Lerner traded his civilian clothes and his position as head of international liaison for the Histadrut for an IDF uniform and returned to the spokesman’s office to get Israel’s message out.
The launchers were loaded in their posts, but were struck before any launches could be conducted.
IDF fighter jets attacked additional Hezbollah targets in the Yaroun area of southern Lebanon at the time of the targeted strike on the Hezbollah commander.
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The Iranian attack threatened to escalate into a regional war between the two arch-foes, Iran (and its proxies) and Israel (with the backing of its main ally, the United States).
The strikes crossed into Israel in the area of Ein Zeitim, as well as in the city of Safed and a series of moshavs in northern Israel.
A haredi rabbi, Harvard graduate, law doctoral student, and IDF reservist: Interior Minister Moshe Arbel presents a complex picture.
Haliva promised to achieve as many of the war's goals as possible during his remaining time in the position.
The suspected terrorist in question is 21-year-old Ahmed Duabsha, a resident of the village of Duma, in the West Bank.
Hamas has always had a cost advantage arms race versus Israel with its rockets being much cheaper than Iron Dome interceptors.