The Israel Defense Forces told Newsweek on Saturday that it struck affiliates of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

A Gaza doctor who slammed Israel in a pair of New York Times op-eds is a colonel with terror group Hamas, according to an Israeli watchdog group and the Israeli Defense Forces. Hussam Abu Safyia was photographed wearing a Hamas camo military uniform while at a gathering of Hamas elites to celebrate the completion of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in 2016,

Israel continued military operations in Lebanon between January 12 and January 18, 2026. Israeli activities were largely concentrated north of the Litani River, with mainly policing activities occurring south of the waterway.

The West Bank remains central to Israel's security strategy as experts debate two-state solution viability following declining Palestinian terrorist incidents.

The Israel Defense Forces struck a Hezbollah terrorist in the Tyre area of Southern Lebanon on Monday, the military said, in response to the Iranian terror proxy’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings.