IDF forces took control of another boat headed toward Gaza in open waters. According to intelligence information, about twenty additional vessels are making their way to the area along a different maritime route. The IDF is preparing to intercept them.
A young man was speaking Hebrew on his cellphone on a London street when five Arabic-speaking suspects allegedly attacked him and beat him until he collapsed. No arrests have been made so far.
A request has been filed with the International Criminal Court in The Hague seeking the arrest of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The prosecution alleges his involvement in offenses against the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria. Similar requests may also be filed against ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and ישראל כ"ץ.
Under a defense agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, 8,000 Pakistani troops and dozens of fighter jets have been deployed inside the kingdom. At the same time, Pakistan’s government is mediating between Iran and the United States in an effort to reach an agreement to end the war.
The Forum of Professors for National Resilience said it sent an urgent letter to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich demanding that he invoke the “Nakba Law” and cut funding to Tel Aviv University, following a protest by Arab students in which calls were reportedly heard praising shahids.
The U.S. rejected Iran’s proposal to end the war. President Donald Trump is convening a meeting with top security officials while also launching a broadside against parts of the American media.
Mohammed Oudeh, Hamas’s military intelligence chief, has been appointed commander of the group’s military wing. He is described as the last remaining senior Hamas figure involved in planning and carrying out the October 7, 2023 massacre in the communities near Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he reviewed the affidavit submitted to the High Court by Brig. Gen. G., which supports Roman Gofman’s version of events at the center of the petition. Netanyahu said: "There are no words to describe the injustice done to Gofman."
Pakistan reportedly passed a new Iranian proposal to the U.S. aimed at advancing an agreement between Tehran and Washington. According to the report, Iran is committing not to produce nuclear weapons. The American president is expected to discuss the issue with the security cabinet.
Fatah’s general conference convened in Ramallah and selected new members for the movement’s governing body. Among those chosen was Yasser Abbas, the son of Mahmoud Abbas. Also elected was Zakaria Zubeidi, the former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Jenin, who was released from Israeli prison in the most recent hostage deal.
At the direction of Defense Minister ישראל כ"ץ, the head of Central Command signed an amendment to the order allowing the death penalty law for terrorists to be applied in the West Bank. The law applies to terrorists who, God forbid, murder Israelis and are captured alive.
Capt. Maoz Yisrael Rekanti הי"ד was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The officer was killed in combat in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone strike. His mother, Ayelet, said: "You demanded of yourself Torah learning, modesty, to be a man of pure and spotless truth."
According to a U.S. report, the American administration is considering asking Israel to transfer a significant portion of Palestinian tax revenues to the Peace Council set up to manage Gaza. The money would be used to rebuild the Strip.
The United Arab Emirates said it intercepted two drones that entered the country from the west. A separate drone struck a nuclear power station, causing damage. The assessment: the Houthis were behind the attack, acting on Iran’s orders. Iranian media also published the terms of a U.S. proposal that Tehran rejected.
The IDF said it killed Bahaa' Baroud in the Gaza Strip, identifying him as a commander in Hamas's operations headquarters. According to the military, Baroud was involved in planning and advancing numerous terror attacks against IDF forces in Gaza.
Capt. Maoz Yisrael Rekanti, 24, of Itamar, a platoon commander in Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is the second soldier from the battalion to fall within 24 hours, and the 20th IDF casualty since the start of the ground maneuver in Lebanon following the launch of Operation "Lion’s Roar."
The U.S. administration said talks between Israel and Lebanon ended with an agreement to extend the ceasefire by 45 days. Hezbollah responded with drones and explosive UAVs aimed at northern Israel, while the IDF carried out strikes in southern Lebanon.
Ezz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’s military wing and one of the architects of the October 7 massacre, was killed in a strike on his hideout apartment in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered heightened readiness in southern Israel.
A U.S. special operations force, working with the Nigerian military, killed Abu Bilal Abu-Minuki, the deputy leader of ISIS worldwide. He was killed in a hideout after fleeing the Iraq-Syria region.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar have directed the Foreign Ministry's legal team to sue The New York Times over reports alleging severe abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry says the stories relied on a Hamas-linked propaganda organization.
