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LiveBreaking News16:54

IDF Strikes in Southern Syria, Eliminates Hamas Company Commander; Defense Minister: IDF Recommended the Attack | Saturday News Summary

The IDF struck in southern Syria, targeting a terrorist who was advancing a terror plot and posed an immediate threat, after intentions that endangered the country’s security were identified. The Defense Minister noted that the IDF recommended carrying out the strike in light of clear intelligence, and that the move was carried out after previous appeals to the Syrian regime went unanswered.

Sinai Staff, Sinai Project

Sinai Staff

Aug 22, 2026·16:54

In Gaza, in the Deir al-Balah area, Sharif al-Hasnat, a company commander in Hamas’s Deir al-Balah Battalion who led efforts to rehabilitate the underground infrastructure and continued to advance terror plots against our forces and Israeli citizens, was eliminated.

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