In another activity in the area, fighters of the IDF's Maglan commando unit raided a number of terrorist targets, including a military headquarters where many weapons were located, and terrorists were eliminated in close-range fire.
TASE firms distributed dividends in the amount of 27.2 billion Shekels (USD 7.4 billion) in 2023, compared to 28.6 billion Shekels (USD 7.8 billion) distributed in the record setting year 2022.
The countries to which exports of goods (excluding diamonds) from Israel had the largest increases in 2023 were Morocco, Egypt, Hungary, Romania, Uruguay, Lithuania, Hong Kong and Poland
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement expressing his remorse after twenty one Israeli soldiers were killed on Monday when Hamas terrorists launched an anti-tank missile at a building next to a Gaza compound being prepared for demolition.
The IDF targeted terrorist cells carrying RPGs near the troops, those launching anti-tank missiles, and terror operatives who had rigged compounds with explosives. Ready-to-launch rockets, military compounds, shafts, and numerous weapons were located during the activity.
He asserted in a post on X, "The refusal to accept the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and the denial of the right to statehood for the Palestinian people are unacceptable."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refuted reports that claimed he told US President Joe Biden that he has not ruled out the creation of a Palestinian state, the Times of Israel reported.
Biden and Netanyahu discussed the possible attributes of a future Palestinian state that would ultimately need to be negotiated, the person added, describing the conversation as "serious" and "detailed."
It reported that the leaders at the NAM summit "have decided through the NAM ministry meeting as well as the summit (our) support for the state of Palestine and also for the Palestinian people."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the US that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any post-war scenario, Al Jazeera reported.
Israel President Isaac Herzog emphasised on Thursday that Israelis are not thinking about a peace process with the Palestinians right now, as reported by The Times of Israel.
Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria should not be allowed to return to work across the Green Line inside Israel's pre-1967 territory, a dozen Likud lawmakers wrote in a letter to Cabinet members made public on Wednesday.