📃 The IDF announced the death of three new soldiers in Gaza

☠️ Lieutenant Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23 y/o, deputy company commander in the Shaked Battalion, Givati ​​Brigade.

☠️ Sgt. Itay Buton, 20 y/o, a fighter in the Shaked Battalion, Givati ​​Brigade.

☠️ Sgt. Efraim Yachman, 21 y/o, a fighter in the Shaked Battalion, Givati ​​Brigade.
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📝 All soldiers were killed in Northern Gaza, which the Israeli army claims they control

🪦 This raises the toll of the carcasses in the ground invasion of Gaza to 164 soldiers.

⚠️ In the past few, at least two rocket barrages were fired from Lebanon towards Israel.

No alerts sounded.

🗣️ Hezbullah mourns the executive advisor of Hezbullah's SG, Mohammed Yaghi, who died of sickness.

He will be buried tomorrow in Baalbek.

🗣️ As of now, Hezbullah took credit for 5 attacks against the Israeli army

🔻 Attack on a new Israeli army HQ near the naval base with suitable weapons at 10.00 am

🔻 Attack on a tent hosting special forces near Al-Duhayra with an ATGM at 12.00 pm

🔻 Attack on Hadb Al-Bustan military site with suitable weapons at 12.15 pm

🔻 Attack on Kherbet Ma'ar and its artillery batteries with a Burkan at 1.00 pm

🔻 A joint drone-rocket-artilley attack on Israeli army staging grounds behind Shebaa farm at 1.15 pm

⚠️ Attacks with rockets continue as of now, with Iron Dome interception attempts but no sirens.

📷 An Israeli airstrike took place between Ramia and Marwahin in south Lebanon.

📹 The Israeli army released earlier today footage of their airstrike that killed Lebanese-Australian Ibrahim Bazzi and his wife.

The army claimed this was a Hezbullah HQ, but in reality it was the family home of Bazi family.

In the attack, Ibrahim's brother Ali was killed, who is a member of Hezbullah.

📹 An Israeli UAV was shot down over Northern Israel.

Unclear if shot down by the army, in the third such incident, or shot down by Hezbullah.

⚠️ Several impacts in Qiryat Shmona after a rocket attack from Lebanon.

📹 About two rockets were intercepted out of about two dozens fired.

Majority fell in the settlement.

📹 The many impacts in Qiryat Shmona can be seen and heard in the right side of the video just below the mountain.

About 6 confirmed impacts in buildings. 3 rockets are claimed to have been intercepted.

📹 Footage of the damages caused to a dozen or so houses in Mays Al-Jabal in south Lebanon, as a result of the Israeli attack yesterday on 26-December.

🗣️ Hezbullah takes credit for attacking Qiryat Shmona with 30 rockets, in response to the Israeli attack on Bint Jbeil.

This is likely the largest single barrage on record by Hezbullah since 8-October.

⛔ I'm trying to make a tally for all civilian casualties in Lebanon by name and date and all Israeli casualties on the Lebanese border.

If anyone remembers in details, please comment below with links for each.

📷 Hezbullah to release shortly footage of the attack on an Israeli army unit near a church in Irqat.

The attacked resulted in the injury of about 10 Israeli soldiers and settlers, including one critically.

📹 Hezbullah released footage of their attack on Israeli settlers and soldiers near Shomeera barracks on 26 December.

The attack injured 10, according to the Israeli army.

📝 The second ATGM was one meter too short from impacting the whole squad in a deadly manner.

🗣️ The Israeli army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visited today the army's Northern Command to evaluate the current situation and approve some plans.

The army statement states he said they are "at a very high level of readiness," in light of the ongoing situation on the Lebanese border.

Halevi added that,

"Our first task is to return residents safely, and that will take time. Today we approved a variety of plans for the future, and we need to be ready for an offensive, if necessary"

He concluded that the Israeli campaign in Lebanon is successful so far, and settlers will only return when it's safe.

"The IDF and within it the Northern Command are at a very high level of readiness. So far, the campaign here has been managed correctly and meticulously, and this is how it should continue. We will not return the residents without security and a sense of security."

📹 Hamas released footage of its fighters engaging Israeli forces in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in Gaza.

The neighborhood was claimed to be under full Israeli control.