From Hamas weapons depots in Gaza to Hezbollah drone attacks in Lebanon and undercover arrests in Samaria, Israel remains in active combat posture across every front — even as ceasefire diplomacy stalls.
Lebanon
Major Itamar Sapir, 27, from Eli in Samaria, was killed in southern Lebanon by a Hezbollah militant who opened fire on Israeli soldiers from inside a church. He is survived by his wife, Roi, and their eighteen-month-old son.
There’s a growing gap between diplomatic efforts and the reality on the northern front, where Israel and Hezbollah continue to fight daily despite the extended ceasefire.
Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar in Samaria, was killed on Friday by a Hezbollah drone in Southern Lebanon — one month before his planned wedding.
Staff Sgt. A., an immigrant from Los Angeles, shares his remarkable journey to the IDF’s Hashmonaim Brigade in Lebanon.
The Israeli envoy in Washington told JNS that he thinks that “the shared interest in freeing that country from Hezbollah is ultimately going to win the day.”
Ceasefire increasingly fragile: Hezbollah fired drones and rockets at Israel — three Israeli soldiers were wounded.
First Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital in nearly a month; Netanyahu and Katz: “No terrorist is untouchable.”
The 19-year-old from Herzliya is one of 16 soldiers who have fallen since the start of Operation “Roaring Lion”.
“There isn’t a moment that I don’t think of what could have been,” her mother told JNS.
