Israeli troops kill three Palestinians who crossed Yellow Line in Gaza, IDF says
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December 25, 2025
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The United States carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
"Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians who crossed Yellow Line in two separate Gaza incidents, IDF says
The Israeli military says that it killed three Palestinians who crossed the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip in two separate incidents on Thursday.
According to an IDF statement, two Palestinians in southern Gaza "approached the troops, posing an immediate threat to them. Following the identification, the troops eliminated the terrorists in order to remove the threat."
Earlier Thursday, troops operating in northern Gaza killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line.
Court gives attorney general three days to respond to request to drop soldiers’ Sde Teiman abuse case
The president of the Beit Lid military court ordered the attorney general's office to respond within three days to a request to drop the indictment against Force 100 soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee in Sde Teiman detention center in 2024.
The IDF soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at Israel's Sde Teiman detention facility in Jerusalem in November. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi
The IDF soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee at Israel's Sde Teiman detention facility in Jerusalem in November. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi
Last month, the five soldiers' lawyers requested to dismiss the indictment, which they claimed was tainted following the leak of alleged abuse footage by former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi. Her replacement, Itay Offir, former legal adviser to the Defense Ministry, took office at the end of November.
Parents of IDF soldier killed in Lebanon trip present removed headstone to top army lawyer in protest of case closure
The parents of Sergeant Gur Kehati, an Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon, brought his military headstone to a meeting with the army's top legal adviser on Thursday to protest the decision not to indict the deputy commander of the Golani Brigade over his role in Kehati's death.
The meeting between Kehati's parents and Military Advocate General Itay Offir was their first since the army decided not to indict Golani deputy commander Yoav Yarom for his involvement in the November 2024 incident.
Ron Kehati removes his son's military headstone and leaves it outside the Military Advocate General's office on Thursday. Posted on Facebook @Ron Kehati
In a Facebook post, Kehati's father, Ron, wrote that the army had "sent us the message last week by closing Gur's investigation file, that it effectively washes its hands of Gur. It disowns, denies its own soldier who was killed due to criminal military conduct."
IDF chief of staff instructs army to only use phrase 'War of Revival' for Gaza war triggered on Oct. 7
Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir on Thursday instructed the army to use only the name "War of Revival" for the Gaza war triggered on October 7.
Last October, the government decided to give this name to the war, which was initially called "Iron Swords." According to the proposal, brought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the change reflects "the fact that this war is a milestone in the rebirth of the State of Israel."
In the past two years, Netanyahu has raised the issue of the war's name several times, and at a cabinet meeting in October 2024, he proposed calling it the "War of Rebirth." The move was criticized by the opposition, which claimed that the prime minister was working to "engineer consciousness" and obscure his responsibility for the October 7th failure by choosing a name that does not reflect the disaster.
An IDF soldier commits suicide at a post on the Lebanese border
An IDF soldier committed suicide on Thursday at a post on the Lebanese border.
The 19-year-old soldier was initially taken to the hospital in serious condition, where he was pronounced dead.
The military police have opened an investigation to examine the circumstances of the incident.
IDF: Targeted strike in southern Lebanon kills Hezbollah operative
The IDF reported that earlier Thursday, it carried out a targeted strike in the Al-Jumayjimah area of southern Lebanon, killing a Hezbollah operative.
According to the IDF, the individual was involved in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah's terror infrastructure in the region.
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