A new round of talks between Israel and Lebanon opened in Washington under the mediation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Lebanon is demanding a full ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, while Israel is refusing to pull back at this stage.
President Donald Trump says Iran is sending positive signals about reaching a deal. At the same time, a senior official in Iran’s military command is warning that renewed war is on the horizon.
A prosecutor’s declaration was filed in court in Be’er Sheva announcing plans to indict Hamas terrorist Ibrahim Hilo, who held the body of fallen soldier Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, of blessed memory, in Gaza for nearly a decade.
Capt. Dr. Uri Yosef Sylvester, z"l, 30, of Tel Aviv, the battalion physician for the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade, was killed by an explosive drone strike in southern Lebanon. The battalion commander and six officers and soldiers were wounded in the incident.
Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin was buried in Ashkelon, and Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati was laid to rest in Ra’anana. The two were killed in southern Lebanon after explosive drones struck their positions.
France informed Israeli defense industries and security companies that they are not welcome at EUROSATORY, one of the world’s largest defense exhibitions. Israel’s Defense Ministry responded: "France is once again choosing the wrong side of history."
A terrorist drove a car into several pedestrians at Gush Junction. An IDF soldier shot and neutralized the attacker. Two teenage girls were injured, one seriously and one moderately, and another civilian was treated for shock.
Mohammad Qalibaf, who is leading Iran’s delegation in talks with the U.S., made the remarks in response to questions from reporters in Iran. According to a report in Iran, there is opposition within the regime to discussing the nuclear issue.
France’s representatives to the U.N. asked the Security Council to hold an urgent discussion and compel Israel to stop the strikes. Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, said, "The real discussion should be about Lebanon’s transformation into an Iranian terror stronghold."
U.S. and Iranian leaders, Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei, have not yet approved the memorandum of understanding their delegations agreed on. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the nuclear issue may not be included in the initial memorandum of understanding.
A 21-year-old East Jerusalem resident who worked at a hotel in the capital allegedly passed Hamas information about activity at the hotel and other locations in Jerusalem. He also reportedly shared details about a group of Israeli Air Force school students scheduled to stay there, who were allegedly being considered as targets for a suicide attack.
Officials in Jerusalem and Washington believe Hezbollah has stepped up its fire toward northern Israel in an effort to sabotage direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. Delegations from both countries met yesterday at the Pentagon and agreed to hold another meeting later this week.
A ballistic missile launched from Iran was intercepted near Kuwait, which condemned the attack. U.S. Central Command also confirmed that Iranian drones were launched toward a U.S. military vessel. The hostile aircraft were intercepted.
Iranian media reported that a preliminary agreement has been reached with the U.S. It reportedly includes a withdrawal of American forces from the Arabian Sea and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping under joint Iranian-Omani supervision. The White House responded: “A complete fabrication.”
The attacker had taken cover last week inside a church building in one of the villages in southern Lebanon and opened fire on a Maglan unit. Maj. Itamar Sapir, z"l, was killed in the attack. The IDF now says the attacker was located and eliminated. The military also carried out strikes tonight in the Tyre area.
Israel’s Police Internal Investigations Department says it questioned an officer serving in Lahav 433 on suspicion of maintaining contact with an Iranian intelligence agent. He was released under restrictive conditions.
Harvard University has included four anti-Israel activists on its fellowship list for the coming academic year: a filmmaker focused on the "Nakba," a "journalist" for a Qatari-owned newspaper, an English professor at a Gaza university linked to Hamas, and a professor who described Israel as an "eco-fascist state."
Forty-four Knesset members voted in favor of the daycare subsidy bill, which would base eligibility for daycare assistance on the toddler’s mother rather than the father. Thirty-seven lawmakers opposed it, while members of the Religious Zionism faction were absent from the vote.
A Hezbollah operative was killed in Lebanon while collecting an unmanned aerial vehicle. Overnight, for the first time, an early warning alert was activated for rocket fire from Lebanon toward the Galilee panhandle.
Muhammad Oudeh, who took over the terror group’s military wing just 10 days ago after Izz al-Din Haddad was killed, was reportedly eliminated last night in a safe apartment in Gaza. At the same time, a senior Hamas intelligence official was struck and critically wounded.
