Israel News for 1-9-2025
News Update
Three IDF soldiers, from the 46th Battalion of the IDF’s 401st Brigade, hit a booby-trapped pit in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza: Staff Sgt. Matityahu Ya’akov Perel, 22, from Beit El, Staff Sgt. Kenew Kasa, 22, from Beit Shemesh, and tank commander Staff Sgt. Nevo Fisher, 20, from Bruchin. Beit Hanoun is just across the border fence from Sderot.
Israeli police and the Shin Bet announced the indictment of Mahmoud Hussein Mohammed Bushkar, a 37-year-old resident of Kabul, an Arab town in northern Israel, for allegedly planning a bombing attack in Israel. During interrogation, Bushkar admitted to reading materials on explosive manufacturing, purchasing equipment and conducting experiments, including producing TATP explosives and constructing a pipe bomb.
The IDF and Shin Bet announced Wednesday they had recovered the body of Youssef Ziyadne, a hostage abducted on October 7 and killed in captivity, from an underground tunnel in Rafah. During the operation, evidence related to Youssef’s son, Hamza Ziyadne, who was abducted with him, raised “serious concerns” about Hamza’s fate. The two men, from the Bedouin city of Rahat, were working at Kibbutz Holit when they were abducted with Youssef’s younger children, Aisha and Bilal. The 2 children were released after 55 days as part of a hostage exchange. Youssef was the father of 18. His body was returned to Israel for burial.
Polish President Andrzej Duda urged his government to guarantee Prime Minister Netanyahu’s safety from arrest should he attend a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Netanyahu and President Herzog have decided not to attend.
