Alongside the senior General Staff officers, the list of officers who may retire from the IDF is reportedly quite long.
The IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police have launched an operation to counter threats in Jenin.
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IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge.
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The IDF and Shin Bet Spokesperson announced on Sunday morning that they recovered the body of IDF soldier Oron Shaul, which had been held captive in Gaza since 2014.
“The three released hostages are now being escorted by an elite IDF unit and Shin Bet force and are on their way back to Israel, where they will undergo an initial medical evaluation,” the military said.
Despite the lack of an increase in Shin Bet warnings, the Central Command decided to take a number of steps in preparation for an escalation, including troop movement from Gaza to the
Israeli ground forces entered the city with the stated goal of preserving Jerusalem’s ability to swiftly act against terrorist groups in Jenin, known among Palestinians as the “Martyrs’ Capital” due to the significant number of suicide bombers that have emanated from the area.
The Israeli military has recovered the body of slain Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose remains have been held by Hamas since 2014, just before Sunday’s cease-fire deal went into effect.
The operation to retrieve the body from northern Gaza was carried out jointly by the military's commando units and the Shin Bet security agency
The Israeli military killed at least seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as the prime minister announced the start of a “large-scale military operation” in the restive city of Jenin.