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IDF says it killed four Hamas gunmen who emerged from Rafah tunnel, fired on troops
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Good Morning



New Mexico Senate Democrats Pass Semiautomatic Gun Ban
Tuesday 02/10/2026

Marion Davies cfe8d452ac998d92b
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US stresses opposition to annexation
after Israeli steps to expand West Bank grip
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF says it killed four Hamas gunmen
who emerged from Rafah tunnel, fired on troops
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran steps up arrests, floats %u2018diluting%u2019
its enriched uranium as Netanyahu heads to US
Down Under
Protests in Sydney against Herzog%u2019s
visit turn violent amid scuffles with police
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF nabs top terror group figure
from Lebanon, kills 2 Hezbollah operatives
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
As IDF and Hamas dig in, interim Gaza
armistice line risks hardening into lasting border
Americans across four US states told to
stay indoors due to lung-damaging toxins filling the air

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#1  A nice picture. What's with the Cheetos on the dress though? Leftovers from SB 60 maybe?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 02/10/2026 5:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Chair looks like a half finished coffin. Surprising that that model doesn’t show up on Road Show.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/10/2026 6:06 Comments || Top||


Africa North
In northern Darfur, Chadian forces came under two attacks by the Rapid Support militia from late December until mid-January

Translated Text:

Following the ongoing battles in northern Darfur, Chadian forces came under two attacks by the Rapid Support militia from late December until mid-January, resulting in the deaths of 9 Chadian soldiers and injuries to others.

◉ The first incident occurred on December 25, 2025, when a Chadian camp near the border was targeted by a drone, after foreign drone operators with the militia mistook it for a camp belonging to the Sudanese army due to its proximity to a city controlled by the army.

◉ The second incident, on January 15, 2026, involved a militia force infiltrating Chadian territory and launching a ground assault on Chadian forces, which led to the deaths of several Chadian soldiers and the destruction of their vehicles, before the militia issued an official apology statement regarding the incident.

Despite these violations, Chad remains the first to have supported the militia and continues to provide support under UAE oversight.

Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1768 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Bandits attack Gidan Fulani village, targeted Police outpost in Zamfara

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Bandits attack Gidan Fulani village, targeted Police outpost in Zamfara

By Zagazola Makama

Suspected bandits have carried out a coordinated attack on Gidan Fulani village via Kasuwar Daji District in Kaura Namoda LGA in Zamfara state.

Zagazola gathered also that the Kasuwar Daji Police Out Station was also targeted by the armed attackers, who were in large numbers.

Personnel on duty, assisted by the Station’s SHP team, engaged the bandits in a brief firefight. Some bullets reportedly hit the walls of the Station during the encounter.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Troops neutralise Boko Haram fighter in Borno ambush operation

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Troops neutralise Boko Haram fighter in Borno ambush operation

By Zagazola Makama

Troops of Joint Task Force North East (Operation Hadin Kai) have neutralised a suspected Boko Haram fighter during an ambush operation in Borno.

Sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was carried out at about 11:40 p.m. on Feb. 8 along a suspected terrorist movement corridor in the Timbuktu Triangle area.

The source said the ambush team was lying in wait ahead of own Bravo Company when it intercepted and engaged members of the Boko Haram terrorists.

“On sighting the troops, the terrorists fled in disarray in multiple directions. During immediate exploitation of the area, one ISWAP fighter was discovered neutralised,” the source said.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1767 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
A resident of Ingushetia is suspected of calling for terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[KavkazUzel] Security forces detained a 43-year-old resident of the village of Kantyshevo for justifying the actions of militants killed in Chechnya during an attempt on the lives of law enforcement officers.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 6, the North Caucasus Directorate of the Russian National Guard reported that five local residents were detained in several districts of Ingushetia on suspicion of calling for terrorist activity.

According to security officials, a 43-year-old unemployed resident of the rural settlement of Kantyshevo posted a series of comments on his account on a popular messaging app, the Ingushetia newspaper reported today, citing the press service of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs. 

According to the expert analysis, these messages contain justification for the activities of a liquidated member of the Islamic State* terrorist organization, banned in Russia, and two of his accomplices, who operated in Chechnya and were neutralized during an attack on security forces. 

Based on the collected materials, a criminal case was opened on the grounds of public justification of terrorism.

The detainee has been placed under a travel ban, Interfax reported.

Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1780 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Down Under
Protests in Sydney against Herzog’s visit turn violent amid scuffles with police, cops defend actions
[IsraelTimes] Authorities said to arrest at least 15 protesters, pepper spray others at rally; activists also march in Melbourne, chanting, ‘From the river to the sea, Herzog to the ICC’

Thousands gathered across Australia on Monday to protest the arrival of President Isaac Herzog, who is on a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community following a deadly mass shooting last year.

