enough for more than one million Gaza residents -- have been brought to the Strip.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that early Sunday morning its air defence fighters, using the "Arrow 3" missile defence system, successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that made its way towards the territory of the country from Yemen.
The exercise was attended by Interior Minister Moshe Arbel and the Ministry's Director General, Ronan Peretz and was held due to the increasing threat of an expanded war coming in the north of Israel with the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
During the night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) together with Border Police operated in what the IDF called a "large-scale divisional operation" in the areas of Judea and Samaria, in which Israeli security forces interrogated dozens of suspected terrorists and gathered information in the v
The IDF said the attack was carried out in response to the launch of two UAVs/drones that were launched in Syria and made their way from Syrian territory towards the area north of Eilat on Saturday.
Soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade and Yahalom, an elite combat engineering unit, have been fighting above and below ground in Shejaya since June 27.
Israeli soldiers continued counterterrorism operations in the northern Gaza areas of Gaza City and Shejaya where Hamas is trying to re-establish itself, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday morning.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said, "The Prime Minister's steadfast position against the attempt to halt IDF (Israel Defence Forces) action in Rafah is what has led Hamas to enter negotiations."