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Dermer leads delegation for hostage deal negotiations • Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar to step down • Katz threatens to attack Iran as Trump tries to cut a nuclear deal
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 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,” Katz told the IDF high command. “Israel will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, and we [are] prepared – of course, in a deep dialogue with the US.”
Go to the full article >>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.
A Hamas official reportedly told AFP on Saturday that the terror group had expressed its willingness to reach an agreement to end the war in Gaza, which would include a one-time release of all the remaining hostages in exchange for a five-year ceasefire.
Go to the full article >>'Good riddance': Gov't leaders react to Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar's resignation
Several members of Knesset applauded Bar for making "the right and appropriate decision," while others decried the move, saying he had already been fired.
Opposition head Yair Lapid applauded Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar's decision to resign on Monday, writing that Bar "made the right and appropriate decision," on X/Twitter.
"Of those responsible for the greatest failure in the country's history, only one remains holding on to the chair. The people of Israel deserve elections now," he added.
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.