Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is expected to visit Washington and Miami this week to discuss a hostage deal and the topic of Iran during meetings, two sources familiar with the matter told Walla on Sunday.
According to the sources, Dermer's meetings will be held with senior Biden administration officials and advisors to President-elect Donald Trump.
Go to the full article >>The IDF killed several armed Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon that were located near a church, Israel's military said on Sunday evening.
It emphasized that the IDF operated in southern Lebanon to remove "threats to the State of Israel" that were "in violation" of Israel's ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.
The eliminated terrorists were operatives in the Hezbollah Khiam ground defense, anti-tank missile, and artillery units, and shot at the troops from the church, the IDF said.
It also noted that after the elimination of the terrorists, troops scanned the church area and located a tunnel shaft containing weapons.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been more receptive to the idea of incentivizing the emigration of Gazans from the Gaza Strip, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir suggested in an interview on Army Radio on Sunday.
“I want encouragement of emigration [of Gazans out of the Gaza Strip]. I think we need to allow them to emigrate at will,” he told Army Radio, adding that he was working to coordinate with Netanyahu on this.
Go to the full article >>The IDF is expected to publish some of the results of some of its war crimes probes of its own soldiers in the near future, following the recent decision by the International Criminal Court to approve arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Although some of the probes are already more than a year old and theoretically could have had a decision published earlier, there has been massive domestic political pressure against publicizing results related to alleged crimes by IDF soldiers.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has been monitoring the Syrian rebel attack and also stated his intent to strongly enforce Israel's ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, Sunday GPO footage showed.
The statements were said during a UN Security Council meeting at the Tel Hashomer base, which was held alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz. The two met with recruits from Israel's Armored Corps and spoke to them.
Go to the full article >>The IDF and Shin Bet killed terrorist Wael Lahluh, who murdered Israeli citizen Yonatan Deutsch, Israel's military announced on Sunday evening.
Lahluh, aged 31, was a resident of the West Bank's Qabatiya, the IDF said. It added that he was the head of a terrorist cell at the time he was killed in the Israeli strike.
Go to the full article >>A significant majority - 71% - of the Israeli public supports a hostage deal that would end the war in Gaza, a Channel 12 poll published Friday found.
Just 15% opposed such a deal, and 14% said they did not know how they felt about this deal, Channel 12 reported.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has been monitoring the Syrian rebel attack that began on Saturday, Sunday GPO footage showed.
The statement was said during a UN Security Council meeting in Tel Hashomer, which was held alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Netanyahu said, "We constantly monitor what is happening in Syria. We are determined both to protect Israel’s vital interests and to preserve the achievements of the war."
He added that "in this sense, we also enforce the ceasefire agreement [with Lebanon] very strictly, and every violation is immediately met with a powerful response from the IDF. That is how it has been and how it will continue to be. We will keep safeguarding Israel’s security.”
Go to the full article >>The Defense Ministry on Sunday rolled out the opening of a campaign to finance safe rooms in the North following the ceasefire signed with Hezbollah last week.
Go to the full article >>Hamas is open to a ceasefire agreement and may be more open to compromise than it has previously been, according to the Saudi-owned news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday, citing Palestinian sources familiar with the matter.
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