Israel News for 10-26-2026
News Update
Knesset elections are tomorrow and the campaigns are making their final pushes. The 2 largest parties are lining up to be Netanyahu’s Likud and Eisenkot’s Yashar. The party with the most seats will get the chance to form a government, which will then depend on creating a coalition with smaller parties. For more, click here.
The terror attack near Hebron we reported in Friday’s email was still developing at the time of publication, so we did not know at the time that 2 IDF soldiers were killed in the gunfight that killed the terrorists and prevented a much larger attack. Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, of Ashkelon, and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, from Hod Hasharon, both served in the 755th Battalion of the Home Front Command Search and Rescue Brigade. The terror attack prompted the IDF to launch an intensive operation in Hebron, locking down the city and conducting searches for weapons, arrests of terrorists and the demolition of unauthorized structures. The operation is continuing.
The IDF announced Sunday that it had killed two terrorists in separate airstrikes in the Gaza Strip last week, accusing them of transferring millions of shekels from Iran and Turkey to Hamas’ military wing throughout the war. The IDF announced today the elimination of a commander in Hamas’ military intelligence apparatus and an engineering commander in Hamas’ military wing.
