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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington for Lindsey Graham's funeral, with efforts underway to arrange a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Just before *Shabbat*, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that understandings had been reached with the Lebanese government and that a framework agreement had been signed between the two countries. The IDF will gradually transfer responsibility in certain areas to the Lebanese army, while Israel will retain freedom of action until Hezbollah is disarmed.

A legal filing by the U.S. Department of Justice reveals that Elon Musk’s Grok AI system was integrated into the Pentagon’s strike planning involving Iran. The disclosure is fueling public and political controversy over the military use of artificial intelligence.

Amid the exchange of fire between Washington and Tehran, President Donald Trump said that "the Iranian military is in total disarray, the bully of the Middle East is dead!" In a follow-up interview with Fox News, he escalated his tone: "I am close to ordering additional strikes in Iran."

Lebanon signals progress as it readies for a two-day round in Washington. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said: "We are not going in the direction of normalization, but toward peace. Lebanon launched the Arab Peace Initiative."

Today in Washington, the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Lebanon demands that the IDF stop demolishing buildings in southern Lebanon. A Lebanese official: "This is a condition for continuing the talks"

Israel’s and Lebanon’s ambassadors in Washington meet tomorrow for another round of talks. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun sets an initial condition of an IDF withdrawal from Lebanese territory and calls for at least a one-month ceasefire. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: "Hezbollah is a shared enemy of Israel and Lebanon. It harms Lebanon’s future."