Israel At war Tuesday Dec 31

Israel at war day 452

Trump tonight: “They better let the hostages come back soon

- 2025 kicks off with celebrations, midnight rockets from Gaza for 2nd straight year fired towards the south, no injuries reported

- Family members of American hostages held in Gaza are expected to attend President Trump's inauguration. Trump extended an invitation to them

-IDf enters deepest in Lebanon since the start of the war: Under the cover of the ceasefire, the IDF operated on the ground this week in the Saluki area and destroyed Hezbollah weapons The ground operation took place 10 km west of the Galilee Finger and about 20 km north of Avivim and Yaron - the deepest the IDF has operated so far in Lebanon since the start of the war, in the area of the villages of Qantara and Kabriha

- IDF eliminated the terrorist Abd al-Hadi Sabbah, who was one of the leaders of the raid on Nir Oz on October 7, operated from the humanitarian space in Khan Yunis, and during the war promoted and led many terrorist plots against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip

- Hezbollah Political Council Deputy Chief Mahmoud Komati stressed that the Lebanese terror group is committed to its 60-day ceasefire with Israel but that "day 61 will be different" in a Monday interview with the country's Al Manar TV. Komati indicated that Hezbollah would return to action against the Israel Defense Force (IDF) if the Israeli army does not withdraw from southern Lebanon, but did not give further details.

- Ford Motor Company apologizes after X account posts ‘Israel is a terrorist state’“Free Palestine,” “ALL EYES ON GAZA.”The messages were soon deleted and Ford says in a statement that they had not been permitted.“Our X account was briefly compromised and the previous three posts were not authorized or posted by Ford,” the company says. “We are investigating the issue, and apologize for any confusion caused.”

- Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam says that the country would continue to “defend itself” after several US strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa.