One rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel a short while ago was intercepted by the Iron Dome, the IDF says.

Sirens had sounded in Sderot and nearby towns.

There are no reports of injuries in the attack.

The Hamas terror group has published a new propaganda video showing signs of life from Israeli-American hostage 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

In the nearly three-minute-long video, Goldberg-Polin, who is seen missing one of his hands, identifies himself and asks the Israeli

The head of the Shin Bet security agency, Ronen Bar, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi visited Egypt this morning, the Axios news site reports.

The report, citing three senior Israeli officials, says Bar and Halevi met with Egypt’s intelligence chief and other key

The IDF has conducted all necessary preparations for an offensive in southern Gaza's Rafah, and is waiting for government approval, a senior defense official tells Reuters.

Israeli fighter jets and artillery forces carried out a wave of strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the military says.

According to the IDF, the some 40 targets in Ayta ash-Shab were hit by aircraft and artillery shelling within several minutes.

The

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says half of Hezbollah's commanders in southern Lebanon have been killed by the Israeli military.

The remarks are made following a visit to the IDF Northern Command in Safed, where Gallant held an assessment with the chief of the command, Maj. Gen.

The IDF is readying to deploy two reserve brigades to the Gaza Strip, under the 99th Division.

The 679th 'Yiftah' Armored Brigade and the 2nd 'Carmeli' Infantry Brigade, which had been operating on the northern border, 'prepared in recent weeks for their mission in the Gaza

Overnight, Israeli fighter jets struck two Hamas rocket launching sites in the southern Gaza Strip, that were positioned adjacent to civilian shelters, the military says.

The IDF says the rocket launchers were primed for an attack on Israel, and were hit before they could be

A rocket launcher in southern Lebanon's Tayr Harfa was struck by the Israeli Air Force shortly after it was used in an attack on the northern community of Shomera last night, the IDF says.

Another building in the area where the IDF says Hezbollah operatives were gathered was