Israel News for 6-10-2025
News Update
Israeli Navy missile boats attacked Yemen’s Hodeidah port early today, striking the port’s entrance and docking areas, which are used to smuggle weapons and military equipment to the Houthis.
The IDF launched a counter-terror operation in the Nablus casbah overnight, acting on intelligence that terrorists were preparing imminent attacks on Israelis. A curfew was imposed, which is set to last until at least Wednesday.
The IDF completed an operation to clear Hamas infrastructure and tunnels from an area in southern Gaza, near the Israeli border, thus expanding the security buffer. Earlier today, a rocket launched from northern Gaza toward Zikim beach was intercepted. Meanwhile, Navi Pillay, chair of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said Israel had launched a “concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life.” Israel denies the findings of the inquiry.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued a detailed letter to French President Emmanuel Macron outlining concrete commitments to end the Gaza war, including disarming Hamas, condemning the October 7 attacks, inviting international forces and holding elections. The letter comes ahead of next week’s high-level international conference to discuss a two-state solution. For more, click here.
Israeli defense companies, including Elbit Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), have reportedly signed high-value arms deals with Qatar over the years, which were approved by the Defense Ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Many of these contacts and agreements were reportedly disrupted or canceled following the October 7 massacre.
Argentina’s President Milei, accompanied by his foreign minister and other officials, kicked off a state visit today with a visit to the Western Wall. Milei said prayers at the Wall and said, “I will always support the people of Israel with all my heart because this is the just cause of the West as well.”
