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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Emanuel Fabian

Emanuel Fabian

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Troops of the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade operate on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a handout photo released by the IDF on December 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 12, 2024, 2:11 am
IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire
Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit; 5 reported killed in Israeli drone strikes in country’s south
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, December 11, 2024. The Hebrew graffiti reads "trash corner." (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
December 11, 2024, 8:00 pm
We don’t know how the rebels will act, IDF commander tells ToI inside southern Syria
Times of Israel joins troops at Syrian army post that was abandoned with fall of Assad’s regime; IDF has quickly implemented plans originally drawn up for a potential Iran-backed attack
By Emanuel Fabian
This picture shows a burned Syrian army helicopter after Israeli strikes said to target weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
December 10, 2024, 8:15 pm
In historic campaign across Syria, IDF says it destroyed 80% of Assad regime’s military
After rebel takeover, Israeli Air Force and Navy strike missile depots, naval vessels, fighter jets and more to ensure they don’t fall into wrong hands
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in northern Gaza's Jabalia, in a handout photo issued on December 9, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 10, 2024, 1:06 pm
IDF says strike kills 10 Hamas men involved in slaying of 3 soldiers Monday
Military say aircraft attacked terror operatives who participated in killing of Staff Sgt. Ido Zano, Staff Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern and Sgt. Omri Cohen
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
People pick up metal and unexploded ammunition from the site of the previous evening's Israeli airstrike that targeted shipments of weapons that belonged to Syrian government forces in Qamishli, in mainly Kurdish northeastern Syria, on December 10, 2024. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
December 10, 2024, 1:03 pm
Israel pounds Syrian military sites; regional sources claim ‘nothing left’ of army assets
IDF denies ground forces in Golan have advanced beyond buffer zone toward Damascus; at the same time, Israeli Navy operates to destroy toppled Assad regime’s fleet
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This picture shows a burned Syrian army helicopter after Israeli strikes said to target weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
December 10, 2024, 1:29 am
Some 250 Israeli strikes hit Syrian military targets after fall of Assad — reports
Syrian security sources say IAF bombed at least 3 major army air bases that housed dozens of helicopters, jets; SOHR reports over 100 strikes since morning; no comment from IDF
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
From left: Staff Sgt. Ido Zano, Sgt. Omri Cohen and Staff Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern (Israel Defense Forces)
December 9, 2024, 8:52 pm
3 soldiers killed, 12 injured in Gaza as Hamas fires on troops prepping to leave Strip
Military says soldiers came under fire while boarding armored truck in Jabalia; Palestinians say at least 6 killed in Israeli strikes in past day
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF troops are seen on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, December 8, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 9, 2024, 5:10 pm
IDF: Troops will stay in Syria buffer zone and strategic Mount Hermon as long as needed
Israel says move to capture territory is defensive, intended to be temporary; army says it will hold new positions until situation clears up after fall of Assad regime
By Emanuel Fabian
Top row, from left: Maj. (res.) Evgeny Zinershain, Master Sgt. (res.) Binyamin Destaw Negose. Bottom row, from left: Cpt. (res.) Sagi Ya'akov Rubinshtein, Sgt. First Class. (res.) Erez Ben Efraim (Courtesy)
December 9, 2024, 4:52 pm
Four troops killed in southern Lebanon by accidental blast inside Hezbollah tunnel
Reservists believed to have triggered unmarked munitions left by other IDF soldiers, setting off Hezbollah cache and bringing tunnel down on troops
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli man is detained on suspicion of spying for Iran in a picture released on December 9, 2024. (Israel Police)
December 9, 2024, 2:35 pm
Police accuse Nof Hagalil man of burning cars, spray-painting messages for Iran
Artyom Zolotarev suspected of taking on tasks even after he realized who was paying him, but authorities say he also turned down requests to spy for Tehran or aid murder plot
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A member of the Israeli security forces takes pictures at the site where a drone exploded on the top floor of a residential building in the southern Israeli city of Yavne on December 9, 2024. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 11:35 am
Drone from Yemen smashes into apartment block in Yavne; causes damage but no injuries
IDF probe finds drone not continuously detected after entering Israeli airspace in south; no sirens sound; incident marks third successive day of attacks by Iran-backed Houthis
By Emanuel Fabian
A video circulating on social media purports to show an Israeli airstrike in at the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 8, 2024, 11:19 pm
As Assad ousted, Israeli jets destroy his deadly arsenals before they fall to rebels
IAF strikes target missile depots, air defenses, chemical sites amid fears that advanced arms could fall into hands of hostile groups; IDF seizes buffer zone, in first since 1974
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israeli settler activists set up tents in what they claimed is southern Lebanon, which the IDF denied, December 7, 2024. (Uri Tzafon Movement)
December 8, 2024, 7:56 pm
Settler group claims to have entered Lebanon and established outpost; IDF denies it
Far-right Uri Tzafon Movement says families set up tents in southern Lebanon, but military says group’s claims are false and that the settler activists never crossed the border
By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, tours Mount Bental on Israel's border with Syria along with military officers and Defense Minister Israel Katz, left, on December 8, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 8, 2024, 6:36 pm
Netanyahu claims credit for starting ‘historic’ process that led to fall of Assad regime
IDF takes control of buffer zone along border, including Syrian side of Mount Hermon, said to bomb missile research facilities, and chemical weapons stores around Damascus
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on December 7, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 10:21 am
IDF deploys in Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for post-Assad regime chaos
Israel takes up posts in area for the first time since 1974; IDF said to strike chemical weapons sites in Damascus and Hezbollah convoy fleeing to Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
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