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IDF: Civilian Killed by ‘Unexploded Ammunition’ in Kibbutz Yir’on
Smoke rises from Kfar Kila, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
JNS.org — A civilian was killed on Friday morning in Kibbutz Yir’on in northern Israel by what the military described as “unexploded ammunition.”
Israeli media had earlier reported that the 27-year-old foreign worker from Thailand was hit by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon at the community in the Galilee panhandle next to the border.
At least one additional person was wounded in the explosion.
Earlier on Friday, residents of the Israeli Circassian town of Rehaniya, Moshav Dalton, Moshav Kerem Ben Zimra, and Kadita were ordered to remain in their homes due to a suspected terrorist infiltration from Lebanon. Israeli security forces searched the area.
Also on Friday, the Air Force intercepted two drones launched from Lebanon at Israel. The UAVs did not cross into the Israeli territory, and so no sirens were activated.
Meanwhile, the military announced on Friday the targeted killing of a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force who oversaw a unit responsible for anti-tank missile fire towards Ramot Naftali.
The strike on Ghareeb Alshuja’a was carried out in coordination with ground troops from the IDF’s 91st Division in the Meiss Ej-Jabal area of southern Lebanon.
The IDF has conducted widespread strikes against Hezbollah terror assets over the past 24 hours, targeting weapons storage facilities and rocket launcher sites.
Hezbollah continued its daily rocket, missile and drone launches from Lebanon at northern Israel on Thursday. A 49-year-old man was lightly wounded on his way to a protected area during a barrage on the Upper Galilee and sirens were activated in Nahariya and Acre, with dozens of interceptions reported.
A rocket from Lebanon struck in an open area near Jenin in northern Samaria. No sirens were sounded and no injuries or damage were reported.
Kiryat Shmona was again targeted on Thursday after two Israelis were murdered in the city by a Hezbollah rocket attack on Wednesday. The fatalities were identified as Revital Yehud, 45, and Dvir Sharvit, 43.
They were reportedly walking their three dogs and unable to reach a shelter in time. The dogs were also killed.
On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces announced the death of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, who was injured fighting Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon and later succumbed to his wounds.
Ganizate, 36, from Givat Shmuel, was a reservist from the 5030th Battalion of the 228th “Alon” Infantry Brigade serving his third round of reserve duty during the current war, totaling more than 200 days. He is survived by his wife, Shoshana, and three children.
He is the 12th soldier killed since the start of Israel’s ground offensive in southern Lebanon at the end of September. The overall military death toll on all fronts since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, stands at 731.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.