An Israeli military investigation into Hamas' October 7 attack on Kibbutz Kissufim and the nearby Kissufim army base found glaring failures in the Israel Defense Forces' preparedness. The report, released on Thursday, found that soldiers, trained primarily for combat in Gaza's open areas, we
Shlomo Mansour, who was murdered on October 7 in kibbutz Kissufim and whose body was held captive by Hamas for 509 days, will be laid to rest tomorrow. Mansour was 87 when murdered, his body returned to Israel on Wednesday last week.
In a statement on Friday, it said as part of the effort to increase the volume and routes of aid to Gaza, the IDF via COGAT and the Southern Command, is preparing to open the Kissufim crossing.
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, rocket alerts were sound in the border area town of Israel, Kissufim, near Gaza earlier today, The Times of Israel reported.
"In response to rocket launches from Syria toward Israel yesterday, IDF fighter jets struck military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging to the Syrian Army," posted IDF on X.