A special ministerial committee, headed by Likud Minister Amichai Chikli, began the hearing process regarding the dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday.

Ten terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal in 2011 and exiled to the Gaza Strip were killed in an IDF airstrike in Gaza in a joint operation by the Shin Bet and IDF over the past week. Two the slain terrorists, Bassem Abu Sanina and Riyad Assila, were responsible for the murder of Israeli civilian Chaim Karman, H’yd, in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem in 1998. Before his imprisonment, Assila was an operative in the military wing of Hamas and a member of the “West Bank Headquarters”—the organization’s operational arm in Gaza for carrying out attacks in Yehuda and Shomron. After he was deported to Gaza, he served as an operative in Hamas’s “Jerusalem Department,” overseeing the recruitment of terrorists from East Jerusalem and the planning of additional attacks.

Elmo, the Sesame Street character, is usually associated with feel-good, child-friendly messages, but the account was hacked late Sunday night and began spewing hate-filled antisemitic messages, including “Kill All Jews.” The hacked account also spewed conspiracy theories, stating, “DONALD TRUMP IS NETANYAHU’S PUPPET BECAUSE HE IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. JEWS CONTROL THE WORLD AND NEED TO BE EXTERMINATED.” It ended with a final message: “Kill all Jews.” The nonprofit that runs Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop, issued a statement saying that the account had been hacked. “Elmo’s X account was compromised today by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts. We are working to restore full control of the account,” it said.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday morning responded sharply to the announcement by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara that she intends to prosecute his former advisor Yonatan Urich in the matter of the “leaks case” at the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu said, “The Attorney General’s disgraceful announcement of the intention to prosecute Yonatan Urich, specifically at this time, is an unfortunate decision that raises serious questions.” “I am familiar with the details, and I state unequivocally: there was no harm to state security. Yonatan did not harm state security.” “This is an absurd, baseless move—intended to serve a different agenda and not the public’s interest,” Netanyahu concluded.

The search for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for, the private security firms involved said Monday. The announcement came as satellite photos show long, trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C sank, as well as another where the sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas by the Iranian-backed Houthis took place. Both ships were attacked over a week ago by the rebels as part of their campaign targeting vessels over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that’s upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which $1 trillion of goods usually passes a year.

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri has conveyed a message to elements within Shas that the party is preparing to withdraw from the government “within a few days” over the Chareidi draft law crisis. According to a Kan News report on Sunday evening, Deri said that “if UTJ withdraws from the government this week, Shas will join the move a few days later. Initially, the two parties will not act to dissolve the Knesset but will make another effort for the approval of the draft law from the outside.” He added, “If this does not happen, the [Chareidi] parties will call for the dissolution of the Knesset at the beginning of the next session.” Channel 14 News reported that due to the crisis over the draft law, Deri did not participate in the political-security cabinet meeting on Sunday evening.

In a daring and little-known operation in recent weeks, the IDF rescued a group of Palestinian collaborators who were trapped beneath a collapsed building in southern Gaza, Channel 12 reported Sunday evening. The individuals had reportedly been sent by the IDF to conduct a search operation inside the structure. During the mission, the building collapsed, injuring several members of the group. In response, Israeli forces launched a rescue operation to extract them from the rubble. A specially dispatched military helicopter carrying elite Unit 669 rescue soldiers and a combat physician was deployed to the scene. One of the injured Palestinians received lifesaving treatment on site before being airlifted to an Israeli hospital for further care.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the Iranian regime is “in deep trouble” and pushed for an “exceptional deal” to curb its nuclear and military ambitions, during an hour-long interview with Mark Levin aired on Fox News. The interview, filmed during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington last week, was one of three he granted to American media outlets. Notably, he did not sit for any interviews with the Israeli press traveling with him. Netanyahu laid out the conditions he believes should form the foundation of any future agreement with Tehran: “No uranium enrichment, as President Trump and I have always insisted. No ballistic missiles beyond 300 miles, as stipulated by international treaties.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reportedly promised Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Israel will fully resume its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza after the conclusion of the proposed 60-day ceasefire currently under discussion in Doha, according to a Channel 12 report. In a series of behind-the-scenes meetings, Netanyahu is said to have assured Smotrich that the pause in fighting will serve as a strategic intermission — not a conclusion. “After the pause, we will transfer the population in the Strip southward and impose a siege [on northern Gaza],” Netanyahu reportedly told the minister, outlining plans to isolate Hamas from the civilian population to facilitate renewed operations.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is under fire after quietly slashing the city’s investment in Israel Bonds—prompting a fierce rebuke from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, which accuses Lander of appeasing the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. A letter sent Sunday by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro blasts Lander for what the mayor’s office calls a “sustained and coordinated decision” to divest from Israel, noting that the city’s pension holdings in Israel Bonds plummeted from “tens of millions” to just $1.2 million under Lander’s watch. The only fund still holding the bonds is the Police Pension Fund.