Herzog is visiting Australia this week at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the aftermath of the December 14 shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15.

The visit has attracted the ire of some people in Australia, who accuse Herzog of being complicit in civilian deaths in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
. Pro-Paleostine, anti-Israel groups organized protests in cities and towns across the country on Monday evening.

In Sydney, thousands gathered in a square in the city’s central business district, listening to speeches and shouting pro-Paleostine, anti-Israel slogans. The rally later turned violent mostly peaceful as police hit protesters and members of the media, including AFP, with pepper spray.

An AFP journalist said they saw at least 15 protesters being arrested and scuffling with police.

Crowds also gathered in the center of Melbourne demanding an end to Israel’s "occupation" of the Paleostinian territories.

Protesters held signs declaring "War Criminals Not Welcome Here" and "From the river to the sea, Herzog to the ICC," calling on Albanese to arrest the visiting president.

"The Bondi massacre was terrible but from our Australian leadership there’s been no acknowledgment of the Paleostinian people and the Gazooks," said Jackson Elliott, a 30-year-old protestor from Sydney. "Herzog has dodged all the questions about the occupation and says this visit is about Australia and Israeli relations but he is complicit."

There was a heavy police presence in Sydney, with a helicopter circling overhead and officers patrolling on horseback.

Police used pepper spray and tear gas to push back groups of people who were trying to breach the line and march ahead. Several protesters were arrested as they clashed with police.

Authorities in Sydney declared Herzog’s visit a major event and were authorized to use rarely invoked powers during the visit, including the ability to separate and move crowds, restrict their entry to certain areas, direct people to leave and search vehicles.

On Monday in the New South Wales Supreme Court, the Paleostine Action Group — which organized the protest — failed in its attempt to legally challenge the restrictions on the demonstration.

Albanese had urged people to be respectful of the reason for Herzog’s visit, saying he would join the president to meet with the families of those killed at Bondi Beach.

The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry found last year that Herzog was liable for prosecution for inciting genocide after he said all Paleostinians — "an entire nation" — were responsible for the Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
attack on Israel.
A heck of an incitement, when the UN admitted after all that there was no genocide.
Israel has "categorically" rejected the inquiry’s report, describing it as "distorted and false" and calling for the body’s abolition.

Herzog said at the outset of his visit that he had "come here in good will."

He accused protesters of seeking to "undermine and delegitimize" Israel’s right to exist.

Update courtesy of Skidmark at 10:35 am.m ET:
Australia police defend actions after violence at protest over Israeli president visit

[BBC] Australian police have defended their actions after violently clashing with protesters during a demonstration against a visit by the Israeli president.

Video emerged of police charging and punching protesters during the rally in Sydney on Monday night, with a state parliament MP among those who said they were injured in the clashes. Police said 27 people were arrested, with nine later charged, and 10 officers assaulted.

Officers showed "remarkable restraint", NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said Tuesday, adding they "did what they needed to do".

Video footage of the protests outside Sydney's Town Hall and surrounding areas - police said 6,000 attended while organisers said it was 50,000 - appeared to show several physical confrontations between police and protesters, including officers punching protesters and dragging away Muslim men who were praying.

Josh Lees from the Palestine Action Group said the violence at the protest on Monday evening was the "worst" he has seen in recent years.

"We should have had the right to march," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio.

He said "all of this could have been avoided" if the New South Wales (NSW) government had allowed the group to march from Town Hall to either the state parliament or Hyde Park.
“If only the government had surrendered, and submitted, all would be well. But they refused, so what else could we do?”
NSW introduced restrictions on public protest after December's shooting, and a few days before Monday's rally introduced additional "major event" powers effectively giving police authority to shut down areas of the city. The rules allowed demonstrators to gather but forbade them from marching.

NSW Premier Chris Minns defended the police response, telling Channel 9's Today programme that authorities had been "put in an impossible situation last night". He later urged the public "not to look at a 10-second clip without the full context".

Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna said police had been "threatened, jostled and assaulted" during "a number of melees, rolling fights" and authorities were "significantly outnumbered by the protesters and the people who wanted to act in a violent and offensive manner".
Of course. Black Bloc/Antifa wouldn’t have it any other way.
PROTESTERS INCLUDE GRACE TAME

On Monday night, activist Grace Tame led the crowd in chanting: "from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada" - a move that has drawn criticism from politicians.

The term intifada came into popular use during the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1987.

