Israeli Katz says he and PM Netanyahu ordered military to prepare to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons

Ukraine announces landmark military service reforms with pay raises, fixed terms, and expanded foreign recruitment.

Ukraine has announced landmark military service reforms that include pay raises, fixed terms, and expanded eligibility for foreigners.

Putin sets Russian Armed Forces authorized strength at 2.399 million personnel, including 1.51 million servicemen, per TASS.

Putin has set the authorized strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 2 million 399 thousand personnel, including 1 million 510 thousand military servicemen.

IDF says it killed three militant commanders in Gaza Strip, including Islamic Jihad platoon commanders and a Hamas deputy company commander, in precision strikes. Military says they were planning imminent attacks. Separate strikes hit three Hamas weapons storage sites in central Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it had killed three militant commanders in the Gaza Strip in precise strikes carried out a day earlier. The IDF identified them as Qasslam Hassan Saleh and Sami Jamil Abu Dalal, platoon commanders in Islamic Jihad, and Ubay Mamoun Saleh Farwana, a deputy company commander of Hamas. The military said the three were involved in planning imminent attacks against Israeli troops and posed an immediate threat. In a separate statement, the IDF said its forces struck and dismantled three Hamas weapons storage sites in central Gaza overnight.

Sirens sound in northern Israel after hostile aircraft enter Israeli airspace, military says.

Israel's military reported sirens for hostile aircraft invading several northern areas.