"Our country is always the arena for testing a variety of defense and strategic systems and these are non-stop movements towards the growth of our deterrent power," says Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami.
“Another savage attack by Palestinian terrorists kills an Israeli teenager enjoying time with her family. This isn’t the path to peace, just endless suffering,” tweets US special envoy to the Mideast Jason Greenblatt.
Military, Shin Bet security agency and Israel Police are coordinating a wide-scale operational and intelligence effort to apprehend terrorists who killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father and brother in the Binyamin Regional Council in Samaria. Hamas urges more terrorist attacks.
"The strike targeted Iranian Quds Force operatives and Shiite militias that had been preparing advance attacks targeting sites in Israel from within Syria," IDF says. PM Netanyahu: "Iran has no immunity anywhere." Shortly after strike near Damascus, Israeli drones reportedly crash into Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut.
"Both sides have no war intentions but there is a lack of money and the humanitarian situation is bad," Qatari envoy to Gaza Mohammed Al-Emadi says. "Should people feel financially at ease, the ghost of war will be totally removed," he says.
