Israel Hayom has learned that contacts and message exchanges between Israel and the Lebanese government continued for many months, for more than a year, and included coordination over dealings with Hezbollah. Since the start of the current conflict, the pace of the contacts has increased. A Lebanese source told Reuters that Beirut wants a temporary ceasefire in order to hold direct dialogue with Israel.
Tehran plans to cap traffic through the world's most critical oil chokepoint at 15 ships a day, while the White House warns NATO allies that political declarations are no longer enough.
Two diplomatic sources tell Israel Hayom that Israel is considering a return to the November 24 ceasefire framework – a move aimed at giving the US room to open negotiations with Tehran.
New details cleared for publication reveal how Iranian intelligence turned a young Israeli into an assassination operative, paying him in digital currency to photograph the Haifa port and manufacture explosives.
Britain, Italy and France pledged to pressure Israel, even as Washington told Lebanon's president the country would remain outside the Iran ceasefire deal.
The US has given Iran a 36 hour deadline to meet the ceasefire terms, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting all fire. The message came amid fears of violations on the ground and growing pressure on Tehran to honor its commitments. US officials stress that without full compliance, the conflict could resume.
Within 10 minutes and across several areas simultaneously, the IDF carried out a major blow against about 100 command centers and military infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah. It was the IDF's largest strike in Lebanon since the start of the current campaign.
The announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and the US has rendered the frameworks the Israeli education system had prepared for wartime schooling moot. The assessment is that classes will fully resume at the start of next week, though schools could reopen as early as tomorrow.
Iranian television once again read out a statement attributed to the new supreme leader of the Islamic Republic referring to the ceasefire. The Times claims that Khamenei’s son is hospitalized in a coma in the city of Qom.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that an immediate ceasefire would take effect between Israel and Hezbollah. US sources were quoted as saying that “nothing is finalized yet.”
