1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted an emergency meeting Sunday on efforts to free hostages held in Gaza with group of ministers and the top security brass, who said that agreeing to an end to the war with Hamas was the only way to reach a deal to free the captives. https://lnk.sk/iiy3
- Families of American victims of the October 7 attacks led by Hamas have filed suit in a US federal court against Iran and an array of linked terror groups, presenting what they say is new proof of Tehran’s involvement in the attack. https://lnk.sk/rtjs
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IRAN 🇮🇷
- The Israeli attack on Iran on Oct. 26 destroyed the Taleghan 2 facility, an active, top secret nuclear weapons research facility in the Parchin military complex. https://lnk.sk/pwnw
- Iran has reportedly chosen Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as his successor. The transition could occur even before the elder Khamenei, 85, passes away, as he battles a serious illness.
- Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi, head of the parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, warned that all Israeli facilities are „legitimate targets“ for the Islamic Republic. He threatened retaliation „far more severe“ than previous operations against Israel.
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HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON 🇱🇧
- Around 20 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the Western Galilee and Haifa Bay area Sunday morning. Air defenses intercepted some rockets, while the rest landed in open areas.
- IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon: ”We will continue to fight, move forward, strike deep and hit Hezbollah very hard”.
- Hezbollah acknowledges today’s Beirut killing of Muhammad Afif, the Chief Propagandist and Spokesperson of Hezbollah. He played a critical role in executing attacks against Israel.
- Lebanon has informed the US administration of its agreement to the proposed ceasefire terms. US mediator Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Tuesday. https://lnk.sk/fro8
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ISRAEL 🇮🇱
- Two flares were identified as being fired near the Prime Minister’s residence in Caesarea, landing in the property’s yard at Saturday.
- The apparent motivation behind the leak of a highly classified military intelligence document to Germany’s Bild newspaper was to alleviate public pressure and criticism against Netanyahu following the murder of six high-profile hostages by Hamas in late August. https://lnk.sk/gego
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GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so-called West Bank)
- Hamas leaders have relocated from Qatar, a U.S.-designated ally, to Turkey, a key NATO member, raising serious security and geopolitical concerns. https://lnk.sk/kram
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USA 🇺🇸
- John Thune the new majority leader of the Senate says the US must pass legislation threatening the International Criminal Court with sanctions if it seeks arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister and others. https://lnk.sk/jney
- On November 16, 2024, a group of masked neo-Nazis marched through downtown Columbus, Ohio, displaying swastika flags and shouting racial slurs and antisemitic messages.
Sources: Times of Israel, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Israel Realtime, Jewish Breaking News and the sources cited directly in some reports
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