Syria
The Israeli army apprehended several terrorists, while Syrian TV reported that nine members of the Jaama Islamiya terrorist organization were killed.
Peace with Damascus cannot be established given the current situation, the defense minister told Knesset members.
Prosecutors say the 19-year-old suspect targeted Jews in an ISIS-inspired attack that left a Spanish tourist gravely wounded.
The paratroopers are carrying out operations aimed at protecting Israeli civilians.
Rabbi Yosef Hamra plans to tell Congress that sanctions from the Assad era “obstruct the restoration of religious and cultural sites and impede efforts to preserve what remains of Syria’s Jewish heritage.”
Austrian prosecutors charged Khaled al-Halabi with torture in Raqqa and alleged that he acted as a Mossad double agent before fleeing to Europe.
Ambassador Tom Barrack said Damascus’ new cooperation with the U.S. may redefine ties with Israel and strengthen regional security following the Hamas ceasefire.
The Syrian president said in a newspaper interview that Jerusalem must return to its pre-Dec. 8, 2024, positions for an agreement to be finalized.
The new regime is “promoting regional security and stability as well as an inclusive, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process,” a State Department spokesman said.
“The possibility that Hamas will put aside its weapons is the same possibility that Israel will win the [World Cup],” said former Israel Security Agency head Avi Dichter.
Ahmad al-Sharaa is expected to sign an agreement to join the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS.
Lebanon is a “failed state,” Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack says.
