President Donald Trump said he is giving Iran a matter of days to reach an agreement, saying the deadline is Sunday. Iran also confirmed a report that it is demanding compensation for damage caused during the war.
IDF officer Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir of Ariel, a company commander in the reserve battalion of the Maglan unit, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is survived by his wife and their year-and-a-half-old son.
The government of Somaliland announced that it will open its embassy in Jerusalem. The embassy is expected to open next month at an event attended by Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi. It will be the eighth foreign embassy to begin operating in Jerusalem.
Democrat Adam Hamawy, who served as a defense witness for Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, one of the figures behind terror attacks in the U.S., is now a leading candidate in New Jersey’s House race. Families of those killed and survivors of the attacks have published letters of condemnation.
With approval from the attorney general’s office, prosecutors instructed police to carry out additional investigative steps in the case known as the "Qatar-Gate" affair. Among those called in to testify were several diplomatic correspondents.
The IDF said it struck a Hamas weapons warehouse and a rocket launch shaft in northern Gaza. Dozens of rockets, launchers, and explosive devices were reportedly stored at the site.
A 17-year-old Palestinian suspect from the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem had been wanted for a week after allegedly throwing an improvised explosive device at Rachel’s Tomb. No worshippers were hurt, and Border Police forces later found him at his home and transferred him to the Shin Bet.
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.
