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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situation review on the Hermon Range today with the Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff, the Northern Command Major General, and the head of the Shin Bet.

The Prime Minister reviewed the IDF's preparations on the ground, and set rules for the future.

Reuters report: Netanyahu flew to Cairo for negotiations on hostage deal

The full details of the incident in which the two reserve soldiers from Battalion 7107, the Nahal Engineering Battalion, were killed:

1. The fighters were directly hit by the collapse of the building they were staying in, in the Shabura refugee camp in Rafah, where Battalion 931 is currently operating. The building collapsed yesterday around 5:00 PM.

2. The circumstances of the collapse of the building are still being investigated, but the IDF says that it is a dilapidated structure. It was an old building, and it appears that one of the main reasons for its collapse was the frequent use of tanks and armored personnel carriers in the same area, which weakened the structure even more. Apparently, the building was not attacked by the Air Force in the past. The IDF also operated in the same building in the past, and as can be seen in all the documentation published from Rafah - there is hardly a single building left there that is not destroyed.

3. Inside the collapsed building were 4 fighters - two of whom were quickly rescued with moderate difficulty, and were safely evacuated to a hospital by a helicopter that landed inside the Gaza Strip in the area of ​​the Philadelphia axis. The other two fighters, who were killed, were trapped in the rubble.

4. The rescue operations lasted for many hours - from 5:00 PM yesterday until early this morning, about 12 hours. Forces from the Home Front Command's rescue brigade operated at the scene. The two fighters were rescued lifeless - and all that remained was to determine their death.

(Doron Kadosh)

The IDF estimates that 80% of the strategic capabilities of the Syrian army have been destroyed. 350 targets in two and a half days - planes, 15 ships and submarines, an anti-aircraft system, tanks, cannons and more

Prime Minister Netanyahu in a new video:

“We have no intention of interfering in Syria’s internal affairs, but we are unequivocally determined to do what is necessary to safeguard our security.

Within this framework, I authorized the Air Force to bomb strategic military assets left behind by the Syrian army to prevent them from falling into the hands of jihadists.

This is comparable to what the British Air Force did when it bombed the fleet of the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazis, to prevent it from falling into Nazi hands.

We seek relations with the new regime in Syria. However, if this regime allows Iran to re-establish a foothold in Syria, facilitates the transfer of Iranian weapons or any other arms to Hezbollah, or attacks us, we will respond forcefully and impose a heavy price on it.

What happened to the previous regime will also happen to this one.”

BREAKING: Taiwan raises its alert to “HIGH” as China ramps up aggression, restricting airspace and surrounding the island with nearly 90 warships and coastguard vessels.

Source: Reuters

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