Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji also criticized Hezbollah and Iran, saying that Tehran's regional policy 'is a source of instability' and its influence on Lebanon is negative. He urged Iran to 'stop financing an illegal organization'

The investigation by Israel's state comptroller will suffice with minor reprimands of political leaders while focusing on the security establishment's blunders, just in time for the Knesset elections. Until then, related witch hunts and harassment efforts will escalate

Eitan Mor, who was among the 20 Israeli hostages released as part of the U.S.-brokered Gaza cease-fire deal in October, told an Israeli news site that the hunger in Gaza City began 'about a month' after October 7 – creating especially difficult conditions in the tunnels – and that he met the current leader of Hamas in Gaza twice

The game's main guest was released hostage Omri Miran, who celebrated his return in an emotional ceremony as fans packed the home court and the team's power forward delivered a record-setting performance to mark European basketball's comeback to Israel. 'This is a return to normalcy,' coach Oded Kattash said

The climate is changing, reshaping our landscape, our economy, and our way of life, creating new risks and intensifying old ones. We must plan for this change, strengthen our emergency and rescue services, and stop wasting resources on West Bank settlements and on blind vengeance in Gaza

Israel's Meteorological Service called the rainfall 'exceptional,' as humanitarian aid organizations in Gaza warned the storm would have a dire effect on the health of displaced persons residing in tents and buildings weakened by the war

Trump administration pressures mediators for Hamas disarmament and Israel to forgo the Yellow Line border, to secure Board of Peace's ability to govern the entire Strip and deploy the international stabilization force

As the presumed compatibility of 'American interests' and 'Jewish aims' collapses, and Israel increasingly rejects democratic principles, Jewish communities face a new reality

Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both partners of the coalition seeking to be involved in Gaza's future, have yet to settle their local conflicts in Yemen and Sudan, which have taken hundreds of thousands of lives. For now, it seems the United States will continue to take a neutral stand

The Social Equality minister used a letter written to police by the Arab mayors' council head expressing general support in the fight against Arab community crime as evidence that Arab leaders supported her diverting funds to the Shin Bet to combat crime

Likud remains the largest in the Knesset with 27 seats, two up from last week, a Channel 12 News poll finds. Former PM Naftali Bennett's party gains one seat to reach 22, while Yair Golan's Democrats party drops one seat to 11 and Smotrich's Religious Zionism party falls below the threshold

Hamas controls the enclave with an iron fist, no one has volunteered to disarm it and Netanyahu is in no hurry to press on – but the U.S. president wants a win ■ On the northern front, Hezbollah's new motto has become 'Survival is victory'

There can no longer be any doubt: The conduct of Israel's president is a national disgrace ■ Does anyone really believe that after a pardon, Netanyahu will roll back his assault on democracy? ■ Galit Distel Atbaryan, a modern-day Joseph McCarthy

With thousands of members, a quarter-million social media followers, and a spot on TIME's list of emerging leaders, 'Standing Together' co-founder Alon Lee-Green is charting a new course for Israel's fractured political opposition