The time is now four o one a m. In New York. I'm Noah Levi and this is the latest Israel Today ongoing war report. In regional impacts, the IDF fired on a civilian plane flying over the West Bank town of bate El on Thursday night after residents reported spotting four drones overhead. Soldiers scanned the area and opened
fire on a target, believing it was a drone. It was later found that the landing route into Bengurian Airport had been diverted eastward, meaning planes preparing to land until Avive passed closer to Betel than usual at about one thousand, five hundred meters. This comes amid a wave of Hesbella drone activity in the north, including Wednesday's drone explosions in northern Israel that killed one IDF soldier and wounded others, and a Hesbella drone that struck the roof of a
home in Metular on Monday. The Upper Galilee Regional Council said no one was injured and a fire began at the impact site, and Monday afternoon saw several drone intrusions in the region, with two reported shrapnel falls in Shome in the conflict with Iran and its regional proxies inside southern Lebanon. IDF four hundred and one commanders describe drone threat losses and ongoing offensive. Armored Brigade four hundred and one commanders operating deep in Lebanon say Hesbella uses drones,
guerrilla warfare, and propaganda as they advance. They recount their commander being wounded and soldiers killed, but insist they will
continue pushing forward, writing history in real time. In Israeli domestic politics, Bennett Lapids Together drop seats as Eisenkopt makes gains, Lecoud becomes largest party poll Marev's poll shows the Together party at twenty two seats, down six from its peak, and notes that before the Bennett Lapid merger, the two lists held thirty one seats combined, a decline of nine mandates from their previous numbers. Eisenkott's Yashah party is up to seventeen seats, a rise of two this week and
five since Together formed. The opposition block not counting Arab parties, sits at fifty eight seats, while Arab parties total about ten. The coalition block edges up to fifty two seats as LECUD slides to twenty three, remaining the largest party thanks to Together's weakening. An historical note marks that on May twenty nine, nineteen ninety six, Netania, who was elected Prime
minister for the first time. In Jerusalem, police arrested a forty three year old Hebron resident on suspicion of staying in Israel without proper entry permits after officers found a loaded glock pistol with a magazine during a search near the Old City. The suspect was taken into custody for questioning at the Shah Shalem police station. Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today Ongoing War report update.
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