Some have described the term as a call for violence against Jewish people. Others have said it is a call for peaceful resistance to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and actions in Gaza.

Tame was named Australian of the Year in 2021 for raising awareness about sexual violence.
But sexual violence against Jooooooos doesn’t count, donchaknow, ‘cause they were asking for it by being Jewish in their own country. And the ones attacked elsewhere are asking for it by being Jewish — there wouldn’t be any problems if they just …were not. Like that Holocaust they whine about that never happened, the six million who were… not.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce told Sky News that Tame should be stripped of her title.

"Politicians and the press can deflect onto me all they like, but I'm not the story," Tame wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. She added that "nonviolent attendees acting well within their rights were met with unprovoked police brutality".
But being violent is not a right, and the march was not permitted, so no, not within their rights.
The speeches at Town Hall were peaceful, but tensions mounted afterwards when protesters began chanting "let us march" and police closed in.

As the atmosphere became fraught, pepper spray was deployed, which sent protesters running, but they were unable to leave the area due to police lines.

Another protest is planned for Tuesday evening outside a Sydney police station, with organisers calling for charges against protesters to be dropped and for police officers who had used physical force to be investigated.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2026 2026-02-10 03:06 || Comments || Link || [1826 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Jewish Council of Australia admits posting false names in anti-Herzog ads
Australians of Mosaic faith, eh?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2026 11:42 Comments || Top||


Europe
2 ‘Swedish’ jihadis convicted in Denmark for throwing hand grenades at Israeli embassy in Copenhagen in 2024
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2026 2026-02-10 03:09 || Comments || Link || [1780 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  *raises hand*

If Sweden is going to vouch for the worthiness of these two's citizenship and the potential positive it brings, shouldn't the Swedish Government also be responsible for their criminal actions?

You know, like House Party Common Law, you bring an uninvited guest to a party and you are vouching for their behavior, and are held more liable than the uninvited guest for their behavior.

"Swedes"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/10/2026 10:18 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pentagon reported the interception of a tanker in the Indian Ocean
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The US Navy intercepted the tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean, which violated President Donald Trump's sanctions quarantine in the Caribbean. This was reported on the Pentagon website on February 9.
They left Venezuela in the early days of the US Navy embargo, one assumes.
According to the US Department of Defense, on the night of February 9, US forces carried out a visitor rights inspection, interception, and boarding of the Aquila II.

US Navy forces pursued the tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean.
A loooooong stern chase. Still, good training for all hands, so that’s all right.
The interception was triggered by the vessel's violation of Trump's sanctions quarantine.

Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1779 views] Top|| File under: Narcos



In North Waziristan’s Tappi area, two TTP militants were liquidated in a shooting incident

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In North Waziristan’s Tappi area, two TTP militants, Commander Zubair aka Sufyan and Yasar Dawar, belonging to the Spalga and Paloli area were liquidated in a firing incident.

According to local information, the killings are being linked to the rifts between TTP and the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group over disputes related to extortion money. Reports suggest HGB-associated fighters targeted and eliminated both individuals in Tappi, Miranshah, North Waziristan.

Posted by: badanov || 02/10/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1778 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF says it killed four Hamas gunmen who emerged from Rafah tunnel, fired on troops
[IsraelTimes] Military says it killed Palestinian who crossed Yellow Line; 2 more dead in Gaza City strike; technocratic panel unlikely to enter Gaza this week, with no date set for start of operations

IDF troops on Monday killed four Paleostinian button men who emerged from a tunnel and attacked soldiers in southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
’s Rafah, the military said, with several other Paleostinians reportedly killed in IDF strikes in the Strip later in the day.

According to the IDF, during mop-up operations in eastern Rafah early in the morning, four terror operatives were identified emerging from a tunnel and opening fire on troops of the 7th Armored Brigade.

The soldiers returned fire, the IDF said, "and eliminated the four terrorists." There were no reports of Israeli casualties in the incident.

The IDF said the attack was a "blatant violation of the ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
, and it viewed the incident "gravely."

Dozens of Hamas operatives were believed to be trapped underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing some 40 of them in recent months.

The IDF said it was continuing to operate in the area "to locate and eliminate all remaining murderous Moslems in the tunnel."

Commenting on the incident, Hamas’s military wing described it as "heroic resistance, saying that its fighters "refused humiliation or submission in the besieged Rafah valley and chose martyrdom over surrender."

Later on Monday, Paleostinian media reported two dead and several maimed in an Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in Gaza City, on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line.

The IDF did not immediately comment on the reported strike.

