Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a rare note of optimism about the possibility of a deal to secure the release of the remaining 101 hostages as he spoke with the Likud faction in the Knesset on Monday.
“Hamas is putting forward conditions that we can’t agree to,” Netanyahu said, adding that it now seemed that “those conditions could be rescinded.
Go to the full article >>Maj. Guy Yaacov Nezri succumbed to his wounds from fighting in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Monday.
Go to the full article >>Israel's Knesset plenum approved final voting for two bills aimed at blocking the activity in areas under Israeli control of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), which services Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.
Go to the full article >>Senior hostage negotiator Brig.-Gen. Oren Setter resigned from the negotiating team on Monday, according to KAN News.
Setter, who served as deputy to Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, and was instrumental in shaping the current negotiation framework. He reportedly resigned due to a lack of progress in talks.
Go to the full article >>Israel is determined to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset as he touted the IDF's successful strike against the Islamic Republic's conventional military targets, including its production of anti-ballistic missiles.
"Stopping the Iranian nuclear program is at the forefront of our minds, and for obvious reasons, I cannot share with you all our plans and actions in this regard," Netanyahu said as he addressed the opening plenum of the Knesset's winter session.
Go to the full article >>Mossad Chief David Barnea returned from Doha, where he held talks on a new framework for an agreement to secure the release of the remaining 101 hostages there.
Go to the full article >>Just days after the US bolstered Israeli air defense by deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and 100 soldiers, Israel on Saturday carried out a large retaliatory strike on Iran. An estimated 100 Israeli aircraft participated in the hourslong operation over Iran's night skies.
Go to the full article >>Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei claimed that "many indications and evidence" suggest Israeli involvement in an October 26 attack that killed Iranian security forces near Pakistan’s border, Shafaq News reported Monday.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there was no possibility of a two-day ceasefire for the return of four hostages in comments during a Likud party meeting on Monday.
Go to the full article >>The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Tyre in southern Lebanon on Monday for the second time over the past few days, the IDF announced.
The Air Force struck warehouses of weapons and anti-tank missiles, military buildings, and observation posts of various Hezbollah combat units in Tyre.
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