The IDF on Friday announced a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon "in response to Hezbollah’s continued violations of the ceasefire understandings."
The IDF also announced that, in collaboration with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), it had struck several Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip on Thursday night.
The strikes targeted Hamas terrorists, rocket launch sites, and additional terrorist infrastructure.
The strikes were made in response to a failed projectile launch on Thursday from the Gaza City area, aimed towards Israel.
This attempted launch was in direct violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas terrorists targeted, and killed
Following the strikes, the IDF confirmed the following terrorists had been identified and confirmed as eliminated in the operation.
Kamal Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Awad served as the head of the anti-tank missile unit within the Hamas terrorist organization. Ahmad Thabet was the head of a weapons workshop in a Hamas department, and Ahmad Abd al-Fattah Saeed Maghdalawi who was a member of the Nukhba terrorist unit in the Nuseirat Battalion.
Maghdalawi infiltrated Israel and participated in the deadly massacre on October 7th, which included the attack on the Nova music festival.
The IDF also reported the discovery of a rocket launcher on thursday with two loaded rockets that were ready to be launched toward Israel during continued operations to dismantle terrorist infrastructure within the Yellow Line border in the northern Gaza Strip.
IDF responds to settler violence in West Bank
Additionally, the IDF on Thursday night responded to a report that Israeli citizens had vandalized a Palestinian school building and its contents.
Soldiers were deployed to the scene on the outskirts of Jalud, a village under the jurisdiction of the Samaria Brigade, but found no suspects.
Additional reports were received of Israeli citizens vandalizing Palestinian property, including setting cars on fire.