IDF military contractor dies in Gaza IED blast
(JNS) — A civilian contractor working for the Israeli Defense Ministry was killed in an IED explosion during an operation to destroy terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the Binyamin Regional Council announced on Thursday.
David Libi, 19, from the Malachei Hashalom outpost in the Binyamin region of southern Samaria, was deployed to Gaza with the Israel Defense Forces’ Combat Engineering Corps, operating an excavator.
The IDF said that the blast occurred in Gaza’s north, with reports saying the excavator was completely destroyed and Libi was killed instantly.
US-backed Gaza aid group delivers nearly 1 million meals on Thursday
(JNS) — The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed independent aid distributor, said that it had delivered 997,920 meals on Thursday via three sites, including a new site that opened in Bureij, in central Gaza.
The total number of meals it has distributed to date is more than 1.8 million, the group said.
“Operations will continue scaling, with plans to build additional sites across Gaza, including in the northern region, in the weeks ahead,” it said.
IDF dismantles dozens of terrorist sites across Gaza
(JNS) — Israel Defense Forces troops, operating with support from the Military Intelligence Directorate and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), dismantled dozens of terrorism-related structures across the Gaza Strip, the army said on Thursday.
Troops destroyed weapons storage facilities, underground infrastructure, sniper and observation posts, anti-tank missile positions and other “military” compounds used by terrorists.
In coordinated activity on Wednesday, IDF troops identified armed terrorists operating nearby and directed an Israeli Air Force craft that struck and eliminated the threat. The IAF carried out several additional strikes over the past 24 hours, targeting dozens of terrorist sites, including tunnels, military structures and positions that posed an immediate danger to Israeli forces.
