Yesterday, the IDF announced that one soldier of the 13th Battalion of the 1st "Golani" Infantry Brigade was killed in fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

They also stated that 5 additional soldiers were injured to varying degrees in the same incident.

This brings the total confirmed IDF casualties in Lebanon since the beginning of the war to 62, including 12 killed and 50 injured.

Hezbollah is shelling the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, with rockets.

The Kremlin announced that a 32-hour Easter truce will take place from 4pm on Sunday April 11 to 11:59pm on Monday April 12, where Russian forces will cease all hostilities.

They stated that they will be prepared to counter any Ukrainian threats, but called on the Ukrainian side to follow suit.

Hezbollah attacked northern Israel with several long range rockets.

Out of 4 rockets launched to Haifa, 1 was intercepted by the iron dome while the rest impacted. Israeli media claim the impacts occurred in open areas.

A Scud tactical ballistic missile was launched from the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon to central Israel, but failed in flight and sirens were not activated.

Additionally, a salvo of rockets was launched towards the city of Nahariyya.

Zelensky expressed that Ukraine intends follow the Easter truce, claiming that Ukraine proposed the truce, not Russia.

Yesterday, another exchange of dead soldiers took place between Russia and Ukraine.

41 Russian bodies were exchanged for 1,000 Ukrainian bodies.

The IDF released footage showing an airstrike on a Hezbollah rocket launcher reportedly used to attack northern Israel earlier today. Secondary detonations of ammunition are visible in the video.

They claimed that they struck a total of 10 Hezbollah rocket launchers involved in the shelling over the last few hours, and that airstrikes against additional launchers are still ongoing.

A drone was shot down near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, a short time ago.

Ballistic missile launch from Lebanon

Flying to Ashdod, central Israel

Sirens in Ashdod

The ballistic missile was intercepted over Tel Aviv

Debris is now falling in Tel Aviv

The sirens in Tel Aviv were triggered because of the threat of falling Debris after the interception. The missile was aimed at northern Ashdod.

Israeli fighter jet activity over Beirut.

It's April 2026 and Zelensky still thinks Pokrovsk holds. Pokrovsk fell nearly 5 months ago.

Also, we're seeing another example of the propaganda tactic of creating fake deadlines for Russia that Russia never made any mention of, and then when Russia obviously doesn't reach these deadlines, claiming their entire offensive failed again.

Russia does not intend to take Druzhkivka or Kostyantynivka by the end of April.

Today (April 9), Hezbollah published a total of 72 statements regarding recent operations targeting Israel and the IDF in Israel and southern Lebanon, down 87 on April 7. No statements were published on April 8 due to Hezbollah's brief cessation of fire following the ceasefire with Iran.

This brings their total stated operations since the beginning of the war to 1,535, with an average of 42.29 per day since March 2.

Note: Hezbollah only announces a small fraction of the total operations carried out against the IDF, and often combines multiple attacks into one statement. This graph only counts total Hezbollah statements.