Zubeidi, 40 the brother of former Al-Aqsa Brigades Commander Zakaria Zubeidi, sustained critical injuries in a massive gunfight with Israeli security forces in Jenin on Friday. After he was moved to Israel for treatment, the terrorist group warned that if any harm came to him, it "will open the fire of hell in the face of the Zionist enemy."
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's expected ascension formalizes his position as leader of the Gulf kingdom. “Sheikh Khalifa’s bold leadership contributed so much to the advancement of the UAE and its people and to the growing partnership between our countries and is a great legacy for his successors," President Herzog says.
In Hebron Hills, Ayman Odeh's fellow party member Ofer Cassif caught on camera assaulting police officer while trying to join West Bank demontration. PM Bennett condemns "shameless attack" on police.
WH: Biden affirmed his support for a two-state solution to the conflict and the need to preserve the status quo at the Temple Mount and reiterated his support for Jordan’s role as custodian of Jerusalem's Islamic holy sites.
Syrian state media claims the country's air defenses were triggered by a missile strike in Masyaf, in the country's northwest. Syrian opposition says the targets were Iranian assets in the Hama province.
Speaking on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Germany, Josep Borrell says EU envoy to nuclear talks's Tehran visit had “gone better than expected." "Let’s say the negotiations were blocked and they have been unblocked," Borrell says.
“I view Iran as the most destabilizing force in the Middle East. The United States’ position is that we will not allow a nuclear Iran. However, our concerns about Iran go beyond its nuclear capability,” says Maj. Gen. Michael Kurilla
Protests spring up in Iran's impoverished south over food price hikes government supporters have described as “necessary economic surgery." Internet outages reported across Iran as government appears to prepare for the worst.
Report by Israeli defense research group Alma Center says that although both Russia and Israel share an overall interest in limiting Iran's takeover plans for Syria, it has not prevented significant tensions between Moscow and Jerusalem or rule out a future potential tactical pinpoint military clash.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he will demand the International Criminal Court in The Hague "punish the criminals" who killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin. PA continues to refuse Israel's requests to hold a joint investigation into the matter.
