1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ HOSTAGES 🎗️
- After US Secretary of State Blinken meets with hostage families, he and President Herzog deliver remarks, noting the opportunity to bring hostage home in the wake of Sinwar’s death. https://lnk.sk/vbd4
- The governance of Gaza the day after the war and the potential for a hostage deal were among the topics raised during Netanyahu’s meeting with Blinken in Jerusalem on Tuesday. https://lnk.sk/dvbh
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IRAN 🇮🇷 ISRAEL 🇮🇱 USA 🇺🇸
- Iran and Hezbollah’s assassination attempt can’t be disregarded, Prime Minister Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Blinken during their meeting in Jerusalem. https://lnk.sk/efbq
- Iran issued a threat, stating, „If Israel responds by killing Khamenei, it will encounter an attack on economic, nuclear, military facilities, and airports,“ as reported by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
- Israel is expected to launch a major military operation within the next 4-6 days or possibly sooner, with all plans and preparations reportedly complete…
- To prevent leaks, Israel is keeping the attack plan on Iran top secret. Cabinet ministers will not be informed, and the Air Force will only receive the exact target shortly before the operation.
- Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani announced that Iran and Saudi Arabia are planning a joint naval exercise in the Red Sea region.
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LEBANON 🇱🇧
- IDF says it has confirmed presumed Nasrallah successor Safieddine was killed in Oct. 4 strike https://lnk.sk/ctjp
- Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah weapon depots in Beirut’s southern suburb issuing evacuation warnings before the strikes, as part of steps to mitigate civilian harm. https://lnk.sk/kpj7
- Hizbullah operatives captured in southern Lebanon disclosed during interrogation that they paid off UNIFIL personnel to use their positions. https://lnk.sk/ekac
- Two Israeli reservists was killed and three were wounded in a Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israel on Tuesday when a million people were forced to spent one hour in bomb shelters. https://lnk.sk/afkf
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SAMARIA & JUDEA (tzv. Západný breh), GAZA
- Seven East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting attacks in Israel on the Islamic Republic’s behalf. https://lnk.sk/xpqx
- Israel’s COGAT military agency in charge of humanitarian aid says it facilitated the entry of 237 aid trucks into northern Gaza since October 14. https://lnk.sk/gfix
- Civilians in Gaza are being shot by Hamas terrorists while trying to evacuate from Jabalya amid a renewed IDF offensive, an Israeli paramedic said Monday. https://lnk.sk/rzlm
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USA 🇺🇸
- American Jews are almost universally supportive of Israel (86%), while a mere 5% say they are not, according to a poll made by Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. https://lnk.sk/ilbw
- British Airways has suspended all flights to Israel until March 2025, citing concerns over safety and high insurance premiums.
Source: Israel Realtime, Sky News Arabic, Israel Hayon, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post and the sources cited in each report
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