IDF's haredi Hashmonaim Brigade completes first operational activity in southern Syria

Also on Thursday, soldiers of the IDF's Brigade 636 killed a terrorist who threw stones at them near the village of Luban al-Sharqiyya in the West Bank during an overnight ambush.

Soldiers of the Hashmonaim Brigade complete first operational activity in southern Syria, January 1, 2026.

Soldiers of the Hashmonaim Brigade complete first operational activity in southern Syria, January 1, 2026.

(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

JANUARY 1, 2026 17:50

Updated: JANUARY 1, 2026 18:37