Separately, the military on Monday said that troops in northern Gaza shot and killed a Paleostinian who crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade "in a manner that posed an immediate threat."

"Immediately after identification, the forces eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat," the army said.

Since the start of the ceasefire in October 2025, the IDF has said it has killed dozens of terror operatives and other "suspects" who have crossed the Yellow Line — demarcating the military’s withdrawal in the Strip — and approached troops. Such incidents have taken place on a near-daily basis.

NCAG NOT SLATED TO ENTER GAZA THIS WEEK, WITH NO DATE SET FOR START OF ITS OPERATIONS
The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) is not slated to enter the Strip this week, as little progress has been made toward the commencement of the technocratic committee’s operations, two Arab diplomats told The Times of Israel on Monday.

The 12-member panel was unveiled roughly four weeks ago and has since been holding meetings in Cairo in preparation for its entry into Gaza.

US President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets...
’s administration and the Board of Peace’s High Representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, who oversees the NCAG, had aimed for the technocratic committee to enter the Strip shortly thereafter.

However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
an Arab diplomat said the NCAG will not enter Gaza until it is equipped with the necessary tools to govern the enclave.

It’s still unclear how much international funding the NCAG will have to operate, which Paleostinians in Gaza it will be able to hire as civil servants, where the panel will be based and how its protection will be ensured, the diplomat said.

Mladenov has been working to advance a series of measures to boost the humanitarian situation on the ground, which would help boost the NCAG’s legitimacy, according to the Arab diplomat. The measures include an increase in temporary shelter materials for the hundreds of thousands of Paleostinians still living in unstable tents.

But those Paleostinians — the vast majority of the Strip’s population of 2 million — are located in the western half of the enclave still under Hamas control, and Israel has pushed back on easing restrictions over those areas before the terror group gives up its weapons.

Hamas has refused to do so, and disarmament talks are still in their early stages.

The Arab diplomat said there is no timeline for the NCAG’s entry into Gaza and that the panel will only do so when it is equipped to govern and the appropriate environment exists in the enclave.

INDONESIA SAID SET TO DEPLOY THOUSANDS OF TROOPS
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch cautiously raised his hat over the edge of the horse trough on the end of a stick......
the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday that several thousand Indonesian troops are expected to deploy in Gaza in the coming weeks, which would mark the first deployment of the International Stabilization Force.

The Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to requests for comment.

The forces will be based in the southeast of Rafah, according to the report, which specified that offices and living quarters will be built for them in the coming weeks. There was no set date reported for their arrival.

In November, Indonesia’s defense minister said the country had trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks.

An Indonesian official told news hounds that President Prabowo Subianto was invited to attend the February 19 Board of Peace meeting alongside Trump in Washington, but had not decided whether he would make the trip.

Under Trump’s Gaza peace plan, the first phase of which was signed into force in October, the ISF is tasked with providing security in the Strip, while gradually phasing out the IDF, which currently remains in control of 53% of the enclave. The force will be headed by US Central Command Special Operations Commander Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers.

Only a few countries have since voiced public interest in joining the ISF. Azerbaijan, which Washington had publicly touted as a member of the force, announced last month that it would not be participating.

While the US has had trouble getting countries to commit their forces to join the ISF, a US official speaking to The Times of Israel last month downplayed the apparent recruitment woes, insisting that countries would agree to contribute troops once they realize that they will not be expected to send their soldiers into battle against Hamas, as the mandate will be more modest than Washington and Jerusalem initially envisioned.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2026 2026-02-10 03:06 || Comments || Link || [1867 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Hamas’s military wing described it as "heroic resistance, saying that its fighters "refused humiliation or submission in the besieged Rafah valley and chose martyrdom over surrender."

"Your terms are acceptable. Y'all want to form up in a group, or do we gotta do this one by one?"
Posted by: SteveS || 02/10/2026 8:41 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian security officer arrested over killing of civilians in Druze-majority Sweida
[IsraelTimes] Suspect arrested with help of survivor of attack, in which four people were shot dead and a fifth was seriously wounded while harvesting olives

Syria’s authorities have arrested an internal security officer as a suspect in the killing of four civilians in the majority-Druze Sweida province, the local internal security chief said.

Four people were rubbed out and a fifth was seriously maimed in the incident on Saturday, in the village of al-Matana, said Hossam al-Tahan, the state news agency SANA reported.

The initial investigation, carried out with the help of one of the survivors of the attack, indicated that one suspect was a member of the local Internal Security Directorate, he said.

"The officer was immediately detained and referred for investigation," he added.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had earlier reported that four people were killed and a fifth maimed by gunfire from unknown assailants as they were harvesting olives.

