Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar announces resignation date, Katz threatens to attack Iran
Netanyahu on trial • Haredim protest against IDF draft orders • Netanyahu says Iran's nuclear program must go • Hostage family provides details of captivity
Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar to step down on June 15
Bar made the announcement at the memorial event for fallen Shin Bet personnel at the Shin Bet headquarters.
Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar announced he will leave his position on June 15, he announced at the memorial event for fallen Shin Bet personnel at the Shin Bet headquarters on Monday.
"After 35 years of service, in order to allow for an orderly process of appointing a permanent successor and ensuring a professional handover, I will conclude my role on June 15, 2025," Bar said in his announcement, adding that he chose to announce the end of his term "on an evening that symbolizes remembrance, heroism, and sacrifice."
Bar stated that every public servant who "failed to provide a blanket of security" on October 7 needed to "bow our heads humbly before the murdered, the fallen, the wounded, the hostages, and their families, and act accordingly. All of us."
Go to the full article >>Katz threatens to attack Iran as Trump tries to cut a contested nuclear deal
This comes after sources told The Jerusalem Post that Israel had potentially missed its chance to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.
With the tone of the news showing US President Donald Trump getting ever closer to a new nuclear deal with Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday, in speaking to the IDF high command, re-issued a threat that Israel remained ready to attack Tehran's nuclear program.
"The central mission is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Israel will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, and we prepared, of course, in a deep dialogue with the US," said Katz.
The defense minister added that in Israel's broader wars and in its fight against Iran, "we know we have someone to count on when, in the end, we will be required to undertake decisions. We know that there is someone to execute them: and this is true in any place, including with Iran - if there is a need to act [attack], there is someone who will do it."
Go to the full article >>British PM to host Palestinian Authority PM in London
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa will visit British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the British government said in a statement on Monday.
This will be the first official Palestinian Authority Prime Ministerial visit to the UK since 2021.
Go to the full article >>Yemen's Houthis vow to continue attacks in Red, Arabian seas after suspected US strike
Yemen's Houthis vowed to continue attacks in the Red and Arabian seas after a suspected US strike, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement on Monday.
His statements come after a suspected US airstrike that killed at least 68 people at a detention center for African migrants in Yemen in what was one of the deadliest so far in six weeks.
Go to the full article >>Iran proposes meeting with Europeans before next talks with US, diplomats say
Iran has proposed meeting the European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal possibly in Rome this Friday if talks resume with the United States, four diplomats said on Monday, cautioning that there had yet to be a response from the Europeans to the idea.
Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resumed in Oman on Saturday and after talks with Russia and China last week.
Omani officials have said a new round of US-Iran talks could be held on May 3 in Europe. No formal decision has been taken.
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Israel rejects five-year Gaza ceasefire deal that would allow Hamas 'time to rearm,' official says
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said the Israeli officials' comment proved "the government has no plan" to free hostages.
Israel will not agree to any truce with Hamas that would allow the terrorist group to “rearm, recover, and continue its war against the State of Israel with greater intensity,” Israeli officials said on Monday, following reports of a five-year ceasefire proposed by Egypt.
Go to the full article >>Israel not involved in Iran port explosion, in touch with US over nuclear deal
Israel "maintains a dialogue with the Americans" over nuclear deal talks with Iran, a political source told The Jerusalem Post.
There is no known connection between Israel and the deadly explosion at the Iranian port in Bander Abbas, a political source told reporters Monday.
Go to the full article >>WATCH: Precision strike on Israel: Why did the IDF risk a high-stakes strike against Hezbollah?
IDF sources implied to The Jerusalem Post that air force strikes in Beirut indicated a more serious threat in Lebanon.
The IDF struck this week terror infrastructure in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh in southern Beirut. The Israel Air Force strike was a risky move, and defense sources indicated to The Jerusalem Post's senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst, Yonah Jeremy Bob, that this would only have been made due to a more dangerous and unusual threat.
Go to the full article >>IDF not worthy of defending Israel if hostages not returned, Eyal Zamir says
While Zamir also mentioned in the speech achieving “victory,” a reference to defeating Hamas, he highlighted returning the hostages as his primary message.
The test of whether the IDF is worthy of its role as the defenders of Israel is whether it succeeds in returning the hostages held by Hamas, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said at a ceremony at Mount Herzl honoring Israel’s fallen security forces on Monday as part of Remembrance Day and week in Israel.
Go to the full article >>UN secretary-general whitewashes UNRWA's involvement in October 7, Sa'ar alleges
"At this very moment, the ICJ is beginning deliberations in another shameful proceeding against Israel," Sa'ar said.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar stated that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is responsible for what happened with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its involvement in the October 7 massacre during a press conference on Monday.
He knew what was happening at UNRWA and engaged in whitewashing, and continues to do so, Sa'ar alleged.
Go to the full article >>Israel at war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
- 59 hostages remain in Gaza.
- 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
- The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
- The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4 a.m.
- Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.