Some 8 hours before a legal hearing in an international court on the matter, the Olympic Committee and the Ice Hockey Federation of Israel received an official letter that there was no longer fear that Israelis would be subject to discrimination and exclusion and therefore they were invited to the contest. The legal pressure and international outrage following the initial decision, it appears, ultimately swayed the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Although there are still four years left until the end of the current MOU with the US on military aid, Israel will try to promote a future agreement now, and perhaps even increase its scope in view of the Biden administration's friendly posture during the war. Plan includes fighter jets as well as helicopters.

Kibbutz officials stated "The abductees Itai Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi were murdered in captivity and their bodies are held by Hamas"

Medications and aid will leave Doha Wednesday to the Egyptian city of Al-Arish in preparation to their transport into the Gaza Strip, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said. 

Amid the latest attacks, US Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the US military said Tuesday.