Israel Defense Forces

🔴ELIMINATED: The terrorist who opened fire from the vicinity of a church toward IDF soldiers and killed Major (res.) Itamar Sapir. The terrorist was eliminated through a targeted IAF strike, after being identified entering a structure in the church area.

🔴ELIMINATED: Mohammed Odeh - Head of Hamas’ Military Wing in a strike in northern Gaza. Odeh served as the Head of Hamas’ military wing following the elimination of Izz al-Din al-Haddad. As part of his role, he was responsible for planning and coordinating Hamas terrorists’ infiltration and attack targets during the October 7 Massacre.

🎯DISMANTLED: ~11km of underground tunnel routes east of the Yellow Line in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza. The area served as a central Hamas terrorist stronghold. An underground network built beneath residential homes, public institutions & roads, and used by the terrorists to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians & IDF troops.

🎯STRUCK: 70+ Hezbollah infrastructure sites using ~85 munitions in several areas across Lebanon. In the area of Tyre, ~10 command centers, weapons storage facilities and additional infrastructure sites used by Hezbollah were struck. Additionally, Hezbollah terrorists operating on motorcycles were eliminated.

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🎯DISMANTLED: Hezbollah underground terror tunnel, ~100 meters long with 4 hideout rooms that IDF troops located during operations in the Mount Dov area in southern Lebanon.

⭕️ APPREHENDED: 3 terrorists affiliated with a Hamas-linked terrorist network in Hebron, who were planning to carry out a shooting attack in the immediate timeframe. Additionally, security forces operated in the area of Deir al-Ghusun and apprehended an additional terrorist who had been advancing efforts to establish a terrorist network.

❌HAMAS CEASEFIRE VIOLATION: IDF troops identified a terrorist who was carrying out suspicious activities on the ground, crossed the Yellow Line, and approached the troops, posing an immediate threat to them. The terrorist was eliminated in order to remove the threat.​ Additionally, the IDF eliminated a Hamas Nukhba terrorist in central Gaza.

‼️🔎EXPOSED: How terrorist organizations in Gaza use children as human shields for terrorism. In this video, a Hamas terrorist was identified bringing weapons to children near a school in Gaza, where the children were seen “playing” with the weapons.

🎯DISMANTLED: A Hezbollah weapons production site embedded within a building used as a clinic in the Tyre area in southern Lebanon, located meters away from a mosque. Following the strike, secondary explosions were identified at the site, indicating the presence of weapons stored within the structure.

🎥WATCH: A strike on Hezbollah surveillance equipment in southern Lebanon. The surveillance equipment was positioned inside a civilian structure and was used by Hezbollah to monitor and direct terror activity against IDF soldiers. In addition, IDF soldiers eliminated a terrorist who was operating from within a warehouse used to store weapons.

🎯DISMANTLED: A Hamas weapons storage facility in central Gaza. The weapons stored within the facility were intended to target IDF soldiers operating near the Yellow Line & Israeli civilians.

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🎯DISMANTLED: A weapons storage facility and a rocket launch shaft belonging to Hamas in northern Gaza. The storage site contained dozens of weapons of various kinds, including 20+ mortar shells, launchers, explosives, Kalashnikov rifles and additional combat equipment.

🔴ELIMINATED: A Hamas terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line in southern Gaza, posing an imminent threat to IDF troops & who had infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre.

⭕️ DISMANTLED: An anti-tank weapons storage facility belonging to Hezbollah. Additionally, weapons storage facilities and hideouts were dismantled and weapons including anti-tank launchers, explosive devices, and small arms were located in the area of Al-Khiyam.

🔴ELIMINATED: Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Halim, the Commander of the Islamic Jihad’s Beqaa region in Lebanon, in a strike in the area of Baalbek. Al-Halim led the integration of Islamic Jihad terrorists into combat operations alongside Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and operated to advance terrorist attacks against IDF soldiers in recent weeks.

🎥‼️ EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: IDF footage exposes 6 armed Hezbollah terrorists operating in Bint Jbeil, south of the Forward Defense Line, southern Lebanon on April 24.