Incoming Mossad chief Roman Gofman on Friday accused Israeli attorney general of lying and acting "in bad faith," after reports said he tried to influence the future role of a senior intelligence officer linked to a key court affidavit in petitions challenging his appointment.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 16-year-old Fahd Zidan Owais was killed by Israeli forces early Friday in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya in the West Bank.
It was also reported that his body is currently being held by the Israeli army.
The IDF said that Owais threw stones at Israeli vehicles on a main road, along with two others.
Fahd Zidan OwaisCredit: Use under Section 27A of the Copyright Law
Fahd Zidan OwaisCredit: Use under Section 27A of the Copyright Law
Israel's attorney general on Friday suspended criminal proceedings against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's associates Yonatan Urich, Ofer Golan and Israel Einhorn in a case involving alleged harassment of state's witness Shlomo Filber, citing the state's inability to bring Einhorn to Israel, where he is wanted in the case and is considered essential to its continuation.
The case could be reopened within a year if authorities succeed in locating and extraditing him, who police have declared a fugitive and for whom an arrest warrant has been issued.
The Attorney General's Office admitted that it was unable to bring Einhorn, the political advisor close to Netanyahu, to hearings in the indictment against him for harassing state witness Shlomo Filber.
Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court Judge Dror Kleitman made it clear to the Attorney General's Office that it must clarify within two weeks how it intends to handle the case without Einhorn.
Ofer Golan (L), Yonatan Urich and Israel EinhornCredit: Moti Milrod, Ohad ZwigenbergOfer Golan (L), Yonatan Urich and Israel EinhornCredit: Moti Milrod, Ohad Zwigenberg
IDF's Arabic-language spokesman Avichai Adraee posted on X an evacuation warning to residents of five villages in the Tyre District in southern Lebanon, urging residents to stay at least 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) away from the specified areas.
The evacuation notice specifies the villages of Shabariha, Hamdiyeh, Zuqaq al-Mufdi, Mashuk and al-Khussh.
IDF's spokesman said on his X post that since Hezbollah violated the cease-fire agreement, the IDF is "compelled to act againt it forcefully," also adding that the Israeli military does not intend to harm citizens.
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل الى سكان لبنان المتواجدين في البلدات والقرى التالية: شبريحا, حمادية (صور)، زقوق المفدي, معشوق, الحوش
🔸في ضوء قيام حزب الله الارهابي بخرق اتفاق وقف اطلاق النار يضطر جيش الدفاع على العمل ضده بقوة. جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي لا ينوي المساس بكم.
The IDF says that Staff Sergeant Negev Dagan, 20, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon on Thursday. Dagan, from Moshav Dekel in southern Israel, was a combat soldier in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade.
U.S. President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out after he discussed the costly and unpopular war with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.
The White House said Trump and Xi had agreed during talks in Beijing on the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane open. Iran effectively shut the waterway in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks which began on February 28, causing an unprecedented disruption to global energy supplies. China is close to Iran and the main buyer of its oil.
The U.S. paused its attacks on Iran last month but began a blockade of the country's ports. Talks aimed at ending the conflict have stalled with Iran refusing to end its nuclear program or relinquish its stockpile of enriched uranium.
"I am not going to be much more patient," Trump said in an interview aired on Thursday night on Fox News' "Hannity" program. "They should make a deal."
On the key issue of Iran's hidden stockpile of enriched uranium, Trump suggested it only needed to be secured by the U.S. for public relations purposes.
"I don't think it's necessary except from a public relations standpoint," Trump said in the interview. "I just feel better if I got it, actually. But it's, I think, it's more for public relations than it is for anything else."
Protestors outside the New York Times headquarters on Thursday.Credit: Etan NechinProtestors outside the New York Times headquarters on Thursday.Credit: Etan Nechin
The New York Times responded Thursday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that he intends to sue the newspaper over a column by Nicholas Kristof, which alleged widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli guards, soldiers, and settlers.
"The Prime Minister of Israel has threatened to file a libel lawsuit against The New York Times regarding Nicholas Kristof's deeply reported opinion column," wrote New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha.
"This threat, similar to one made last year, is part of a tired political playbook aimed at undermining independent reporting and stifling journalism that does not fit a specific narrative," Rhoades Ha wrote, adding that any such legal action would be "baseless."
The statement came as some 200 pro-Israel protestors gathered in front of the New York Times headquarters, shouting "The Times is the enemy of America," and demanding the newspaper retract Kristof's article.
The IDF says that one person was killed and other injured after troops opened fire on Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles in the West Bank on Thursday night.
According to the IDF, "during a targeted counterterrorism operation in the area of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, the soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks toward Israeli vehicles on a central road, endangering lives. The soldiers fired toward the terrorists and eliminated a masked terrorist. A hit on an additional terrorist was identified, and IDF soldiers have begun pursuing him and the third terrorist."