The authorities had cleared the olive pickers to be in the northern part of the province controlled by government forces, it added.

Sweida province is the stronghold of the Druze minority in the south of the country.

Violence erupted there briefly in July last year, when gangs affiliated with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri clashed with local Bedouin clans, spurring intervention by government forces who effectively sided with the Bedouins. This in turn prompted Israeli military intervention in support of the Druze, a community that has a notable presence in Israel as well. Hundreds of civilians, mostly Druze, were killed, many by government fighters.

Although a ceasefire was reached later that month, the situation remained tense and access to Sweida difficult.

Residents accuse the government of having imposed a blockade on the province, from which tens of thousands of inhabitants have fled — a charge Damascus denies.

Several aid convoys have entered since then.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 185,000 people remain uprooted.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2026 2026-02-10 03:09 || Comments || Link || [1813 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria/HTS

#1  Is it time for US aid?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2026 3:57 Comments || Top||


IDF nabs top terror group figure from Lebanon, kills 2 Hezbollah operatives
[IsraelTimes] Military says senior member of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya captured in raid; group identifies him as Atwi Atwi; airstrike said to kill 3, including child

The Israel Defense Forces captured a "senior" member of the al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya
…there is an Egyptian group by that name, but the Lebanese version was established in 1964 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood…
terror organization during an overnight raid in southern Leb
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
, and separately killed two Hezbollah operatives, the military said Monday.

According to the IDF, the al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya operative was nabbed late Sunday from a building in the Mount Dov area near the border by a special forces unit operating under the 210th "Bashan" Regional Division. The raid was wrapped up early Monday morning, and there were no reports of festivities during the operation.

Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya identified the official as Atwi Atwi, saying he was captured in the town of Habbariyeh, located some five kilometers north of the border.

The IDF said it had collected intelligence on the operative in recent weeks, which led it to launch the raid.

"The terrorist was detained and transferred for further interrogation within Israeli territory. In addition, weapons were located in the building where the terrorist was arrested," the army said.

The IDF did not provide further details on the operative, other than describing him as a "senior" member of the terror group. According to a military source, the IDF decided to capture the operative instead of targeting him in a strike in an attempt to obtain intelligence on the group’s activities in Lebanon and Syria.

Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya is a Sunni faction that forms part of the broader Moslem Brüderbund political network. The armed wing of the group, the al-Fajr Forces, established in the 1980s, repeatedly targeted Israel from Lebanon during the 2023-2024 war with Hezbollah, often working in conjunction with the Iran-backed Shiite Lebanese terror group.

The group said in a statement that it holds Israel "responsible for any harm that may befall him." It called on the Lebanese government to put pressure on the sponsors of a ceasefire between the two countries, to end Israeli raids into Lebanon, and secure the release of those it has captured.

It also linked the raid to a visit to the same area the day before by Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, during which he emphasized that his visit was meant to underscore the presence of the Lebanese state in the south of the country, which was a stronghold of Hezbollah for decades.

In its statement, al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya questioned if the Israeli "piracy" was a response to "the affirmation of the people of the region of their adherence to the state."

The IDF said that al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya "advanced throughout the war and continues to attempt to advance terror activities against the State of Israel and its citizens in the northern sector."

The military has also previously accused the group of closely cooperating with the Hezbollah and Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
terror groups in both Lebanon and Syria, and maintaining military sites in southern Lebanon and infrastructure along the Syria-Lebanon border and in southern Syria.

Shortly after announcing the capture, the IDF also said it carried out an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
against a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Yanouh.

According to the military, the strike killed Ahmad Ali Salami, who served as an artillery commander in Hezbollah.

The military said Salami advanced numerous rocket attacks on Israel during the 2023-2024 war with Hezbollah, and recently was working to restore the terror group’s artillery infrastructure "from within the civilian population in Lebanon." His actions were a violation of the ceasefire.

"The IDF is aware of the claim that uninvolved non-combatants were killed," the military said, after Lebanon’s health ministry reported three dead in the strike, including a three-year-old.

The IDF said it took steps to mitigate civilian harm, and that it "regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians and operates to minimize harm as much as possible."

"The incident is under review," the military added.

In a separate incident on Monday, the IDF said a Hezbollah operative was killed by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shab.

The IDF said it collected intelligence on the operative in recent months, and recently he had worked to collect intel on Israeli forces and rebuild Hezbollah’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

"The terrorist’s activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the area," the army said. Following the intelligence-gathering operations, troops of the 300th "Baram" Regional Brigade killed the operative, the military added.
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