“The Israeli enemy violations of the deal and its refusal to respond to the committee is weakening the role of the committee and the army,” the Lebanese army said in its statement, adding that it would discontinue cooperation with the committee “when it comes to searching posts” should the strikes continue.

In dramatic operation, IDF and ISA forces expose Hamas war room and tunnel network used to direct the October 7 massacre - beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is supporting armed groups of Palestinians in Gaza in what it says is a move to counter Hamas. But officials from the U.N. and aid organizations say the military is allowing them to loot food and other supplies from their trucks.

Israel is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave, officials say, as opposition politicians warned that the move endangers national security.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged only that Israel had been working with “clans.” But the opposition leader warned that the “weapons going into Gaza will eventually be pointed at Israeli soldiers and civilians.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) personnel recovered the bodies of a missing American-Israeli couple Thursday in an overnight military operation

The soldiers, who had warned that this threat had reemerged in recent weeks, expressed their anger: “This was a scenario at the beginning of the war that disappeared and has now returned."