Responding to appeals from religious lawmakers asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to exempt ultra-Orthodox draft-dodgers from travel sanctions, the deputy attorney general ruled that such arrangements are unlawful

Netanyahu's far-right police minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is pushing for violent measures in protests for a hostage deal and Gaza cease-fire. The police chief backs his officers, but some point to tensions within the force

Many Gazans believe that as long as the U.S. president doesn't put pressure on Netanyahu, the mediators' efforts will merely underscore the irrelevance of Arab states and the wider international community as Israel eyes Gaza City