Last update: 09.01.2025 | 0:12
The 461st day of the war: The IDF spokesman allowed the publication this evening (between Wednesday and Thursday) of the name of Sergeant Nebo Fisher, 20 years old from Barukhin, a tank commander in the “Iron Traces” formation (401), who was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. In this battle, Matthiyahu Yaakov Perel and Kanao Kasa also fell.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad accepted responsibility for the shooting attack near the Palestinian village of Al-Funduk in the Kadumim area, in which the policeman Elad Winkelstein, Rachel Cohen and Aliza Reyes were murdered.
The spokesman for the Department of National Security of the White House, John Kirby, said that “Israel is not committing genocide in the Gaza Strip”, but added that the US continues to express concern about the number of casualties among the Palestinian population.
Arab media reported that a loud explosion was heard in the al-Sawida area in southern Syria, and columns of smoke were seen rising from the Khalhala military airport. The Lebanese NBN network reported that an Israeli fighter jet penetrated Syrian airspace and launched missiles at the airport.
In the meantime, the IDF decided to hide the identity of all the fighters and officers at the rank of lieutenant colonel and below participating in the combat. The decision, which was made by order of the Chief of Staff Major General Herzi Halevi, was intended to protect the fighters following international threats, including arrest warrants issued against them in Argentina and Brazil .
