The Shin Bet announced the arrest of three Israeli citizens suspected of conspiring with ISIS operatives in Syria to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli forces. The suspects, all residents of the northern Israeli town of Ar’ara, allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and were in the early stages of planning attacks within Israel’s borders, according to a joint investigation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police’s Coastal District. Authorities say the plot began to take shape following a violent confrontation between the suspects and Border Police officers in January. In the wake of the clash, the men reportedly escalated their radicalization and began establishing contact with ISIS agents abroad—specifically operatives stationed in war-torn Syria.

At a session of the UN Security Council dedicated to developments in the Middle East, Acting US Alternate Representative to the UN John Kelley condemned antisemitism and reaffirmed America’s firm backing of Israel, while sharply criticizing Hamas for both its violent conduct and for blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Kelley opened his remarks by mourning the loss of two victims of a deadly attack at a Jewish event in Washington: Israeli Embassy official Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen. “Yaron and Sarah were murdered for no other reason than the assailant wanted to kill Jews,” he said. “It is horrific and shameful. We can and must do better to combat the sickening rise in antisemitism around the world.”

Video footage captured the IDF’s latest air strikes on southern Lebanon.

WH PRESS SECRETARY: “I can confirm that Special Envoy Witkoff and the President submitted a ceasefire proposal to Hamas that Israel backed and supported… We hope that a ceasefire in Gaza will take place so we can return all of the hostages home.”

Lebanese media reports a wave of airstrikes carried out in southern Lebanon a short while ago.

(AP) – Israel has accepted a new U.S.

A new draft proposal crafted by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff outlines a two-stage deal in which Hamas would return ten live hostages and eighteen bodies within a one-week window. Al Arabiya reports that the framework calls for a 60-day pause in fighting, during which President Donald Trump would personally guarantee that Israel upholds the terms of the ceasefire.
According to the details of the initiative, the truce would begin with the release of five hostages and nine sets of remains on its first day, with the remaining individuals and bodies transferred on day seven. Humanitarian assistance to Gaza would be launched immediately following Hamas’s acceptance of the agreement, channeled through coordinated efforts with the United Nations and the Red Crescent.