Today's News Summary from Israel: February 17, 2026 - Morning
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Earlier today (Tuesday), IDF troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip in accordance with the ceasefire agreement identified a terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line and approached the troops, posing an imminent threat to their safety. Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat.

Jesse Jackson has died at 84.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: Condemns the government's decision to renew the possibility of land registration in Judea and Samaria. The move could lead to the dispossession of Palestinians from their properties and the expansion of illegal Israeli control over the territory. Calls on Israel to reverse the decision, and urges everyone to adhere to the two-state solution.

After a two-and-a-half-month manhunt, Holon police detectives and Tel Aviv Special Operations Command fighters, in cooperation with the Yehuda Arrow unit from the Sha'ar District, arrested an illegal resident from the Hebron area, suspected of involvement in a serious hit-and-run accident in Holon on December 1, 2025.

US report: At least one killed and several injured in shooting during hockey game between two Rhode Island high schools.

Oscar winner and star of "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95.

"50 million Muslims now live in Europe, compared to less than 500,000 in 2000. In England, 10 major cities now have Muslim mayors, including London. The goal: to make whites a minority in their own country."

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: "We will not withdraw from Lebanon as long as Hezbollah has weapons. Our presence at five points in southern Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire agreement, but we imposed it, and the United States accepted it."

IDF soldiers have been carrying out widespread arrests in Salfit since yesterday, including today.

An attempt to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of tobacco into the Gaza Strip disguised as canned food was foiled yesterday (Monday); at the Kerem Shalom crossing. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories ordered the company's permission to bring in aid to be immediately frozen.

A 55-year-old woman was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in her home in Kiryat Ata.

India: Death penalty imposed on three young men convicted of gang-raping an Israeli tourist and another woman last year, and murdering a tourist who was present at the scene.

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem: "Does Israel want war? Let it attack and start a war. We are ready to defend ourselves, and we will see what the result is."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on negotiations with Iran: "Making a deal with them is not easy - Iran is led by extremist Shiite clerics. President Trump has made it clear that he would prefer a diplomatic solution."

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[Anonymous] 14:36 17.02.2026
Shias will never surrender to Israel nor give up their weapons. They insists on being killed as martyrs on the path of their Imam Husain in Karbala.
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