Security Forces Clash With Protesters in Iran’s Main Market As at Least 35 Killed in Demonstrations, Associated Press
“The protest at the Grand Bazaar, the beating heart for centuries of both Iran’s economic and political life, represents the latest signal that the demonstrations likely are to continue as the country’s rial currency fell to a record low Tuesday. Already, violence surrounding the protests has killed at least 35 people with authorities detaining more than 1,200 others, activists abroad say.”
Trump Discussed Turkey’s Role in Postwar Gaza Force With Netanyahu in Florida, Source Says, Haaretz
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Turkey’s potential involvement in the International Stabilization Force to be deployed in the Gaza Strip during their meeting in Florida last week, according to a source familiar with the talks. Trump supports including Turkey in the force and believes its participation would make it easier for Hamas to hand over its weapons to the force, the source said.”
5-Year-Old and Her Uncle Killed in Airstrike in Gaza As Israel Says It Targeted an Imminent Threat, Associated Press
“An Israeli strike in Gaza on Monday hit a tent housing displaced people, killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle and wounding two other children, hospital officials said.”
Army OKs Tracking Bracelets To Enforce West Bank Restraining Orders As Settler Attacks Spike, Times of Israel
“The IDF authorized the use of electronic monitoring bracelets to enforce restraining orders in the West Bank, in an apparent attempt to crack down on Jewish extremists in the territory. […] The measure is meant to replace administrative detention — the practice of holding terror suspects without charge in cases where authorities believe revealing evidence would harm national security. Last year, the government decided to stop detaining Jewish suspects under the practice.”
Netanyahu Sends Message to Iran Through Putin: ‘Israel Doesn’t Want War’, Jerusalem Post
“The report, which cited diplomatic sources, stated that Netanyahu called Putin to deliver the message for Iran after a recent rise in tensions between Tehran and Jerusalem.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Visits Somaliland After Contentious Recognition of Breakaway Territory, Associated Press
“Video footage shared on social media purported to show fighter jets flying over Hargeisa, the Somaliland capital, during Saar’s visit, but it was not immediately clear which country the aircraft belonged to.”
Is Naftali Bennett Really Liberal Israel’s Answer to Netanyahu?, Haaretz
Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn writes, “Bennett has become the darling of the liberal camp, but let there be no mistake: When he speaks of a ‘Zionist coalition’ without Arabs or ultra-Orthodox parties, numbering 90 members, it implicitly includes Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit and Smotrich’s Religious Zionism.”
Why Israel Is Divided Over How to Investigate Oct. 7 Failures, New York Times
Isabel Kershner writes, “Among the most vociferous critics of the government’s refusal to establish a traditional state commission of inquiry are survivors of the October 2023 attack, those who were held in captivity in Gaza, and relatives of those killed in the assault. More than 200 of the families recently signed an open letter calling for an independent state commission of inquiry. ‘Without a true investigation, we cannot guarantee the disaster of Oct. 7 will never happen again,’ they wrote.”
