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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2025-10-26 at 16:07
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Twelve IDF soldiers injured near Gaza border
Israel asserts sole control over Gaza security
Nvidia to triple Beersheba R&D hub
The time is now 12:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
Twelve IDF soldiers were injured in an operational road accident near the Gaza border today. Two were moderately wounded and ten were lightly injured; they have been evacuated to a hospital and an Army investigation is underway to determine the sequence of events and any contributing factors.
In the broader Gaza security and diplomacy frame, Israel has stressed that it will maintain control over security inside Gaza even as a US‑brokered ceasefire contemplates deployment of an international security presence to police the truce. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers that Israel will decide for itself where and when to strike its foes and which foreign forces would be allowed to participate, underscoring that Israel remains a sovereign actor in the region while cooperating with allied oversight.
On the political horizon, a renewed push to expand the Abraham Accords is under discussion. Diplomat Ofir Akunis says Israel will press for conditions tied to the second phase of the Gaza deal, including the demilitarization of Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas, as part of a broader normalization process with regional partners. The comment comes as Hamas and Hezbollah are reported to be regrouping, prompting continued vigilance about security arrangements and regional alignments.
Humanitarian and hostage-recovery developments remain in focus. Red Cross and Egyptian teams have been permitted to search for bodies of deceased hostages beyond the “yellow line” that marks the Israeli military’s pullback zone in Gaza. The scanning and identification effort is expanding in Rafah, Khan Younis, and Nuseirat, as part of coordinated operations with Israel to account for missing people. Egyptian medical and humanitarian authorities have begun broader engagement in the Rafah area, with ICRC vehicles entering the zone to support the search and relief efforts.
In the economic and technological sphere, Nvidia announced a major expansion of its Israeli operations, planning to triple the size of its Beersheba R&D hub. The new site will be located near Gav Yam in Beersheba, roughly three times the size of the current facility, and is expected to be fully operational by mid-2026. The expansion aims to recruit hundreds of engineers and developers as Nvidia continues to scale its presence in Israel, one of its largest outside the United States, reinforcing Beersheba as a national tech hub alongside the Negev’s broader development agenda.
Security and diplomatic channels remain active on the Iran front as well. Israel’s Mossad has exposed a global Iranian terror network led by senior IRGC commander Sardar Ammar, whose unit was tied to thwarted plots in Australia, Greece, and Germany. The operation’s exposure has produced diplomatic friction, including the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador from Australia and a formal reprimand of the Iranian ambassador in Germany. Officials emphasize that this is part of a broader, ongoing international effort to dismantle Iran’s global terror infrastructure and to deter attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets abroad.
Beyond the immediate security picture, several regional and international dimensions continue to shape perceptions of the conflict and potential solutions. In Lebanon, reports circulated of Israeli airstrikes in the southern area near the border, with Lebanese sources citing three strikes in the eastern Beqaa region; the information remains unverified at this time, and officials cautioned that cross‑border reporting can be fluid in the tense atmosphere along the frontier. In parallel, the broader regional trend toward normalization and diplomacy continues to mo
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